SmartBoard Tutorial

SmartBoard Tutorial

Getting started with your Smartboard!

Getting Started!!• We hope that this tutorial is informative as

well as functional. The following slides are a quick overview of some basic ‘How To’ for first time SMARTBoard users.

• Remember, your SMARTBoard is your friend and you two will be spending a lot of time together! Be nice to each other and enjoy!

Open SMARTBoard

• Click on the icon for SMART Notebook

Working the Tools…

Advance or returnTo next page Add a

new page

Open Existing File

Save File. Consider how you wish to organize. Some find it helpful to organize your files by subject, class pd, or other means.

Working the Tools…

Paste

Undo / Redo

Cut

Screen Shade

Full Screen

Transparent Screen

Split Screen

Capture Tool

SMARTNotebook Capture Tool

Smart Capture ToolThe Smart Capture Tool can be used to take a ‘Picture’ of another Smart Notebook page, or any other document on your monitor. Click and drag to create a box around the desired image, let go, and the camera will automatically send the image to a new SmartBoard Slide.

Working the Tools…

Insert a Table

Active Cursor. ALWAYS come back to this tool when finished with another tool.

Colored Pens

Specialty Pens

EraserSpecial lines

Insert a shape

Working the Tools…

Shape Recognition Pen

Magic Pen…Disappears!

Fill a page with color

Text Format

Fill Effects

Measurement Tools

Move toolbar to bottom

Side Bar ToolsPage Viewer. See all pages that are part of this file. Change the order of slides by dragging to order desired.

Lesson Tool kit. More info on next slide

Attach a File

Page Fill Effects

Move toolbar to opposite side

Next or Previous Page

Add a new page

Side Bar Tools

• Side Bar ToolsSearch for a specific topic in the toolkit.

Access content that you have saved and may use on a regular basis. ie…banner, page layouts, timer.

Tools organized by subject area. Below is an example of an item under English / Language Arts / Phonics. Roll the die and the student will hear the vowel being pronounced.

Side Bar Tools

Searching ‘Banner’ will give you a great tool! The banner streams across the page in a loop. Perfect tool for messages in the morning for your students to read. You can change background, font type and color, as well as speed.

This would be an item to save in ‘My Content’ should you wish to use it everyday.

Side Bar Tools

Make sure to have this box checked for ‘Auto Hide’. ‘Auto Hide’ will make this box disappear when you touch the screen.

Side Bar Tools

The ‘Lesson Activity Tool Kit’ has many different games and activities that are fun ways to have students interact with the board. Perfect for vocabulary in all subject areas!

This is an example of taking some time to just PLAY with the board.

Side Bar Tools

Each game can be easily edited for your subject area.

Side Bar ToolsThe SMART Exchange will give you access to hundreds of SMARTBoard lessons created by other teacher. Simply search for the subject area desired.

Little Tricks

You can easily convert handwritten text to type font by clicking on the drop down arrow and selecting ‘Recognize…

The SmartBoard will convert your handwriting to typed font. (If it can read your writing…)

Little Tricks

Little Tricks

To add text to a screen, simply start typing. By double clicking on the text, font options will appear.

Little Tricks

Once you highlight an object on the screen, hit the drop down arrow and several options will become available.

Little TricksClone allows you to make a copy of the object numerous times. Perfect for circles and shapes

Locking will keep the object from moving on the screen.

Flip can go L/R or top to bottom

Order allows you to place objects one on top of another, similar to Publisher

Little TricksRemember, your SmartBoard is also a monitor, and anything you can show on your computer screen can be used to show students. The Transparency tool allows you to write over any web page you may have showing.

PrintingBy sending a document to your e-mail (from a copier) you can then send that document to the SmartBoard via a Print Option. Choose Smart Notebook Document Writer. The document will print to a new screen on your board.

Printing

By selecting Print from the File drop down, you can print the screen. Options include print one page or all the pages in your presentation.

SmartBoard Tutorial

For more info, please take a quick look at the tutorial from theSMARTBoard folks.

SmartBoard Tutorial

Try at home…

This version of SMARTNotebook is available for home use.

http://express.smarttech.com/#

Thanks!

• We hope this presentation has been helpful!• For more help, to schedule an appointment,

or if you have any questions, please contact us through our website!

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