First Step : Setting Up the Smartboard and Presentation Cart
Connect Smart Board to the computer using USB cable. Smart Board will draws power from the computer and will activate automatically.
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| Make sure and plug in the long USB cable into a USB port on the computer. |
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| Check to make sure that other end of the USB cable is securely plugged into the Smartboard |
Now that the Smart Board has been set, it is time to move the Smart board and presentation cart into place. It is best to secure the Smart board against a wall if possible to prevent it from moving while you use it. The cart will need to be moved a few feet in front of the board so that the projector image will fill the entire board. You might have to adjust the height of the projector so that it displays on the board properly
Now that the board is physically oriented properly, you need to lock the wheels of the Smart board into place to make it
less likely to move while you are using it.
You will also need to lock the wheels on the presentation station
Second Step: Orienting the Board
Although you have locked the wheels of the smartboard and presentation station, you will still have to orient the board
frequently. Orienting the board means that you are syncing the board with the projector’s display so that when you
touch the board with a pen or your hand, it responds to where it is being touched. There are a couple of ways to do this.
First, open the Smartboard software icon on your desktop that is labeled Notebook Software 10:
When the software opens, you will be presented with a welcome screen. You can select the Orient option from here. However, there is another option that you need to learn in the next step.
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Located on the pen tray of the board are two buttons:
One button is to access the keyboard so you can type and the other is the right click of a mouse. If you press these two
buttons at the exact same time and hold it down, you can orient the board:
After you press the buttons on the pen tray or select the orient option from the welcome screen, the orientation screen will appear:
To orient the board with the most accuracy, use a pen from the pen tray instead of one of your fingers to select the
middle space in between the crosshairs at the nine targets that appear on the board. After you have select all of the
points, the orientation screen will disappear and the board will be accurate. If you notice the board not reacting to
where you touch it, you will have to orient the board again
Third Step : Knowing the tools
In the smartboard software, you have a few different ways to access the tools you need. There is a floating toolbar which allows you to use the smart tools. To open/close the toolbar, click on the arrow:
In the Notebook software, you will have more options available to you:
Side toolbar in the notebook software:
Here are the tool options available to you:
Fourth step: Inserting a New Slide
In the Notebook software, there are 3 locations that you can add pages from:
When you click on the down arrow in the side toolbar not only can you add a page, but you are presented with a few
more options:
Inserting an Object
In the sidebar, if you select the portrait you will notice there is a gallery of pictures, interactive and multimedia clips, notebook files and pages, and backgrounds and themes. Simply type in a word in the search engine to find a particular clip in the gallery
If you cannot find what you are looking for in the smart notebook gallery, you may always search Google to find an
appropriate image. Be careful searching Google in front of students though because sometimes the results will not be
school appropriate.
When you locate the object you would like to insert, right-click on the picture you want and select copy:
