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SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Basics **The following guide is adapted from the Smart Quick Reference Guide This Quick Reference Guide provides an overview of the information you need to begin using a SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard. This guide will show you the basic features of the Smart Board and the Smart Notebook software. There are many more features that are documented in the book SMART Board Interactive Whiteboards for Dummies that can be found in each academic office.
Starting the SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard 1. Ensure the interactive whiteboard and projector is connected to the computer. 2. Turn on the projector, then the computer. The interactive whiteboard draws power from the computer and will be activated automatically. The Ready Light, located on the lower-right of the frame bezel indicating the status of your interactive whiteboard, will be red while the SMART Board and the computer are establishing communication. NOTE:
Depending on the model of the SMART Boad interactive whiteboard you are using, the Ready Light is either located on the right side of the SMART Pen Tray or the lower-right of the frame bezel.
3 Log on to the computer using your network username and password. When the Ready Light on the pen tray turns green, the computer and the interactive whiteboard have established communication. The SMART Board is now touch sensitive, and you can open any application available on the connected computer.
Controlling the Computer from the Smartboard 1. You can control the computer from the Smartboard using your fingers. A press on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard is the same as a left-click with a mouse. To open an application such as an Internet browser, double-press the application icon with your finger. 2. To right-click, press and hold your finger on the interactive whiteboard until you see the right-click menu. Alternatively, you can press the Right Mouse button on the pen tray and your next press on the interactive whiteboard will be a right click. The next press reverts back to a left click.
3. You can launch a virtual keyboard in case you need to enter data by pressing the Keyboard button on the pen tray.
Using the SmartBoard Writing on the SmartBoard 1. Launch the Smart Notebook software 2. Once the blank window opens, you can write anywhere in the window. First, pick up a pen from the pen tray and write on the interactive whiteboard. To write in a different color, pick up a different-colored pen. The color recognition comes from the optical sensors in the pen-tray slots and not from the pens themselves. 3. Pick up the eraser from the pen tray and move it in a smooth motion to erase notes. NOTE:
The interactive whiteboard only recognizes the last tool removed from the pen tray. For example, if you already have a pen in your hand when you pick up the eraser, the interactive whiteboard will assume you want to erase, regardless of whether you touch the board with a pen or an eraser. To avoid confusion, return each tool to its proper slot when you have finished using it.
Using other Applications 1. Launch any application such as Internet Explorer, an MS Word document, etc. 2. You can control any open application using your finger. 3. You can switch between applications by pressing the application’s icon in the task bar at the bottom of the window 4. You may write on any application with a Smart pen. 5. You can save your notes or any portion of an application by first clicking the of the window 6. The Screen Capture Toolbar should appear.
icon at the top
7. Each icon in the toolbar captures images in different ways.
- Use your finger to draw a rectangle around the part of the screen that you want to capture
- This captures the current screen
- Select the window that you want to capture
- Press and drag a shape around the portion of the screen that you want to capture
Each image that is captured appears in a separate screen in the Smart Notebook software.
NEW- Using Smart Ink Smart Ink allows you to mark up other applications including web documents. The Smart Ink button can be access in the upper right-hand corner of the screen. In most cases you will not need to use it except to turn it off. For more details on using all of the features of Smart Ink download the Smart Ink Guide for Windows. MS Word 1. Turn off Smart Ink by clicking the Smart Ink tab in the upper right-hand corner of the window and unchecking the Turn on Smart Ink check box. 2. Click the Review tab in MS Word 3. Click Start Inking in the ink section of the ribbon at the top of your window 4. A new ribbon will appear giving you options to use the pen, highlighter and a choice of colors 5. Anything you write on your document can be saved with your MS Word document if you choose to save your document. 6. When you are finished writing on the Word document turn on Smart Ink by clicking the Smart Ink tab in the upper right-hand corner of the window and unchecking the Turn on Smart Ink check box. (if you forget to do this your Smart board markers will not work). PDF files PDF files can be opened with the SMART Ink Document Viewer. This application allows you to write or draw over your PDF file and to save the document with the inking. To open a file: 1. 2. 3. 4.
Select Start > All Programs > SMART Technologies > SMART ink Document Viewer Press Open File In the Open dialog box tht opens browse and select the file you want to open Press Open
To write with pen tools: 1. Pick up a pen form your Smart board pen tray 2. Write over the open file 3. You can save this document at any time and your inking will be preserved.
Saving your Notes You can save your notes in the Smart Notebook format by doing the following: 1. Click the File menu 2. Select Save as 3. Select the location to save your file and click Save You can save your notes in PDF format in order to distribute them to your students by doing the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Click the File menu Select Export Select PDF Select the type of format you want to save your file Click Save Select the location where you want to save the file and click Save
