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August 4, 2010
This process of orienting the screen will tell your computer where the projected image is located on the SMART Board™. I recommend orienting your board at the beginning of each school week. Some boards are mounted in an area of the school building that has more movement on the floor or roof above, which will cause the projector to become out of alignment from time to time. You can orient your board even in the middle of a lesson if you notice your point of touch is off. It will only take 10 seconds.
- On the pen tray attached to your SMART Board™, click the keyboard and mouse buttons at the same time. A gray screen will appear which will allow you to orient your SMART Board™.
- Using the pen tool tip, firmly touch the yellow center of each red + sign and release. I prefer to touch near the + sign, firmly drag my pen tool tip into the yellow center, and remove the pen when I have it perfectly centered. The SMART Board™ actually recognizes the point of release, not the first point of contact on the screen. Some teachers prefer to use a finger instead of a pen tool for orienting. Continue marking these points as they appear on the screen. A normal-sized board will have 9 points. Widescreen boards will have 12 points.
- If you make a mistake during this process, press a key on your pen tray to go back and re-do the previous + sign.
- When you finish with the last point, this orientation screen will disappear. You will be returned to the last program you had up on your computer screen.
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May 10, 2010
- Add a hyperlink to a website, an attachment, or another page within your file by first selecting your text or image. A blue line will appear around it to signify it was selected to have an action performed.
- Using the drop-down arrow, select “Link.”
- Paste or type in the web address.
- Decide how you’d like your hyperlink to launch. Your choices include “Corner icon” or “Object.”
- Choose “Corner icon” to click directly on a small globe, paperclip, or page icon.
- Choose “Object” to click anywhere on the text or image.
- To remove this feature, click once on the image or text. A blue line will appear around it to signify it was selected to have an action performed. Use the drop-down arrow to select “Link” and “Remove Link.”
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February 10, 2010
Do you want students to have an infinite bank of coins to use in a SMART™ Board activity? Do you need many textboxes to create and manipulate individual student names? Save yourself time and/or space on SMART™ pages by using the “Infinite Cloner” function.
- Click on your image or text. A dotted blue line will appear around it to signify it was selected to have an action performed.
- Using the drop-down arrow in the upper right corner of the selected text or image, choose “Infinite Cloner.”
- Now you can create duplicates by simply dragging the image or text to a new area of the page.
- To remove, click on the image or text and a dotted, blue line will appear. Click on the infinity symbol in the upper right corner of the image or text. Then click on the words “Infinite Cloner” to uncheck and stop the infinite cloner function.
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November 8, 2009
When you find free clipart online or through programs like Microsoft Word and want to insert it into a SMART Notebook™ file with a colored background, do you ever find that a white box appears around the graphic? Follow these steps to remove that distracting block by making it transparent.
1. Click on your image. A blue line will appear around it to signify it was selected to have an action performed.
2. Using the drop-down arrow, select “Set Picture Transparency.”
3. Use the eyedropper to select the places you’d like to be the same color as the background of your page. The white area will be removed. These areas will become transparent. Select “OK” when you are done.
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August 3, 2009
The Magic Pen tool is an additional gadget in the latest version of SMART Notebook™. It allows users to spotlight, to magnify, and use disappearing ink. Simply click on the Magic Pen icon on the top toolbar with your finger (or mouse cursor) to select this function. Then use your finger to write a word or draw a line. After a few seconds, the magical blue ink vanishes! Draw a complete circle and a spotlight will appear. The size and location can be altered by dragging up/down, left/right in the center of the circle. Draw a complete rectangle, and you’ll get a magnifying tool. Play around with this amazing feature, and you’ll find many ways to use it in your teaching.
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