Introduction to Smart Board Table of Contents Overview 2 Connection Basics 3 Using the Board (Basics) 4 The Floating Tools Toolbar 5-6 The Smartboard Smart Tool Buttons Collecting and Sharing Content with Notebook Software 7 8-9 Notebook 9.5 Toolboars 10-11 Handouts Created by: Bill MacIntosh
Introduction to Smart Board Overview The board will work when connected to a computer with a USB cable (generally attached to the board) A projector may be used with the laptop and board to provide greater functionality of both. The board can be used as both a screen/monitor and as an input device. Thus the board can be used to control any program that runs on the computer. The pens can be used to mark up items shown on the screen. In general, when a pen is removed from the tray, a transparency will be simulated over the projector, this is what is marked-up. When the pen is returned to the tray, the transparency is torn-off and the board can be used to control programs again. The Smart Notebook software is useful for saving onscreen mark ups and for preparing lessons. The board will behave differently when the Notebook software is the active program. The board s performance will also vary if the program that is currently running is ink aware. For example, MS Word is ink aware and using the pens on the tool bar will have a different effect than using a pen on Internet Explorer s toolbar. Handouts Created by: Bill MacIntosh
Introduction to Smart Board Connection Basics A USB cable needs to be connected between the computer (with Smart Software installed) and the board for the board to function properly. The Pens and eraser should be stored and in their proper positions in the tray. If everything is connected correctly, the ready light on the lower right hand corner of the board will glow a solid green color, as indicated below After the projector powers up and is adjusted for optimum visibility, it needs to be aligned. Use the two Pen-Tray buttons (keyboard and right click) to call up the quick alignment screen (as indicated to the right) Touch the screen in the indicated areas to align the board with the projector. If either the board or projector are moved, a realignment may be required. NOTE: Be sure to start the Smart Software before trying to use any of the Pens (You may use the board to start the software). Either double click on the Smart Tools icon (on the desktop) or click on the Start Button (lower left corner of the screen), Programs, Smartboard Software, and choose Smartboard Tools. Handouts Created by: Bill MacIntosh
Introduction to Smart Board Using the Board as a Demonstration Tool The board may be used to demonstrate the steps necessary to perform program functions, such as in navigating to shared drives to open or to save documents. After the board is aligned, use a finger to click anywhere on the screen. The computer will act as if a mouse click had occurred at that point. To Right-click, press on the board and hold for 2-3 seconds or use the rightclick button on the pen tray. To enter text, either click the keyboard button on the pen tray (to call up the onscreen keyboard) or write out the desired text, then right-click at the desired location to inject the text. Depending on the text, the board can do a fair job of recognizing neat handwriting. Once a pen or the eraser is lifted from the pen tray, the board will behave differently. A Transparency layer will be shown around the screen and the floating tool bar will appear (if not already present). See below: While the transparency layer is on, use the pen to circle important portions, trace routes, draw arrows, etc to highlight the important portions of the screen. After the pen is returned to the tray, the marked up screen is maintained until the board is touched. If you wish to save the markups, be sure to press the camera icon on the floating toolbar. This will call up an area-capture which will be copied into the Smart Notebook. (To capture an area, click the camera and then drag a rectangle around the desired portion of the screen). I If you accidentally erase all the marks ups, there is a box which will appear for 3 seconds in the lower right hand corner of the screen to return the text, or use the undo button on the floating toolbar. Handouts Created by: Bill MacIntosh
Quick Reference The Floating Tools Toolbar The features you use most are literally at your fingertips with the Floating Tools toolbar. To launch the Floating Tools, select the SMART Board icon located in Windows Notification Area at the bottom right of your screen, and choose Floating Tools from the SMART Board Tools menu. Cursor Pen Tool Highlighter Area Capture Undo/Redo Collapse/Expand Toolbar Eraser Right-click More Button Use this button to Capture an area of the screen into Notebook software Stop using other tools and return the cursor to mouse mode Write or draw in digital ink Highlight an area of the screen with translucent ink for emphasis Undo your previous action. This tool toggles between two states, Undo and Redo. Redo an action you cleared in error. This is the second of the two states mentioned above. Erase digital ink Make your next press on the interactive whiteboard a right-click Open the drop-down menu to personalize toolbar functions
Customizing Floating Tools Press the More button in Floating Tools and select Customize Floating Tools to choose from a variety of toolbar buttons. You can choose as many buttons as you like to fully customize Floating Tools with the buttons you need. You can also add certain buttons multiple times. For example, if you are going to use different shapes in your presentation, you can customize a number of Shape buttons and add them all to Floating Tools. Press to add a tool to the Current Toolbar Press to remove a tool from the Current Toolbar Current Toolbar list Available Tools list Press to restore the default toolbar To add a button, for example the Stamp tool, to the Floating Tools do the following: 1 Press the More button in Floating Tools, and select Customize Floating Tools 2 In the Customize Floating Tools dialog box, select the Stamp tool (look for the smiley face) from the Available Tools list (on the left side of the dialog box) 3 Press the Add button to add the Stamp to the Current Toolbar 4 Repeat the process to add as many of the available tools as you like NOTE: To remove a tool, select a tool listed in the Current Toolbar, and press the Remove button. To restore the default Floating Tools, press the Restore Default Toolbar button. 2006 SMART Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. SMART Board, Notebook and the SMART logo are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc. Printed in Canada 04/2006.
Quick Reference SMART Board Start Center for the Microsoft Windows Operating System Start Center is a compact, movable toolbar that contains your most frequently used SMART Board features and applications. You can also configure this toolbar to include any third-party software. Opening the Start Center To open the Start Center, press the SMART Board icon screen, and select Start Center from the menu. in the Windows Notification Area at the bottom right of your What Do the Buttons Do? The Start Center buttons launch commonly used applications and tools.. Notebook software Create a presentation that s full of colorful clip art, Macromedia Flash objects, graphics and text from a variety of sources. SMART Recorder Record everything you do on the interactive screen. If you have a microphone connected, you can also record a narration of your actions. SMART Video Player Play a video on your interactive screen, and write or draw over the video during a presentation. SMART Keyboard An on-screen, touch sensitive keyboard for the occasions in which you need to add text to an application or dialog box. Floating tools This versatile toolbar, including utilities such as on-screen Pen tools and an area capture button, can float over any open application on your interactive product. SMART Board Control Panel Configure your interactive product and SMART Board software. For example, you can change the characteristics of your Pen tools or change language settings. Instant conferencing using Bridgit software Bridgit conferencing software is a client/server application that lets you share applications and information with anyone, anywhere in the world. Start Center Help Searchable Help that answers any questions you have about the Start Center or any other SMART product. Press the More button for a number of other utilities, such as the Screen Shade, the Magnifier, the Spotlight and others, or to add and remove application buttons from the Start Center. Customizing the Start Center To customize the Start Center, press the More button and select Customize Start Center. For example, you can add a Screen Shade button to the Start Center and use it to gradually reveal information during presentations. Press Browse to add unlisted applications to the Start Center, including third-party presentation software such as Microsoft PowerPoint. To rearrange the order of the Start Center buttons, select an item press Move Up or Move Down. 2006 SMART Technologies Inc. SMART Board, Notebook, Bridgit and the SMART logo are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. All other third-party product and company names may be trademarks of their respective owners. 03/2006.
Quick Reference Collecting and Sharing Content with Notebook Software Screen captures, images and files from other applications, such as Macromedia Flash, can be brought into Notebook software to help create engaging lesson activities and presentations. Save your completed file in Notebook file format to share with others in your workplace. You can also share your valuable content by exporting your Notebook file to HTML, PDF, PowerPoint (PPT) or as a series of images (e.g., JPEG, GIF, etc.) in case your colleagues don t have Notebook software installed. Using the Capture Toolbar Use the Capture toolbar to capture a selected area of your screen, a window or a full screen of content directly into Notebook software. Your computer does not need to be attached to a SMART Board interactive whiteboard to use the Capture toolbar, but SMART Board software must be installed. To collect content using the Capture toolbar, do the following: 1 Open Notebook software Capture toolbar 2 Select View > Screen Capture Toolbar on the Notebook software menu to open the Capture toolbar 3 Navigate to the screen you want to capture, such as a Web page. The Capture toolbar will remain open over any active application or Web browser. There are four ways to capture content: Button Use this button to Button Use this button to Capture a rectangular area Capture the entire screen of the screen Capture a particular window on the screen Capture a freehand area of the screen 4 The captured image will appear on a page in your Notebook file Using the Insert Menu You have accumulated numerous pieces of content over the last several years of teaching. Now it s time to incorporate some of this material into your Notebook lesson activities. In particular, there s an image you want to use to enhance a specific learning opportunity in the classroom. 1 Open Notebook software 2 Select Insert > Picture File on the Notebook software menu to launch the Insert Picture File dialog box 3 Browse to the file s location and select it. Click Open to insert the picture into your Notebook file
Using Notebook Print Capture Notebook print capture allows you to add multi-page files from other applications like Microsoft Word and PowerPoint, or even a long Web page, to a Notebook file. In other words, print capture is similar to printing to paper; one printed page is equal to one Notebook page. 1 Open a file you want to capture into Notebook software 2 Select File > Print from the application s main menu. The Print dialog box will appear. Select SMART Notebook Print Capture from your list of available printers 3 Press Print to capture the page as an image to a Notebook file. Notebook software will launch automatically if it s not open TIP: Occasionally, the image may appear blurry in your Notebook file. Select View > Zoom > 100% from the Notebook menu to clearly view the captured image in the Notebook work area. Saving in SMART Notebook File Format Save your current Notebook file for future reference or to share the file with others using Notebook software. 1 Select File > Save from the Notebook menu or Select File > Save As to save revisions as a new Notebook file. Your original Notebook file will not be changed 2 The Save As dialog box will appear 3 Browse to the location where you want to save your Notebook file 4 Type a name of your file in the File name text field, then click Save Exporting Your File as Other File Formats Export files to share with colleagues who may not have Notebook software installed on their computers. You may also want to export your content to HTML for others to view on the Internet. 1 Select File > Export from the Notebook menu 2 Choose the file format to export your Notebook file to: HTML, PDF, PowerPoint (PPT) or as a series of images (e.g., JPEG, GIF, etc.) 2006 SMART Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. SMART Board, Notebook and the SMART logo are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc. All other third-party product and company names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Printed in Canada 03/2006.
Quick Reference Notebook Software Version 9.5 Toolbars Notebook Software Toolbar The Notebook software toolbar gives you access to a number of tools to help you work with your Notebook file. By default, the toolbar appears at the top of the Notebook page. If you prefer to sit, or are working with young students, it may be more convenient to move the toolbar to the bottom of the page. To do this, press the down arrow on the far right of the toolbar. Button Use this tool to Button Use this tool to display the previous Notebook page select any object on the page with your finger or mouse display the next Notebook page write or draw on the Notebook page with the pen tool insert a blank Notebook page directly after the active Notebook page open an existing Notebook file write or draw on the Notebook page with the creative pen tool erase digital ink on the Notebook page save your Notebook page paste copied object(s) into a Notebook file undo the last action you performed redo the action you performed draw a line create a shape create a text-entry box for typing set the color of a drawing tool or selected shape delete any selected object show/hide the Screen Shade on the current Notebook page open Full Screen view launch the Screen Capture toolbar set the transparency of a drawing tool, a selected shape or an object select the line properties of a drawing tool or selected shape move the toolbar to the bottom of the Notebook page Full Screen Toolbar The Full Screen toolbar allows you to work with your Notebook file while in full screen mode. Button Use this tool to Button Use this tool to display the previous Notebook page display a menu of more options, for example the Screen Shade, shapes or pen options display the next Notebook page exit full screen
Side Tabs There are three tabs on the right-hand side of the Notebook interface. Press the Page Sorter tab to allow you to see a thumbnail image of each page in your Notebook file. Press the Gallery tab for collections of SMART s custom pages, clip art, Macromedia Flash animations and video you can add to your Notebook file. Press the Attachments tab to add hyperlinks to or attachments from other software applications in your file. Press the arrow button to move the three tabs to the other side of the page often a more comfortable location for lefthanded presenters. You can hide the tabs from view when you have finished working with them by checking the Auto-hide check box. Page thumbnails Tabs Move tabs Auto-hide check box 2006 SMART Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. Notebook and the SMART logo are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc. All other third-party products and company names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Printed in Canada 04/2006.