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Interactive whiteboards:

A hands-on introduction

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How to Use This Book This handbook accompanies the taught session for the course. Each section contains a brief overview of a topic for your reference and space for you to make your own notes.

Software Used

SMART Notebook software version 11

Revision Information

1.0 September 2013 Emma Procter-Legg Created

Acknowledgements

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Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................... 1

1.1. What you should already know ........................................................... 1

1.2. What you will learn ............................................................................. 1

1.3. Where can I get a copy of the software? ............................................. 1

2 The Basics ................................................................................. 3

2.1. How a SMART Board is connected up ............................................... 4

2.2. Orienting the SMART Board ............................................................. 5

2.3. Writing on the board ......................................................................... 7

3 SMART Board Notebook Software ........................................... 8

3.1. Tool bar.............................................................................................. 12

3.2. The Tabs ............................................................................................ 14

4 Other Apps .............................................................................. 20

4.1. Writing on a PowerPoint .................................................................. 20

4.2. Textwall ............................................................................................ 20

4.3. SMART Exchange ............................................................................ 20

5 What Next? .............................................................................. 23

5.1. Other presentation sessions ............................................................. 23

5.2. IT Services Help Centre ................................................................... 23

5.3. Downloadable Course Materials – the ITLP Portfolio .................... 23

5.4. Reference Material ........................................................................... 23

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1 Introduction Welcome to this Interactive whiteboards: An introduction to SMART Board notebook course!

This booklet accompanies the course delivered by the University of Oxford IT Services, IT Learning Programme. Although the exercises are clearly explained so that you can work through them yourselves, you will find that it will help if you also attend the taught session where you can get advice from the teachers, demonstrators and even each other!

If at any time you are not clear about any aspect of the course, please make sure you ask your teacher or demonstrator for some help. If you are away from the class, you can get help by email via [email protected]

1.1. What you should already know This session makes no assumptions about your existing knowledge of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) or SMART Board Notebook software.

We will assume that you are familiar with using a computer and the basics of file management, such as opening files from particular folders and saving them, perhaps with a different name, back to the same or a different folder.

The computer network in the teaching rooms may differ from what you are used to in your College or Department; if you are confused by the differences ask for help from the teacher or demonstrators.

1.2. What you will learn This session is not a comprehensive coverage of all of the aspects of IWBs; it is designed to draw your attention to some of the important concepts and useful skills, and to give you a basis for further research and study.

In this session we will cover the following topics:

Setting up (‘Orienting’) the SMART Board

Using the SMART Board as an electronic white board

How to use the SMART Board with PowerPoint

Using the SMART Board’s interactive features with SMART Board Notebook software and web pages.

Using the Smart Notebook software to prepare resources on your own computer

Using the SMART Board as an interactive tool with web based apps and tablets (Textwall)

1.3. Where can I get a copy of the software? This course is written as an introduction to IWBs, using SMART Notebook software for use on an interactive whiteboard (SMART Board).

SMART Notebook software can be freely downloaded from the Smarttech website if you have a SMART Board in your department (http://smarttech.com). It is available for Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

SMART have recently released SMART Notebook Web Beta, which is a free web-based version of the software (http://smartnotebook.com). It can be used on any desktop, laptop or mobile devices that has an Internet connection without the

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need to download any software. Below is a screenshot of the web-based version, which has a limited set of tools, and the full downloadable version.

Figure 1 SMART Notebook Web Beta

Figure 2 SMART Notebook software version 11


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2 The Basics Interactive whiteboards or SMART Boards are becoming increasingly popular in educational establishments. They include a projector, but the SMART Board allows you to interact with the display in a number of ways. Using the SMART Board in conjunction with SMART Notebook software you can create, edit, interact and annotate your slides. Many of you will be familiar with using a projector to display your slides. The set up of a SMART Board is very similar to setting up a projector with a few additional steps. Once the projector is on, the SMART Board will display everything that is on the computer that is attached to the SMART Board.

Below is an image of a SMART Board. Depending on which version your department has it may look slightly different, but the principle of setting it up remains the same. All versions have a screen with a pen tray attached to the bottom edge of the board. The pen tray will either have two or four pens and a board eraser. Either next to or in front of the board eraser are two buttons, which you will need to locate to be able to fully set up the board.

Figure 3 a SMART Board



2.1. How a SMART Board is connected up Below is a diagram showing how the SMART Board is connected to a computer and projector. This is for information only, you do not need to connect the computer and project to the SMART Board yourself, as this will have already been set up. However it is useful to have a basic understanding of how it all the parts connect up. If the SMART Board appears to have no power, there is an indicator light on the lower right hand side of the board, and you have checked that is switched on then it is worth checking that the USB cable is connected properly.

Figure 4 How a SMART Board is connected up


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2.2. Orienting the SMART Board During the process of setting up the SMART Board you will need to orient the board. This is a very important step, as it aligns the board with the projector and ensures that the touch-screen works correctly.

There are a number of ways to access the Orient screen, the simplest is to press and hold down the two buttons on the pen tray (see figure 5). If you have the newer dual or multi-touch board you press the orient button (see figure 6).

Figure 5 Hold down both buttons on the pen tray to orient the SMART Board

Figure 6 Press the orient button on a dual or multi-touch SMART Board

The rest of the process of orienting the board is the same irrespective of the board type. The screen will then display the orient screen with a red cross (see figure 6), you need to complete the same action for each of the dots on the screen. Using one of the pens from the pen tray, touch the centre of the cross (see figure 7) the cross will then move to the next dot once all the dots have been oriented the screen will return to normal. This will be practiced during the session.



Figure 7 The orient screen

Figure 8 orienting the SMART Board

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2.3. Writing on the board The SMART Board allows you to write or annotate over anything displayed on the screen – a website, a PowerPoint presentation, the desktop etc. To do this you select a pen from the pen tray and then write on the board.

The way you select the colour to write in is slightly different depending on whether you have a four pen (single touch) or two pen (dual or multi-touch) board.

With the four pen board you select the colour pen you would like to use and as long as the correct pen is in the correct part of the tray it will write in that colour. It is worth noting at this point that the pens are not intelligent, they are just plastic, it is the board and the pen tray that dictate which colour it will write in. Look for the light on the pen tray - it highlights the colour the board will write in (see figure 8).

Figure 9 The lights which indicate which colour is selected on a four pen board

With a two pen board you select a pen to write with and then press one of the four colour buttons to decide which colour to write in (see figure 9 below).

Figure 10 The lights which indicate which colour is selected on a two pen board

If you wish to rub out the writing on the board, you can do this by picking up the board eraser and rubbing out the writing. If there is a lot of writing on the board you can delete it in one go by using the board eraser to draw a circle around the writing and then tap in the middle of the board. All the writing within the circle will disappear. This will be practiced during the session.

It is possible to write on a SMART Board using dry wipe markers (unless you have the very early versions of the board). If you choose to do this you will need to clean the board afterwards with a standard whiteboard cleaner. Do not use ball point or permanent markers on the SMART Board. It is recommend that you avoid writing on the board using any type of ink or pencil to prevent accidental damage to the surface of the board.



3 SMART Board Notebook Software The following screenshots were taken using SMART Board Notebook Software version 11 for Mac. The layout and functionality is similar to previous versions of the Notebook software. All functions covered during this session are available in the earlier versions of the software.

Below is the work area from version 11, many of the buttons and tools will be familiar to you if you have used Microsoft Office packages before.

Figure 11 SMART Board Notebook software version 11

The software is very similar to PowerPoint, in that you can have a number of pages (slides) and that these are all visible when not in full screen mode (see figure 12). The red circle indicates the highlighted slide which is the one shown on the screen. There are a number of different ways of adding additional pages, the simplest is to use the add page button (see figure 11).

Figure 12 Add page button


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Figure 13 SMART Board Notebook software version 11


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3.1. Tool bar Below are a number of screenshots of the tool bar, they show the different tool options depending on which button you select. During the session you will be encourage to explore the tool bar buttons in full. Annotate the screenshots below and use the ‘Your Notes’ space opposite to record what each tools does.

Figure 14 The tool bar


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3.2. The Tabs Below are a number of screenshots of the tabs that are usually displayed on the left hand side. They show the different display and tools/options available depending on which tab you select. During the session you will be encourage to explore the tabs in full. Annotate the screenshots below and use the ‘Your Notes’ space opposite to record what each tab does.

Figure 15 The page sorter tab

Figure 16 The gallery tab


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Figure 17 The attachments tab

Figure 18 The colour setting tab - pens


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Figure 19 The colour setting tab - objects

Figure 20 The activity builder tab


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4 Other Apps

Some of the interactive features of the SMART Board can be used when operating in other software applications. Both Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel are SMART aware and annotations can be detected and saved into the documents. Other applications such as web browsers can also be annotated and saved and shared electronically or printed out.

4.1. Writing on a PowerPoint If you choose to annotate a PowerPoint you can save the annotations when saving and closing the file. You will be asked if you want to save the ‘ink layer’ click yes and your annotations will be saved. This will be practiced during the session.

If you plan to collect answers into a PowerPoint it is a good idea to plan ahead by including a blank slide or two for the discussion point. This will give you the space to capture the answers without having to write over your slides.

4.2. Textwall During the session you will have the opportunity to interact with the SMART Board via a mobile phone, tablet or computer. This interaction will be via something called Textwall, which is a low cost and simple way to interact with your audience. There are a number of other apps and websites available that will allow interaction and it is worth researching this area further if this is of interest to you.

For further information on Textwall check out their website (textwall.co.uk).

4.3. SMART Exchange To access additional resources designed for use on a SMART Board or for further ideas and inspiration access the SMART Exchange website (http://exchange.smarttech.com). The website can also be directly accessed via a blue and white button on the tool bar. (see figure

Figure 21 Figure 21 SMART Exchange button


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5 What Next? We hope you have enjoyed this session and found it useful. If you attended a taught session you will get sent an email with a link to a web page to give us anonymous feedback. We always value your feedback and use it to improve our sessions.

You may like to consider the following options to follow on from this session.

5.1. Other presentation sessions The following courses offered through the IT Learning Programme also cover aspects of presentation software:

Prezi: An introduction

PowerPoint: Fundamentals

PowerPoint: Getting the message across

Apple Mac: Keynote - fundamentals

5.2. IT Services Help Centre The IT Services Help Centre is open from 08:30 am to 8:30 pm, Monday to Friday. You can use the facilities to work through the examples demonstrated during the session and practice using a SMART Board, or use any of the applications that are available.

The Help Centre is also a good place to get advice about any aspect of using computer software or hardware. You can contact the Help Centre on (2)73200 or by email on [email protected]

5.3. Downloadable Course Materials – the ITLP Portfolio These course materials are available through the ITLP Portfolio, at http://portfolio.it.ox.ac.uk

Each course pack includes the course handbook in pdf form.

The ITLP Portfolio helps you find articles, videos, resources and weblinks for further IT study. For some resources, you will be asked for your Oxford (SSO) username and password.

5.4. Reference Material The official web site for SMART is http://smarttech.com/smartboard, which has information about the different types of SMART Board available and the SMART Board notebook software.


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