1. Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota
SMART BOARD Basics
Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

2. Getting your hardware going…
What to connect…
USB
Speaker??
Projector
What to look for….
Green light on the bottom left of board
Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

3. Hardware Basics – Get connected, orient
Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

4. Features Touch system Digital Ink overlay Pen Tray Floating Tools
Smart Notebook Software
Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

5. Are you using
SmartNotebook?
Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

6. Floating Tools
The Floating Tools toolbar is a customizable collection of buttons that floats on top of other programs. The Floating Tools toolbar enables you to quickly access frequently used tools and features.
The default Floating Tools toolbar enables you to write or draw, highlight, erase, right-click, start the SMART Keyboard, create .notebook files and undo a previous action.
To open the Floating Tools toolbar
Press the SMART Board icon in the notification area, and then select Show Floating Tools.

7. Tool Bars
Delete
Open
Paste
Save
Undo
Redo
Previous Next Add Page

8. Show/Hide Screen Shade
Full Screen View
Toggle Dual Page Mode
Screen Capture
SMART Document Camera
Table
Insert Question
Start Assessment

9. Shape Recognition Tool
Magic Pen Tool
Fill Tool
Text Tool
Select Tool
Pen Tool
Creative Pen Tool
Eraser Tool
Line Tool
Shape Tool

10. Properties
Toggle Toolbar (top/bottom)

11. Overview of Tools Pat Bruinsma - ESA2
Pat Bruinsma, University of South Dakota

12. Smart Notebook Gallery Features
Math Tools
Ruler
Compass
Protractor
Clock
Number writing practice
Language Tools
Large letters
Sound

13. Creating (or modifying) a Lesson Plan with SMART Notebook
Objects In Notebook, anything you can select inside the work area including text, graphics, shapes, and pictures are considered objects Objects have 2 handles –White to resize, Green to rotate Black arrow to change properties (add links, clone, group, order….)
SMART gallery Page templates (folded top right corner) Gallery items Online resources
Page Sorter Overview of all pages in a presentation
Active pages are indicated by the blue border and a drop down menu Cloning, deleting, clearing pages Changing order, naming pages

14. Web Sites Portaportals http://asl.ms/
ASL practice

15. Students with Disabilities
Visual learners -note-taking, diagramming and manipulating objects on the large screen
Kinesthetic/tactile learners -exercises involving touch, movement and space
Deaf and hearing-impaired -visuals on the screen and the simultaneous use of sign language
Visually impaired students (with some vision ability)- manipulate objects and text
Physical disabilities -the large screen and touch-sensitive surface facilitate learning
Behavior issues -can be used to promote good behavior