PARTNERSHIPS CAPACITY supporting STUDENTS TECHNOLOGY

developing PARTNERSHIPS ⚫ building CAPACITY ⚫ supporting STUDENTS ⚫ implementing TECHNOLOGY


November, 2019Abbotsford School District

Boardmaker Online

developing PARTNERSHIPS ● building CAPACITY ● supporting STUDENTS ● implementing TECHNOLOGY

We acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional, ancestral, unceded shared territory of the Matsqui First Nation and Sumas First Nation. The Sema:th and Matsqwi are part of the Sto:lo Nation and have lived in the Fraser Valley for over10, 000 years.


Housekeeping

1. Sign-in

2. Name tags

3. Handouts

4. Post-workshop survey


About Me…

Hi! I’m Lorena DuranProvincial Teacher (Tier 3 Services)

[email protected]

https://learningnetwork.setbc.org/sd34boardmaker/

https://learningnetwork.setbc.org/sd34boardmaker/


Agenda

9:00am – 10:30am• Tech support• Intro to Boardmaker visual supports10:30am – 10:45am• Coffee break10:45am – 12:00pm• Explore BMO Supports• Pre-made activities from BMO communities• Downloading from resourceSET• Time to make materials



Workshop Goals

• Participants will learn how to create and edit visual supports.

• Participants will explore and learn how to use pre-made templates and activities.


• Provincial Outreach Program

• Goal: to assist BC school districts (K-12) build their capacity to use technology to support the diverse needs of their students

Professional Development(District-Based)

Classroom-Based

Student-Based



Concreteness fading / math sense


Visual support for next week

What visual support do you want to make today?

Type of support: __________________

Subject area: _____________________


Getting into Boardmaker Online

Login Credentials

• If you have not yet logged in, please go ahead!

• Trouble with credentials? Tech support will assist.

Once you have logged in…

• Click on “Home” (left side)

• Wait there


How to make and edit buttons

1. Log-in

2. Click on “My Boardmaker”

3. Click on “Create Activity”

4. Click on “New Blank Activity”

5. Click on the button tool

6. Put your arrow cursor in the top left

corner of the board. Click and position your

cursor in the corner of you button and drag

to resize your button.



7. Navigate to the right hand side of your screen. Make sure the ‘Properties’ tab is selected. Scroll down to ‘Border’. Select 2pt and black. Notice that the button boarder changes on your board.

8. Click on the Spray tool.

9. Select the button that you drew on your board. Drag the cells all over the page.

10. Click on the bottom white part of your board to de-select the buttons.



11. Click on the top left corner button. Select the symbol tool.

12. Navigate to the right hand side of your screen. Notice that the symbol tab is selected. Type an image keyword in the symbol search bar.

13. Click on the symbol that you want to use and drag it to the button you want to put it in.

14. Now, you can edit the button label to your preference, or move onto the next button you want to edit.


15. Navigate to the right hand side of your screen. Select the ‘Properties’ tab. Click the text box under ‘label’. Delete and re-type the label to suit your student’s needs.


16. Select the next button to edit. Navigate to the right hand side of your screen. Make sure that the properties tab is selected. Select ‘choose symbol’.

17. Click on the ‘Web Search’ tab. Type an image keyword in the symbol search bar. Chose the image you want and press ‘Select’. Once it has loaded, it will appear in the button you had selected on your board.


18. Ensure that the button you are working on is still selected. Navigate to the right hand side of your screen. Click on ‘Edit Symbol’. The edit page will open.

How to edit buttons with Symbol Editor

19. Navigate to the top left hand side of the edit page. Select the ‘Marquee" Tool’. Click on the image near the part that you want to cut out of the symbol. Choose the scissors to cut.


20. Next, navigate to the top right hand side of your screen. Select the ‘cut’ tool. The selected area will be removed. Click on ‘Save to Activity’. Navigate back to the top left hand side of your screen and click on ‘Back to Editor’. The button will now reflect your edit.

How to edit buttons with Symbol Editor


How to edit orientation with Symbol Editor

21. Select the next button to edit. Navigate to the left hand side of your screen. Select the symbol tool. Type ‘arrow’ in the search bar. Select the small, black arrow. Click and drag it to the button that you have selected.

22. Select the properties tab. Click on ‘Edit Symbol’. Navigate to the centreof the edit tool bar and select the ‘Rotate Tool’. The properties side bar appears on the right hand side of the screen. Click on ‘Rotate Right’.


23. Click on ‘Save to Activity’ or "Save to My Media." Navigate back to the top left hand side of your screen and click on ‘Back to Editor’. The button will now reflect your edit.

24. The properties tab should still be selected. Delete the label ‘arrow’ in the ‘Label’ box. Scroll down to the ‘Border’ heading. Select white as the border colour. Now, you have a directional arrow that can be used in a behavior map or task analysis.

How to edit orientation with Symbol Editor


25. Select the next button to edit. Navigate to the left hand side of your screen. Select the symbol tool. Type ‘music room’ in the search bar. Select the symbol with the green chalkboard. Click and drag it to the button that you have selected.

How to group symbols into one button

26. Type ‘circle time’ in the search bar. Select the first symbol that populates and drag it to the music room button. A message will pop up on your screen. Click ‘add to’.


27. Size the image to fit in the area. Then, select the text ‘music room’ and change the text to ‘music class’ in the label box.

How to group symbols into one button


How to save and print activities

1. Go to ‘File’

2. Select 'Save Activity As'

3. Give your file a name.

4. Select ‘Print Activity’

5. Destination; Change;

‘Save as PDF’


Power user: video demo

• https://tobiidynavox-2.wistia.com/medias/ygrilmoqgv

• BM to BMO Series Moving from V6 to Boardmaker Online

• Pages panel

https://tobiidynavox-2.wistia.com/medias/ygrilmoqgv



Your turn

• Take 15 minutes to explore making and editing buttons. Discuss with

your colleagues.



Boardmaker supports

• Activities• Community Activities

• Community• Browse Groups

• Curriculum

• Core First Learning

• Reading Avenue

• Expedition Education


Community Activities

• Search ready-made activities and boards • Interactive Activities are for SmartBoard, laptops, iPad:

https://www.boardmakeronline.com/Activity/1615672

Add activities you like to

My Boardmaker using the +button.

https://www.boardmakeronline.com/Activity/1615672


Uploading activities to your BMO

• https://www.setbc.org/resourceset/

1. Open ‘Formats’ drop down menu.

2. Select Boardmaker and PDF templates.

3. Download the activity to your computer.

4. Go to My Boardmaker and select Upload Activity.

5. Select Browse.

6. Navigate to the activity and click Open.

7. Click Upload File.

https://www.setbc.org/resourceset/


Work time

• Create student-specific and class-specific resources. Take this time to collaborate with your co-workers.

• Tip: Upload your activity to a group.


Questions


Please complete the survey

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https://forms.gle/HTGKZBa8Jrnduern9



Aftershare resources

• Boardmaker Template guide

• http://tdvox.web-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/Boardmaker/documents/BMO%26Studio_TemplateGuide_Nov2018.pdf

• BMO Learning Resources page https://goboardmaker.com/pages/learning-resources

• Creating an activity from scratch https://goboardmaker.com/blogs/videos/creating-an-activity-from-scratch

• Boardmaker online symbol editor https://goboardmaker.com/blogs/videos/boardmaker-online-symbol-editor

http://tdvox.web-downloads.s3.amazonaws.com/Boardmaker/documents/BMO%26Studio_TemplateGuide_Nov2018.pdf

https://goboardmaker.com/pages/learning-resources

https://goboardmaker.com/blogs/videos/creating-an-activity-from-scratch

https://goboardmaker.com/blogs/videos/boardmaker-online-symbol-editor


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