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SMART

OARD

SER

UIDE FOR

What is it?

SMART Board is an interactive whiteboard

available in an increasing number of classrooms

at the University of Tennessee.

While your laptop image is projected on the

SMART Board, you can tap on the screen with

your finger. The SMART Board becomes a giant

touch-screen. Tapping on the screen is

equivalent to a click with your mouse.

You may draw on the SMART Board using the

four electronic pens on the SMART Board tray.

Use the board for lectures, presentations, and

more.

ABLE OF

ONTENTS

I. Before You Use the SMART Board.................................................................................. 1

II. Turning on the SMART Board......................................................................................... 2

III. The First Time You Use the SMART Board................................................................... 3

IV. Teaching with the SMART Board .................................................................................. 6

V. Advanced Features......................................................................................................... 12

VI. Using the VCR Inside the SMART Board ...................................................................... 14

VII. Smart Board Resources ............................................................................................... 14

EFORE

SE THE

SMART

OARD

Computer Requirements: (For Version 9.1)

• A PC laptop with the following: (For Windows 98 and higher operating systems)

o Pentium® 150 MHz processor (450 MHz or faster recommended)

o 128 MB of RAM (256 MB recommended)

o Available powered USB port

o Approximately 160 MB of free hard disk space for a full installation

o Windows NT® 4.0 (SP6), Windows® 98 operating system or later

o Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or later (6.0 recommended)

o Macromedia Flash player version 7.0.19 or later (recommended)

Summary of content (14 pages)

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SMART BOARD USER GUIDE FOR PC What is it? SMART Board is an interactive whiteboard available in an increasing number of classrooms at the University of Tennessee. While your laptop image is projected on the SMART Board, you can tap on the screen with your finger. The SMART Board becomes a giant touch-screen. Tapping on the screen is equivalent to a click with your mouse. You may draw on the SMART Board using the four electronic pens on the SMART Board tray.
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SMART Board Software • • • • Download the free SMART Board software from this website: http://www.smarttech.com/support/software/index.asp Follow the installation instructions available on the web site above. Make sure you have the latest version and update periodically. If you experience trouble installing the software, call IT Engineering Services at 974-9110 for technical support. II. TURNING ON THE SMART BOARD Steps for turning on the board in rooms with only a SMART Board: 1.
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III. THE FIRST TIME YOU USE THE SMART BOARD A. LAUNCHING THE SMART BOARD SOFTWARE 1. If the SMART Board icon is not visible in the system tray (the bottom right hand corner of the taskbar), double-click the SMART Board icon located on the desktop to launch the software: 2. A small SMART Board icon will then appear in the system tray. 3. Click on this icon to display the SmartBoard menu. B.
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2. The SMART Board Settings window (below, left) will appear. Click on Add SMART Product button to start automatically SMART Board detection process. 3. If the SMART Board detection process is successful, you will see the red exclamation mark is changed to a green check in the SMART Board Settings window (below, left). Click OK, and you will see the SMART Board Control Panel window (below, right). Close this window to continue using your computer with SMART Board applications. 4.
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C. ORIENTING THE SMART BOARD The first time you use your computer with the SMART Board, and subsequently if the board does not appear to be working correctly, you may need to orient the board. 1. Click on the SMART Board Icon in the system tray. Select “Orient…” from the menu. 2. The standard orientation pattern will appear on the SMART Board screen. Use your finger or one of the pens to touch the 9 points as shown below.
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IV. TEACHING WITH THE SMART BOARD A. DISPLAYING IMAGES ON THE SMART BOARD Anything you can display on your computer monitor will be projected onto the SMART Board when you are connected to the system. For example, you could display: • • • • • Word Documents Images Pages on the Internet PowerPoint Presentations Statistical or Design Programs Touching the SMART Board is equivalent to clicking on your computer screen using your mouse.
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• The SMART Board Control Panel will appear (below, left). Click on the Pen and Button Settings button; another window will appear (below, right). Select one of the four pen buttons , the eraser button , or mouse/keyboard buttons to customize. With the pens, you can change the color, transparency, thickness, and line style. With the eraser, you can change the eraser thickness, and with mouse/keyboard buttons, you can assign other actions to SMART Board mouse/keyboard buttons.
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D. USING THE FLOATING TOOLS The Floating Tools allows you access to a variety of one-touch controls. To launch the in the Start Center; Floating Tools, you need to click on the Floating Tools icon this will launch the default Floating Tools. You will also realize that whenever you pick up a pen from SMART Board tray, the minimized Floating Tools with only two buttons (camera and undo) appears. Clicking on the arrow icon regular Floating Tools.
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Customizing Floating Tools To customize your toolbar, • Launch the Floating Tools, if it is not started yet. • Click on the “More” button, and select “Customize Floating Tools…” option. • Customize Floating Tools window will appear (below), use the options to customize the Floating Tools. E. USING THE SMART NOTEBOOK There are three ways to get information into the Notebook. • You can use the Screen Capture Tools while working with other programs such as Word or PowerPoint.
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To launch the Screen Capture Toolbar: • Start the SMART Notebook from the Start Center. • From the “View” menu, select “Screen Capture Toolbar.” The Screen Capture Toolbar Capture an Area – when you select this tool the mouse will change; then drag your mouse diagonally across the area of the screen you want to capture to the SMART Notebook. Window Capture – when you select this tool, select the window you want to capture to the SMART Notebook, and the active window will be shaded.
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4. If you want to convert the handwriting to text, click on the object to select it. If you select it, a border around the object and arrow will appear. Click on the arrow button, and select one of the options to convert it to text. If none of them is appropriate, delete the object and try to write clearly. Note: You may also use the SMART Keyboard to write on a SMART Notebook page.
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have active URLs in the presentation, choosing the double click is recommended; otherwise, you will not be able to follow URLs. 4. To move backward and forward between slides, you may: a. Click on the left and right arrow buttons on the toolbar above or b. Tap on the screen once, and then tap again to the right of your initial tap to move forward; tap on the screen once, and then tap again to the left of your initial tap to move backward. V. ADVANCED FEATURES A.
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To open the Recorder: • From the Start Center, select Recorder • The Recorder controls will appear: • Press the Record button to start recording, press Stop when you are finished. Your voice will be saved along with everything that is displayed or written on the board while you record. • By default, the file saved will be in movie format (.avi) and can be viewed using Windows Media Player, Real Player, Quicktime, or similar software.
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VI. USING THE VCR INSIDE THE SMART BOARD Note: The following applies to rooms with stand-alone SMART Board. 1. Turn on the SMART Board by pressing the power button. Wait 15 second for the board to warm up. The light next to the power button will flash while it is warming up. 2. Press the source select button until the light beside the third (bottom) choice is lit. Source Select Power Button 3. Put a tape in the VCR. The tape will play automatically. 4.