This manual was written for Activprimary version 3 and above
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1. 5 Use presentation tools Take advantage of Activprimary s presentation features to make lessons more creative and engaging Dice add an element of chance clocks add pace spotlights add focus 6 Make your flipcharts relevant to your students Include photos of favorite celebrities and of your students local area T Prepare your flipcharts well A well prepared flipchart is easier to teach You can also reuse and share a well structured flipchart 8 Make your flipchart interactive Encourage students to do presentations at the board let them create their own pages let them take control of the tools 9 Incorporate your current resources into the flipchart If you already use CD ROMs use them with your flipcharts Use scanners to copy handouts you ve already created but remember to take advantage of Activprimary s opportunities for interactivity 10 Keep the focus on what is being learned Activprimary offers excellent opportunities for flexible teaching making it look like youre being spontaneous while sticking strictly to the plan laid out in the flipchart 108 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd WHERE TO GO FROM HERE Explore the training and online sections of the Dashboard for many more training ideas Promethean Learning For more training ideas visit Promethean s training website http www prometheanlearning com Promethean Planet Promethean Planet is a free online com2. The Fill tool is still active Click on one of the rectangles to change its color to your chosen color ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 49 Working with drawing tools 9 Color Picker tool The Color Picker tool lets you select any color you want from an image on the page Open the Resource Library and put any colorful image you like onto the page Close the Categories browser if open Click on the Fill Color Picker icon Select the Color Picker icon in the Tool Tray Select one of the blank color swatches Click on the image you added to the page Its color will be placed in the swatch Deselect the Color Picker tool Click on one of the rectangles to change its color to the one selected with the color picker Save the flipchart with the name Activprimary 5 IN THE CLASSROOM Once you ve created a Chart save it to the Resource Library so you don t have create it again Exit Activprimary 50 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with drawing tools Optional Explore the color text and image options to complete the graph Favorite mammals Summary In this tutorial we showed you how to create a graph using Activprimary We introduced you to the Pen Modifier toolbox and showed a number of different options when working with colo
3. Working with drawing tools 5 Vertical Line tool a Click on the Vertical Line tool Draw the vertical axis for the bar chart Close the Pen Modifier toolbox 6 Shapes tool Click on the Shapes button in the Main toolbox Click on the yellow color Click on rectangle to add it to the page ieee Move the rectangle to its own space Add two more rectangles to the page changing the color each time Place the rectangles on the horizontal axis changing its length if necessary You ve finished the bar chart Now we ll show you some color options when working with Activprimary 48 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with drawing tools 7 Fill tool The Fill tool lets you add blocks of color to the page We will use the Fill tool to change the color of one of the rectangles Click on the Fill Color Picker tool in the Main toolbox on Click on blue in the Color Palette Click inside one of the shapes to fill it with color IN THE CLASSROOM Students enjoy using the Fill tool to add blocks of color instantly to a page This can make any lesson instantly more creative You can always use the Undo tool if you don t like the result 8 More color options For more color options right click on one of the blank color swatches Select a color from the box which appears TT tt ttt The color in the Color Palette will change to show the color you have chosen
4. EE Click on the Resource Library button Click on the Categories button T With the Shared button selected select the Flipchart Pages button In the Resource Tree the Flipchart Builder folder should be open Shared Flipchart Pages Flipehart Builder Analysis and Classification Basic Page Layouts Confidence Checking and Reflection Games Group Discussion Frames and Organizers Higher Order Gluestioning Lesson Structure and Objective Sharing The folders here contain a huge range of templates to help you create professional looking flipcharts quickly Explore the folders Thumbnails of the pages will appear in the Tool Tray Click on one of the thumbnails in the Tool Tray to add the page to your flipchart click and edit CEE Ta Close the Categories browser Text boxes on these pages can be edited Useful tools are often available on these pages Click on the pen icons for example to launch the Pen tool in your lessons 40 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with the Resource Library 8 My Resource Library lt Go back to the first page of the flipchart EE Click on the Resource Library button Select the Categories button In the Categories browser click on the Personal button and the Library button to access the main My Resource Library area This area of the Resource Library lets you organize and store your own re
5. Move the cursor to just above the top ruler line The pen cursor should change to include a line This means any line you draw will follow the edge of the ruler Move the cursor to the zero point on the ruler then click and drag to the right Draw a line 16 centimeters long Hover the cursor towards the top of the calibrated area and rotate the ruler to 40 above the first line ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 69 70 Working with numbers From zero draw another 16 centimeter line Drag the zero point of the ruler to the end of the second line Rotate the ruler so you can complete the triangle Draw another line with the ruler to make a triangle Double click on the ruler to open the Math toolbox Click on the Delete button to delete the ruler from the page ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with numbers 4 Protractor tool K Select the Special Tools icon Click on the Protractor icon in the Tool Tray Select Half Protractor A protractor will appear on the page As with the ruler the protractor has several regions which do different things If you hover the cursor over the inner area of the protractor the cursor will change signifying that you can click and drag it around the flipchart Move the protractor so you can measure one of the angles ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 71 Working with
6. Currently all the images appear as individual items We want them all to exist as one item so it is easier to move and manipulate them in future To do this we will group the images Using the Marquee Select tool click and drag to select all four images Click on the Grouped icon Now you can click and drag on the images as one item making then IN THE CLASSROOM easier to manipulate When you ve finished any diagram which includes many resources group it and save it to the Resource Library so you don t have to create it again 6 Using images from the internet Click on the Next Page button Until now we ve shown you how to use images from the Resource Library The internet is always available however if you can t find an image you want in the Resource Library If you find an image you like on the internet store it in your part of the Resource Library so you can use the image as often as you want Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Select the Web Browser icon In the Address bar type www google com Click Enter on your keyboard In the Google web page click on Images ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 59 Working with images In the search field type elephant Web Images Groups Google elephant Images Moderate SafeSearch is on Click on Search Images As you will see while the Resource Library contains many images the internet infinitely inc
7. Next Page or the Previous Page button 94 The Page Turn Effect box opens In this box you can tell Activprimary how you want your pages to turn Various effects are available Click on the Effect drop down arrow and select Random Random Close the Page Turn Effect box ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools Click on the Next Page button The page turn effect will be applied You might like to fill the pages with different colors while you are experimenting with the effects to see the transition from one page to another more clearly When you finish return to the first page of your flipchart 4 Reveal tool Click on the Special Tools icon In the Tool Tray click on the Reveal tool Your page should become blank ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 95 Working with presentation tools Click on the Next Page button on the Main toolbox You are now on page two even though you can t see it As you move the cursor around the page you ll see that it is shaped like a pull tag Click towards the top of the page and drag down The blank area will IN THE CLASSROOM be pulled away to show the flipchart beneath Use this tool to show text one line at a time helping your students to focus on the text line by line NOTE The Reveal tool also works from left to right right to left and bottom to top lt Return
8. is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries Microsoft product screen shot s reprinted with permission from Microsoft Corporation Google search engine and Google Image Search search service are trademarks of Google Technology CONTENTS Introduction 9 1 Getting started i 9 2 Getting started ii 17 3 Working with text 27 4 Working with the Resource Library 35 5 Working with drawing tools 45 6 Working with images 53 7 Working with numbers 67 8 Working with other applications 79 9 Finishing your flipcharts 83 10 Working with presentation tools 91 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd INTRODUCTION Welcome to Activprimary Foundaion Skills In this book we will introduce you to some of Activprimary s most important features helping you to create excellent Activboard lessons We hope that these tutorials show you how Activprimary can transform your classes helping your students to learn more effectively What are the benefits of using Activprimary Help with creating lessons Activprimary has been created to help make preparing lessons easy Once you ve designed your lesson it can be refined reused and shared Help with teaching lessons A range of presentation tools and techniques exist to help you make your lessons more interesting and interactive Help with learning By incorporating
9. numbers Like the ruler you can also rotate the protractor by clicking on the outer areas and dragging Rotate the protractor and measure the top angle 5 Creating filled segments 72 Double click on the protractor to open the Math toolbox Click on the Decrease Object Size button until the protractor is small enough just to fill one corner of the triangle Close the Math toolbox Click on the Pens Highlighters and Erasers tool Select a thin pen width Now with the pen draw a line around the curved edge of the protractor as you did with the ruler When you have finished however a filled segment will be created Move the protractor and draw two more segments in the other angles changing the pen color each time ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with numbers When you have finished delete the protractor from the page using the Math toolbox gt Click on the Next Page button a Using the Pen tool write Compasses and the XY Origin Tool on the page Loo 6 Compass tool Click on the Special Tools icon In the Tool Tray click on the Compass tool A compass appears on the page y ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 73 Working with numbers Click and drag on the top of the compass or the point arm to move the compass to the center of the page Click and drag the pen arm but not the pen to rotate the comp
10. that Activprimary contains a number of presentation tools that can be used to make your flipcharts more engaging and interactive ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 105 106 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd WELL DONE You ve finished Activprimary Foundation Skills In this manual we have introduced you to some of the most important features of Activprimary We ve shown you to the software s principal toolboxes and we ve demonstrated some of the tools you may find most useful in your lessons Good luck with your future lessons we hope you enjoy using Activprimary ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 107 TEN QUICK TIPS We ve shown you the basics now try to create your first flipchart for a lesson Activprimary helps you include images color and interactivity into your lessons Here are some ideas on how to make the most of the software 1 Make the most of the colors fonts and images available Keep the creativity flowing by constantly changing the fonts and colors that you use 2 Use many pages Spread exercises over a number of pages to help you control the pace of lessons 3 Re save your flipcharts When you teach your flipcharts you will customize them for each class Re save the flipchart with a different name when you have finished teaching the lesson and distribute the flipchart to students 4 Print your flipcharts Use the pages as handouts
11. the other pieces of text on the Change font page Change color Using the floating keyboard KJ Use the Marquee Select tool to arrange the text ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 31 Working with text 6 Recognition tool Select the text you wrote with the Pen tool Working with text Workin with bart Creating typed text Change font Change font Change color Using the floating keyboard Click on the Flipchart Trashcan to delete it from the page Now we will re create this text using the Recognition tool The Recognition tool takes your handwriting and turns it into typed text Click on the Special Tools icon In the Tool Tray select the Recognition tool The Recognition toolbox opens above your Tool Tray In the panel headed Write one or more words write the phrase Working with text Click on the Verify Input button 32 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills NOTE An Activboard or substitute device such as an Activhub or an Activtablet must be connected for recognition to work IN THE CLASSROOM The Recognition tool is great for putting names on maps or diagrams Students love using the Recognition tool it particularly encourages young learners to write clearly 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with text If the text has not been correctly recognized either click on the Start Again button or use your keyboard to correct
12. the images in the thumbnails panel to place it on the page Close the Categories browser KJ Use the Marquee Select tool to reduce the size of the image W Dig with ha Res Try Libre Aer mY NES ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 37 Working with the Resource Library 5 Rubber Stamp Select the Rubber Stamp tool Scroll through the thumbnails select another image Don t click on the page Note how the animal is attached to your cursor as you move it around the page Click on the page three times in different places Each time you click another copy of the image will be added to the page Woreing sit ho Resoure Lome Click on the Rubber Stamp tool again to deselect it 38 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with the Resource Library 6 Backgrounds Click on the Backgrounds button in the Main toolbox Click on the Categories button in the Tool Tray In the Resource Tree scroll down through the options Find a folder of backgrounds you like We have chosen the Scenes folder Beach Countryside Fairy Tales Farm A number of backgrounds appear in the Tool Tray Click on a background to add it to the page It will appear behind everything else on the page gt Click on the Next Page button ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 39 Working with the Resource Library 7 Shared Flipchart Pages
13. the sentence to select it Retype the sentence or correct any sentences on the page creating typed textis Change font Before moving on rearrange the words if necessary using the Marquee Select tool Leave space for another line of text towards the bottom of the page 30 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with text 5 Floating Keyboard tool T Click on the Text tool in the Main toolbox Click on the Floating Keyboard icon in the Tool Tray A floating keyboard will appear on the page IN THE CLASSROOM The floating keyboard is useful if the computer keyboard is a long way from the Activboard or if you want to get students up to the board NOTE Right click on the floating keyboard for an adult keyboard You can move the floating keyboard around the page by clicking and dragging on any area of the keyboard which doesn t contain an icon With the Text tool still selected click on the page beneath the previous lines of text to show where your text will begin On the floating keyboard click on the caps lock button so that the first letter you type will be upper case When you ve typed the first letter click on the caps lock button again and continue the phrase Clicking on the floating keyboard type Using the floating keyboard Close the floating keyboard B Creating typed text NOTE How would you make Chang e font the text the same style as
14. these tools to give focus and pace to your lessons Launch Activprimary Open a new flipchart Create TT Hew Flipc is Using the Pen tool write Presentation tools on the flipchart 1 Gesture tools Activprimary s Gesture tools are designed to help make working at an Activboard easier We will show you one useful option here but you will need to experiment with the settings to make Gesture tools fit with your style of working with an Activpen and an Activboard Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Click on the Menu button and select Settings The Activprimary Settings box will open Settings ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 91 Working with presentation tools Click on Gesture Wheel in the left hand section Gesture Wheel Pen Tool Ginioff Check the box headed Enable Gestures This turns on the Gesture tools In the Gesture list you can currently see three of the set gestures 10 Pen Tool On Off 30 Next Page 50 Color Selector ture 1 0 Pen Tool Onioft Scroll down the list and you will see one more set of gestures 70 Previous Page NOTE You can assign any action in the Action list to gestures in the Gesture list Click OK to return to the flipchart Now if you look carefully at your cursor you ll see it s surrounded by dots This is a guide to show you how to perform the gesture ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills IN THE CLASSROOM Many ges
15. to the first page of the flipchart 96 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools 5 Eraser tool Using the Text tool type the following sentence in the center of the page The capital of Spain is Madrid Select all the text if necessary and change the font size so that the text can clearly be seen Promotion Cool The capital of Spain is Madrid Click on the Pens Highlighters and Erasers button Choose a thick pen and write over the word Madrid to hide it The capital of Spain s CS Now click on an Eraser tool Erase the hidden word to reveal the answer The capital of Spain is Ga nit ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 97 Working with presentation tools 6 Understanding the eraser The Eraser tool works by pasting an eraser image on the page This image makes anything on the top layer invisible It doesn t make anything on other layers invisible This is why the line you drew with the pen tool on the top layer became invisible but the typed text on the middle layer remained visible The eraser image can be moved around the page To illustrate this Select the Marquee Select tool and click the area you have just erased When it is selected click and drag on the eraser image to move it The Pen tool s lines will become visible again ae Ex The capital of Spai ris Ac El J Move the eras
16. worked with two of the rectangles Right click on the remaining rectangle Select Lock on Background The rectangle will be placed on the bottom layer making the image visible You won t be able to move the rectangle in either Design Mode or Presentation Mode but you will be able to move the animal 64 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills IN THE CLASSROOM The Reset Page button is the teacher s life saver As long as you have previously saved the flipchart you can always click on the Page Reset button to restart an exercise or to have another try at explaining something 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with images To move the rectangle right click and select Unlock All Background Objects Save the flipchart overwriting the previous Activprimary 6 Close Activprimary Summary We showed you a number of ways to manipulate images We also introduced you to the Camera tool showing you how it can be used to take snapshots of any image you have on screen Remember to take copyright issues into account when taking any resources from the internet ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 65 66 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 7 WORKING WITH NUMBERS 1 Ruler tool Activprimary contains a number of tools to help you work with numbers We ve been very broad in our definition of number tools however so the tools in this tutorial can be useful fo
17. ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills PROMETHEAN LIGHTING THE FLAME OF LEARNING COPYRIGHT INFORMATION Activprimary Foundation Skills Issue 3 2008 Promethean Limited All rights reserved If this guide is distributed with Activprimary software it may only be reproduced for use within the institution to which the software is licensed For use outside of your institution no part of this guide may be reproduced transmitted stored in a retrieval system or translated into any other language without the prior permission of Promethean Limited Please note that the content in this guide is protected under copyright law even if it is not distributed with software that includes an end user licence agreement Please remember that existing artwork or images that you may want to include in your Activprimary projects may be protected under copyright law The unauthorized incorporation of such material into your flipcharts could be a violation of the rights of the copyright owner please be sure to obtain any permissions required Although every care has been taken in the compilation of this training manual Promethean Limited accepts no responsibility for errors or omissions or for damages resulting from the use of information contained within the following pages Trademark acknowledgements Promethean Limited would like to acknowledge the following trademark material Microsoft Word word processing software and Microsoft Excel spreadsheet software
18. E Click on the Resource Library button The previous folder you used should still be selected Add one image to the page Place it in the center of the page 3 Increase Object Size button and Decrease Object Size button You can change an item s size using the Increase Object Size button and the Decrease Object Size button Double click on the animal to open the Object Edit toolbox BIg Click on the Duplicate button two times to create a total of three copies of the image Move each animal into its own space Open the Object Edit toolbox again on one of the animals Click on the Increase Object Size button The size of the object will increase by 10 Click on the Decrease Object Size button three times Change the size of the other images so they are all different Close the Object Edit toolbox ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 57 Working with images Note how stacking makes each copy appear on top of the previous one Using pick up boxes create a group of images similar to the one shown here 4 Mirror We want a copy of one image to face the other way Right click on an image Select Mirror in Y Axis Mirror in Y Axis options help you create flipped images of your pictures K Using the Marquee Select tool place the image neatly on the page NOTE Other right click 58 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with images 5 Grouping
19. Ltd Working with images 8 Lock Using the Previous Page button go back to the second page of the flipchart containing the three rectangles Make sure you are in Design Mode With the Marquee Select tool selected right click on one of the rectangles which still covers an animal Select Lock In Design Mode the rectangle is not locked it is locked in Presentation Mode ap Layer d M abe cher lap Dessrmrue Word Before moving on save the flipchart with the name Activprimary 6 We will now demonstrate how the Lock feature has affected the rectangle Click and drag on the rectangle it should move Place it back over the animal Enter Presentation Mode B Now click and drag on the shape The animal will be dragged from behind the rectangle The rectangle however is locked in place IN THE CLASSROOM Place many images or text boxes behind one locked image to create the resource bucket presentation technique Students click and drag items from the bucket Items can include coins from a purse questions from a question bank images to be discussed etc ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 63 Working with images 9 Page Reset button Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Click on the Page Reset button The flipchart will return to how it was when it was last saved 10 Lock on background Enter Design Mode So far we have
20. SAS ia on creating resources from scratch It can be easier to take other people s flipcharts and edit them Visit www prometheanplanet com for a range of ready prepared flipcharts for you to adapt 24 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started il Summary In this tutorial we showed you how to manipulate your text using pick up boxes We also showed you how items on a page can be copied and placed on a number of pages making it easier to create many pages in an instant ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 25 26 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 3 WORKING WITH TEXT With Activprimary it s easy to create neat typed text on an Activboard Once the text is on the page you can manipulate it in many ways making it easy to create professional looking flexible lessons which can be repeated and refined over time In this tutorial we will show you a range of text options available Launch Activprimary In the Dashboard select New Flipchart Create wT Hew Flipchart i a Using the Pen tool write Working with text towards the top of the board KJ Select the Marquee Select tool 1 Text tool To type text on the page you just have to hover the cursor on the page and start typing We will demonstrate this now Hover the cursor underneath Working with text Using your computer s keyboard type creating type
21. a range of colors for you to use Click on any color to select it We have chosen blue 00 EEEE Choose a different pen width by clicking on a different pen in the Tool ra panna Write to underneath the word Welcome Change the color of the pen and width again Write Activprimary at the bottom of the page If you make a mistake just move on to the next section IN THE CLASSROOM Keep changing the pen width and the colors you use to help keep your lessons colorful and interesting Let your students pick their own color when they write at the board 6 Clear tool Now we will show you one way to delete items Click on the Clear tool A menu will appear asking you what you want to delete Select the Clear Screen icon use tool tips to help if necessary Everything will be deleted from the page Click on the Undo tool to restore the text 12 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started i 7 Marquee Select tool KJ Click on the Marquee Select tool The Marquee Select tool is used to select and manipulate items on the page Hover the cursor over the letter y of Activprimary until a cross appears The cross shows that the item can be selected Click on the letter When you click correctly a box will appear showing you what is selected Your selection depends on how you wrote the word Activprimary 8 Flipchart Trashcan Click on
22. ass without drawing a circle Click on the pen holder to open and close the compass points Click and drag on the pen and draw a full circle Double click on the compass to open the Math toolbox Click on the Delete icon to delete the compass from the page 74 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with numbers 7 XY Origin tool Click on the Marquee Select tool and click on the circle to select it K Click and drag on the Rotate Object pick up box Note how the circle rotates on the spot Next we will show you how you can change the rotation point of an item on the page Ea The Special Tools icon should still be selected Click on the XY Origin icon in the Tool Tray An icon appears on the page This is the page s center of rotation a Everything will now rotate around this point N Move the XY Origin towards the left of the page ompunta amd Lhe XY origin too ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 75 Working with numbers Using the Marquee Select tool select the circle and click on the Rotate Object pick up box IN THE CLASSROOM Coupons dna Lhe XY orig a The XY Origin toolis gg Loo a demonstrating rotation in math lessons Rotate the circle and note how the circle now rotates around the icon En Click on the XY Origin icon in the Tool Tray to turn the tool off gt Click on the Next Page button 8 Dice tool a Usin
23. color images and interactivity lessons can be tailored for your students needs helping to keep them engaged in what is being learned NOTE This manual was written for Activprimary version 3 and above including some updates for 3 6 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd BEFORE YOU BEGIN In this manual we focus on Activprimary software We assume that your hardware is ready to use and that Activprimary is installed on your computer You can install Activprimary on the computer you use for preparing lessons as well as the computer you use in class If you are learning how to use Activprimary away from your Activboard you can get started with the tutorials right away Please turn to the first tutorial If you are learning Activprimary on an Activboard here are some tips for your day to day use of the board 1 Using your Activboard Turn on your Activboard before starting your computer The power indicator light in the top left corner of your board should be illuminated when the Activboard is turned on When both your Activboard and your computer are fully started hold the Activpen lightly on the board without pushing in the nib The cursor on screen should line up with the Activpen s tip If it doesn t you need to calibrate the board 2 Calibrating your Activboard Hover the tip of your Activpen over the power indicator light in the top lef
24. ct Top Layer Repeat for the other two rectangles Using pick up boxes change the images size and move each one into its own space Cover each image with a rectangle You ve used layers to create a basic guess what exercise ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills Top Layer Make Tickenape Sell Checker IN THE CLASSROOM This technique is the basis of a huge range of interactive exercises wy You can hide the answers to questions or hide the next part of an exercise letting you choose the moment when students are given the answers 2008 Promethean Ltd 55 Working with images When you want to show a student an animal as part of a classroom exercise you could just move the rectangle or you could use the following technique Right click on a rectangle From the menus select Bottom Layer The rectangle will now appear behind the image Click on the Next Page button Click on the Backgrounds button Click on the Categories button to open the Categories browser Select the Shared icon Use the Resource Tree to find any background you like Add it to the page 56 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills Shell Checher NOTE Backgrounds cannot be selected To delete them use the Delete button in the Backgrounds Tool tray 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with images Such backgrounds appear on a layer of their own and always appear behind everything else on a page E
25. d text Working with text creating typed test Note how the Text tool is automatically selected in the Main toolbox The Tool Tray changes to show options for editing text ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 27 Working with text 2 Text options Click on the Current Font box A menu will appear Click on one of the fonts to select a different font Click on the page under the previous text Type Change font Working with wert creating typed text E Change font NOTE Don t worry if you realize that you ve made a mistake in the text after finalizing it on the page We will show you how to correct text later in this tutorial In the Tool Tray click in the field containing the number the font size Click on the drop down arrow and select 20 Press enter on your keyboard Click underneath the previous text Type Change font size Working with Hrt creating typed text Change font Change font size i 28 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with text Click on the page beneath the text you just typed In the Tool Tray select a different color e La e i Type Change color Working With 227 creating typed text Change font Change font size Change color K Click on the Marquee Select tool and arrange your text boxes on the page creating typed text Change font Change font size Change colo
26. e sure that Shared Grids is selected in the Resource Tree Click on the grid shown here and to add it to the page Close the Categories browser Using this grid we will draw a bar chart 2 Snap to Grid 46 When using grids the Tool Tray contains options to increase or decrease the grid s size and to delete the grid from the page We will now explore another option select the Snap to Grid tool The Snap to Grid tool is an important design tool Now when you draw lines or move any item on the page they will automatically line up with the grid This helps to create neat flipcharts ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with drawing tools 3 Pen Modifier toolbox a Click on the Pens Highlighter and Erasers tool D Click on the Pen Modifier toolbox icon in the Tool Tray The Pen Modifier toolbox will open This contains a range of tools for drawing lines and shapes Using the tools in this box we will draw a bar chart Click and drag on the blue area to move the toolbox to the top right of the page 4 Horizontal Line tool Click on the Horizontal Line tool Select an appropriate pen thickness and color for the axes of a graph Click and drag a horizontal line on the bottom of the flipchart page As you are using Snap to Grid the axis lines up perfectly with the grid This will be the bottom axis of the chart ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 47
27. er shape back over the pen line It will become invisible again NOTE Move any item such as a photo onto the top layer and it can be made invisible using the Eraser tool Using this technique you can erase a photo from the page to reveal something beneath 7 Spotlight tool 98 Click on the Special Tools icon Click on the Spotlight tool in the Tool Tray Four options are available for you to explore In this case select Circular Spotlight The page should become black except for one circle showing the flipchart beneath ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools Move the pen around the page without pushing in the nib In this way you can show parts of the flipchart page Click and drag on the page to increase or decrease the size of the spotlight The capital af Spain is Madrid Decrease the size of the spotlight to show just one word on this page IN THE CLASSROOM On this page you vy could use the spotlight to encourage your students to read the question one word at a time The Spotlight tool lets students build up concepts from individual fragments ideal for starter exercises Click on the Spotlight icon to turn off the spotlight NOTE As with the Reveal tool you can turn the page after turning on the IN THE CLASSROOM spotlight so students don t see the full screen until you choose Spotlights are particularly useful for odd one out exercise
28. eturned to it a few months later you ll soon find out why they are essential The same applies when you want to find out how someone else s flipchart works You can add page notes to every page of a flipchart We recommend that you at least add page notes to the first page of a flipchart Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Click on the Page Notes button The Page Notes box appears Write notes for this flipchart here such as This flipchart can be used to introduce some important final touches to flipcharts When you close the box your page notes will automatically be saved with the flipchart An icon will be placed on the page so you know notes are available Click on the icon to open your Page Notes Save the flipchart as Activprimary 9 Exit Activprimary Summary In this tutorial we showed you how to delete and copy pages using the page organizer We explained how to create links on your flipcharts we showed you how to print your flipcharts and introduced you to page notes ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 89 90 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 10 WORKING WITH PRESENTATION TOOLS Activprimary contains many tools which help you to make your flipcharts more interesting and interactive when you are teaching with your students In this tutorial we will show you some of Activprimary s presentation tools demonstrating how you could use
29. f your display is the Main toolbox Across the bottom of your screen is the Tool Tray Move the Activpen lightly on the Activboard without pressing in the pen nib The computer s cursor will follow your movement If you hover the pen over one of the tools or buttons on the Main toolbox a tool tip will appear Tool tips remind you of a button s function Hover over the tool shown here If using an Activpen make sure to keep the pen still Pens Highlighters and Erasers You ll see it is called the Pens Highlighters and Erasers tool 10 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started i 3 Pens Highlighters and Erasers tool The Pens Highlighters and Erasers tool is red showing it is active To select a pen click on one of the icons in the Tool Tray Write the word Welcome at the top of the page Don t worry if you don t get it right first time just move on to the next section 4 Undo tool and Redo tool Most changes made in Activprimary can be reversed Click on the Undo tool This will reverse your last action Click on it several times Your previous actions will be reversed Now click on the Redo tool This will restore actions cancelled with the Undo tool Click on the Redo tool until the full text appears on the page again ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started i 5 Color palette The color palette contains
30. flipcharts 2 Page organizer 1 Click on the Page Selector button In the Tool Tray click on the Page Organizer button You will now be able to see thumbnails of all your pages A Page Organizer toolbox is also available Select a page and click on the Duplicate button in the Page Organizer toolbox You can rearrange the order of the pages by clicking and dragging the page into the place you want Drag the new page so that it is the third page in the sequence ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 85 Finishing your flipcharts Select this page and click on the Delete button to delete it When you have finished click on the third page Create links Click on the button called Close and go to selected page page 3 Create a link Right click on the page From the menu select Insert Link Object Insert Link Object Paste U pject Activote Results From the menu select Web Site Link Flipchart Link Web Site Link Office File Link hs Flash File Link Video File Link Sound File Link Other File Link Flash Placeholder Video Placeholder New Page Before Current Page New Page After Current Page 86 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Finishing your flipcharts A box will open called the Create a Link Object box Type www prometheanworld com in the box headed Enter a Web Site link to Clic
31. g the Pen tool write on the page Dice the floating calculator and lu Fla ctinng coladalor y 3 ta fractions ond Freckions Click on the Dice tool K Click on the Special Tools icon The Dice Roller box appears Select the number of dice you want to roll using the drop down arrow 76 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with numbers Click on the Roll the Dice button IN THE CLASSROOM While the Dice tool is most obviously used in the place of real dice it is also more generally a useful random number generator Teachers for An animation will show the dice rolling example use the dice to help them decide who will answer the next question or to decide which question should be answered next Put a student in charge of the Roll the Dice button Click on the Add Dice Total to Flipchart Page button to put the total number on the page You may have to move the Dice toolbox to see the number Close the Dice Roller before moving on 9 Floating calculator A Click on the Floating Calculator button The floating calculator works just like the floating keyboard Right click on the calculator for a menu showing an option to display Adult Calculator an adult calculator w Child Calculator Another option lets you add the calculation to the flipchart Close the floating calculator before moving on IN THE CLASSROOM The Add Calculation to Fli
32. his tutorial we will look at the page organizer showing you how it can be used to copy or delete pages Later in this tutorial we will focus on links which are another useful final touch to add to a flipchart You can link to videos sound files Word or Excel documents and to many other types of file We will then demonstrate how you can print your flipchart so students perform the same exercise on their desk that they see on the Activboard Finally we will show you how to add page notes to a flipchart NOTE You need to be connected to the internet for some of this tutorial Launch Activprimary Click on New Flipchart Create 4 j Hew Flipchart We will use Design Mode in this tutorial if the Teacher Tools Menu button is yellow click on the Teacher Tools Menu button and select Design Mode D n Using the Pen tool write the following headings over four pages Page Organizer Create Links Creake Links Printing ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 83 Finishing your flipcharts Page Notes Make sure you are on page 1 of your flipchart before moving on 1 Inserting pages Click on the Marquee Select tool Right click on the page and select Insert Page Before Current Page Insert Page Before Current Page a On this page use the Pen tool to write Inserting pages 84 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Finishing your
33. iles videos animations interactive activities and web links The only real limit is your imagination In this tutorial we will create your first flipchart page giving you an instant introduction to some of Activprimary s most important tools 1 Launching Activprimary When your computer is turned on you will see the Activprimary icon on your display Double click on the Activprimary icon with the Activpen NOTE How to double click X 7 Two firm but quick taps with the Activpen s nib performs the same Ga action as a double click with a mouse Y 2 Click OK or the check on any messages until you see Activprimary s Dashboard Cali iher free EJ iew Mipchari ky Shared Mipcharts k hg Fipe es BE Fipeharn Balder TR Shared Agseagamenia ra Ansasanmen Amar J My APereemeants Ea Hh Laced Qpan a racers Maps hawt Tower _ parte _ ie D Sewer _parte eG Nip Fiwon parts al Tver pans JM aL Powenpnind Darana wal Towers Geningetextion i Caport Ward The Dashboard is your launch pad to open your files and organize Activprimary just how you want it When you have finished this manual explore the Dashboard for further training ideas and software updates On the Dashboard click on New Flipchart Create You re ready to begin j Hew we ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 9 Getting started i 2 Tool tips A blank flipchart page opens On the right hand side o
34. k on OK Select the Marquee Select tool You are in Design Mode so the link is not active Click on the text Move it to the center of the page Click again and change the text to Promethean Enter Presentation Mode B Now when you hover the cursor over the link an arrow will appear showing that it is active Pront thean Click on the link to launch the website ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 87 Finishing your flipcharts 5 Printing Click on the Next Page button to get to the page headed Printing When you have finished a flipchart containing interactive exercises for your students you may want to print out some pages to create handouts Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Select the Print button A range of options are available here When you have decided how you want to print your flipchart click on the Print button if you want to print the flipchart Otherwise select Cancel Start printing Tren page Stop printing after D pag Print out your flipcharts to create handouts for exercises homework or revision gt Click on the Next Page button IN THE CLASSROOM 88 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Finishing your flipcharts 6 Page Notes tool Page notes are an essential final touch for any flipchart if you intend to reuse or share it When you ve carefully prepared a flipchart and then r
35. lipcharts Bi Click on the Desktop Mode button The flipchart disappears and Activprimary s Desktop toolbox appears on the desktop F a Click on the Pen tool and write Working with other applications on your desktop In this way you can annotate any item on your display ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 79 Working with other applications 9 Click on the Marquee Select tool Now you can click on the text and move it around the display With the Marquee Select tool however you can click through the transparent flipchart onto the display Click on your desktop and open any application Teim jia rreri eii egie p mr Le Ts ep ie em Wa rki ng The application will open Your text will stay on the invisible flipchart on top of the application You can use the application while the transparent flipchart covers your screen Before moving on close any windows a Click on the Clear Screen button in the Desktop toolbox 80 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with other applications 2 Using the Floating Keyboard In this example we will show you how to use Activprimary with Word The same technique can be used with many programs Launch Word open a blank page Click on the Floating Keyboard tool Click in the Word document to activate it You can now use the Floating Keyboard to type in the Word documen
36. mary Summary 34 In this text tutorial we introduced you to many ways to put text on a page Starting with the Text tool we showed you where to find the Floating Keyboard if your computer s keyboard is not available You can use the Recognition tool to turn handwritten text into typed text The Edit Text tool is available when you want to modify any text boxes you already have on the page ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 4 WORKING WITH THE RESOURCE LIBRARY The Resource Library contains a huge range of images and other resources for you to use in your flipcharts It s also the place to store any of your own resources you want to save for future use In this tutorial we will introduce you to some of the Resource Library s main features Launch Activprimary On the Dashboard click on New Flipchart 4 Hew Flipchart EA T R he Res urp a Using a Pen tool write Working with the Resource Library W rein If the Teacher Tools Menu button is not red click on the Teacher Libre Tools Menu button and select Design Mode 1 The Resource Library button EE Click on the Resource Library button which is located in the Main toolbox towards the bottom right hand corner of the display 2 Categories browser The Tool Tray will change to include a thumbnails panel and a Categories button Actions and Verbs Activities and Gomes Animals Art Basic resources Beach Buildings Bu
37. methean Ltd 53 Working with images 1 Stacking Click and drag on any image to add it to the page Add two other images to the page Place the images roughly on top of each other as shown in the image below Note how the last image you add to the page appears on top of the other images Close the Categories browser There are three layers in Activprimary bottom middle and top All images are placed on the middle layer You can change this order of these images Right click on the last image you added to the page Select To Back The image will now appear beneath the other animal images Note that you ve changed the order of the images but they all remain on the middle layer Working with images in this way is called stacking It becomes important when arranging lots of images and text boxes on a page 54 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with images 2 Layers Ze Click on the Shapes button Click on the Categories button to open the Categories browser Click on Shared Shapes in the Resource Tree Click on the rectangle in the Tool Tray to add it to the page three times Give each rectangle its own space Close the Categories browser o 5 0 i When shapes are placed on the page they are also put on the middle layer As we create this exercise we want to be sure that the shapes will all be above any animals on the page Right click on a rectangle Sele
38. munity designed with one goal supporting teachers Le 2 PROMETHEANPLANET kinging Educacan Together S Visit http www prometheanplanet com SUPPORT Technical support web e mail http orometheankb com Select the appropriate language For e mail queries click on Contact Technical Support at the top of the page and complete the online form Technical support telephone Americas English language 1 678 762 1800 Spanish language 1 678 762 8100 UK only 0844 855 2201 German language 49 0 201 8561355 France only 0826 621245 French language 44 0 1254 290 997 Europe Middle East Africa 44 0 1254 290 994 Asia Pacific 86 0 755 2983 2826 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 109 1 8 BOARD SOFTWARE SLATE VOTE SUPPORT
39. ng your save options The text in the File name box is already selected Using your computer s keyboard type the name Activprimary Tin the File name box Save a Nipi heure Seven My fechas 7 ct EB Make sure that you save to the My Flipcharts folder Click on Save X Click on the Exit button to close Activprimary Summary In this tutorial you created your first flipchart page using some of Activprimary s most important tools ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 15 16 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 2 GETTING STARTED ii In the previous tutorial we showed you how you can launch Activprimary and begin writing immediately in front of your class As a comprehensive teaching software however Activprimary offers many tools to help you prepare lessons in advance In this tutorial we will introduce you to Activprimary s Design Mode showing you some time saving techniques which are useful when preparing multi page flipcharts for your lessons 1 Opening a previously saved flipchart Launch Activprimary as you did in the previous tutorial Click OK on the Did You Know box In the Dashboard your recent flipcharts are displayed under the heading Open a recent flipchart Click on the flipchart Activprimary T to open it Open a recent flipchart Fh Activprimary 1 2 Design Mode and Presentation Mode The Teacher Tools Me
40. nu button at the top of the Main toolbox is yellow This shows that you are currently in Presentation Mode Presentation Mode is best used when you are teaching in front of your students Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button and select the Design Mode button The Teacher Tools Menu button turns red Design Mode is best used when creating flipcharts More design options are available and all links are inactive ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 17 Getting started il 3 Page selector Currently your flipchart has just one page To confirm this click on the Page Selector button which shows the current page number The Tool Tray changes to show thumbnail images of all your flipchart pages At this point there s just one thumbnail image in the panel Click on the Next Page button This adds a new page to the end of your flipchart There are now two pages in the Page Selector panel Page 2 is the active page IN THE CLASSROOM Spread exercises over many pages in your flipcharts helping you to control the pace of the lesson In the Page Selector panel click on the first page to make it active NOTE You can also use the Previous Page button to get back to the first page 18 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started il 5 Use the Marquee Select tool to select many items Click on the Marquee Select tool We want to select all the words
41. olbox Five clock options will become available The top three options display a range of standard clocks The other two options display different stopwatches Select the Count Down button The Count Down From box appears on the screen There are many settings to explore here Type 70 in the Seconds box Click on the drop down box headed After timeout play the following sound Select bong wav bong wav 102 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools Click on the drop down box headed After timeout perform the following action Select Start Reveal Tool Start Reveal Tool Click on OK A Clock box will appear on the screen showing the count down When the count down reaches zero you will hear the sound and the Reveal tool will be turned on IN THE CLASSROOM This is an ideal way of creating timed exercises on the board Ke k Click on the Reveal tool icon to see your screen again Close the Clock box and the Sound Control box IN THE CLASSROOM When doing tests put a question on a page Set the clock to count down and set the action to turn the page This is a very good way of showing students how long they should take to answer each question ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 103 Working with presentation tools 11 Notes and Pointers 104 Notes and pointer
42. on the page To do this 1 Click on the page to the top left of all the items 2 Click and drag diagonally to the bottom right of all the items on the page A box will expand as you move showing you what is selected 3 Release the Activpen or the left mouse button when everything is selected A dotted rectangle and pick up boxes will surround the letters showing that they have been selected ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 19 Getting started il 6 Pick up boxes Pick up boxes are the boxes that surround selected items Clicking and moving these boxes changes the size and location of the selected object Try moving these boxes to see what they do When you have finished click on the Undo tool until the text is back to its original state Make sure everything on the page is selected before moving on 7 Duplicate button Hover the cursor over one of the text s lines until you see a cross Double click on the text The Object Edit toolbox will open 20 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started il The Object Edit toolbox contains many design options E B Click on the Duplicate button once to create a copy of the text Don t click on the page yet 8 Moving items between pages The duplicated text will automatically be selected Hover the cursor over the text so that you see a cross Click on the text and drag it to the second
43. opied onto the page three thumbnail which will IN THE CLASSROOM become the active page Note however that when you select Copy Using this technique Here rather than Move Here the text will also return to its original yon Rly haxe to fnd one excellent image for position on page two your lesson You can then repeat it many times over Select the whole text again and copy it onto page four many pages in your classes as your students analyze it using different colored pens highlighters or other presentation tools ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 23 Getting started il Optional To finish the flipchart we will use the headings from the introduction to this manual On pages 2 3 and 4 of the flipchart underneath the Welcome to text write the headings shown below Take the opportunity to explore the range of colors and pen widths available help with creating lessons help with teaching lessons help with learning When you have finished click on the Teacher Tools Menu button and select the Save a Flipchart button Select Save to My Flipcharts Give the flipchart the name Activprimary 2 Click on Save Use the Previous Page and Next Page button to browse through the four pages you have created Congratulations you ve created your first multi page flipchart IN THE CLASSROOM Throughout this manual Click on the Exit button to close Activprimary WERON YOU A
44. pchart Page feature is great when used with a page of equations for example multiplications and number bonds ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 77 Working with numbers 10 Fraction Creator toolbox The last number tool in this tutorial is the Fraction Creator toolbox With the Special Tools icon selected click on the Fraction Creator Toolbox icon You can create fractions comprising numbers letters or both numbers and letters Using the Pen tool write the number 7 in the top box and the number 2 in the lower box Click on the Add to Flipchart Page button and the fraction will appear on the flipchart you might have to move the Fraction Creator toolbox to see it Close the Fraction Creator toolbox when you have finished Save the flipchart with the name Activprimary 7 Close Activprimary Summary In this tutorial we showed you some tools which help when working with numbers 78 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills NOTE This tool will only work if a board or slate are connected to your computer 2008 Promethean Ltd 8 WORKING WITH OTHER APPLICATIONS When using Activprimary you don t have to work with flipcharts Activprimary lets you work directly with other applications at the Activboard In this tutorial we will show you three ways in which you can interact with other programs Launch Activprimary Close the Dashboard SS 1 Transparent f
45. primary Library structure to keep all your best ideas instantly at hand Summary We showed you the Resource Library and its wide range of resources We also demonstrated how the library can be used to create and organize your own resources This tutorial also introduced you to backgrounds ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 43 44 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd gt WORKING WITH DRAWING TOOLS Clear interactive graphs can be produced with just a few clicks in Activprimary In this tutorial we ll show the range of options available for drawing lines and shapes in Activprimary We ll bring them together to draw a graph While doing this we ll show you some options which increase the colors you can use in your flipcharts Launch Activprimary Open a new flipchart Create 7 Hew Flipchart a X a Using the Pen tool write Working with drawing tools on the page Waren With drai A ng wih denses We will use Presentation Mode in this tutorial Make sure that the Teacher Tools button is yellow ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 45 1 Grids Working with drawing tools Click on the Grids button In the Tool Tray select the Categories button Make sure that the Shared button is selected A number of folders should appear in the Resource Tree H Graph Paper Lined Horizontal Lined Vertical Other xY Lined Mak
46. r 3 Copying text styles This section can only be done at a PC Move on to the next section Editing text if you are at an Activboard If you like the look of a text on the page you may want to copy its style to other text boxes This is done using the Color Picker tool and the Fill tool Select the Fill Color Picker icon from the Main toolbox Click on the Color Picker icon in the Tool Tray Press the Ctrl button on your keyboard and with the Ctrl key pressed click on one of the text boxes In this way you copy the style of a text ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills creatirig typed text Change font Change font size Change color 2008 Promethean Ltd 29 Working with text Click on the Color Picker icon again to deselect it The Fill tool will now be active Press the Ctrl key and click on all the other typed words on the page to standardize their style creating typed text creating typed text Change font Change font Change font Change font Change col Change col r 4 Editing text To edit any typed text on the page Click on the text with the Marquee Select tool selected then quickly click on the text again You need to get the correct technique for this to work Click too slowly and nothing will happen click too fast and the Object Edit toolbox will appear When you have clicked correctly the Tool Tray will change to show the text editing options Click and drag on
47. r ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 51 52 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 6 WORKING WITH IMAGES Used with the internet and other sources of images Activprimary opens up many possibilities making your classes more colorful and more in tune with your students lives Using the techniques described in this tutorial you can take any image you want and place it in your flipcharts NOTE You will need to be connected to the internet for some of this tutorial Launch Activprimary Create In the Dashboard click on New Flipchart We will begin this tutorial using Design Mode If the Teacher Tools Menu button is yellow click on the button and select Design Mode from the Teacher Tools menu 9 a Using the Pen tool write Working with images on the flipchart gt Click on the Next Page button To demonstrate the ways you can work with images we will use the Resource Library f EE Click on the Resource Library button Click on the Categories button to open the Categories browser Ge Make sure the Shared button is selected Using the Resource Tree find a folder of images you like You can use NOTE Different versions of any folder of images for this tutorial Activprimary contain different Resource Tree structures Make sure the images you use are similar in size to the ones we use ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Pro
48. r teaching many subjects Launch Activprimary On the Dashboard click New Flipchart Create TT Hew Flipe a Using the Pen tool write Working with numbers at the top of the flipchart Click on the Next Page button Using the Pen tool write Rulers and protractors at the top of the page Click on the Special Tools button Click on the Ruler tool in the Tool Tray A menu will open showing different units of measurement Select cm A ruler appears on the flipchart ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 67 Working with numbers Click on the Marquee Select tool Hover your cursor over the ruler just below the measurements The cursor will change to include a cross This means that you can move the ruler Move the ruler to the bottom of the screen Move the cursor towards the top of the calibrated area and the cursor will change again This means you can rotate the ruler Rotate the ruler The degree of rotation is displayed in the center of the ruler 34 Rotate the ruler back to 0 68 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with numbers 2 Math toolbox Double click on the ruler to open the Math toolbox a Click on the Increase Object Size button until the ruler is over 16 centimeters long Close the Math toolbox 3 Using the ruler Click on the Pens Highlighters and Erasers tool and select a thin pen width
49. reases the number of images you have available Click on an image you like Select See full size image to see the full image See fullsize image ri a en oog e 260 x 237 pixels 11k Images image may be scaled 7 Camera tool When you ve found an image you like click on the Special Tools icon Select the Camera tool in the Tool Tray A Camera toolbox appears on the page Click on the Define Rectangular Area button A marquee and a set of pick up boxes appear on the page along with a Photograph toolbox 60 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with images Click and drag on the boxes to surround your chosen photo or just click and drag to create a new marquee When ready click on the To Current Flipchart Page button The image will be sent to the current page of your flipchart Close the Web Browser Close the Camera toolbox The elephant image should be on the page ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 61 Working with images 8 Drag a copy Make sure you are in Design Mode Right click on the image Select Drag a copy Dreg a copy Enter Presentation Mode Now when you hover the cursor over the image a Drag a copy cursor H appears Click and drag on the image A copy of the image will appear Click and drag a number of times on the original image 62 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean
50. s or memory games ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 99 Working with presentation tools 8 Make tickertapes Make sure you are in Design Mode D Right click on the text you just wrote The capital of Spain is Madrid Select Make Tickertape Babi Hi choo tape Li The Text will begin to scroll across the top of your page Den be NES UN En drid The capital of Spain is Madrid i You can change the speed of the tickertape using the scroll bar Click on the cross to close the tickertape 100 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools 9 Tickertape tool More options are available if you create tickertapes in another way Make sure you are in Design Mode Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Click on the Tickertape tool Select New gt Define Mew k Define Open From From Clipboabee Edit Save To The Tickertape Definer box will appear on the screen In the box headed Enter the Tickertape message type Activprimary s presentation tools Experiment with the options available using the text Close the tickertape and the Tickertape Definer box when you have finished Don t save any changes ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 101 Working with presentation tools 10 Clock tool K Click on the Special Tools icon Click on the Clock tool in the Power Tools to
51. s are messages which can be placed on your display for the whole time Activprimary is open Click on the Teacher Tools Menu icon Select the Notes and Pointers tool from the menu Three options are New Mote i currently available New Note New Pointer and Open From Select New Pointer New Note Open From P Save To b Close A box called Edit your Desktop Note will appear along with the Text Edit toolbox Type the date in the box Edit your Desktop Note Change the text s style if you want Click on OK and the message will be pasted on your display Click and drag the Note to the top of the screen You can change the size of the note by double clicking on the note and dragging the edge to the size you want Now click on the Next Page button repeatedly and you will see that the Note stays on the screen ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Click on the Notes and Pointers button and select Close New Mote New Pointer Click on the cross when asked if you want to save the Note You can also remove the Note from the display by right clicking or barrel clicking on the screen and selecting Remove Open From P Save To d Close Save the flipchart with the name Activprimary 10 File name Activprimary 10 Flpd k Save as type Flipchart Cancel Exit Activprimary Summary We showed you
52. sources Now you ve added some images to the page you may want to store them as one item in your area So you have quick access to all of them Click and drag around the images on the page to select them all ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 41 42 Working with the Resource Library Make sure you are in Design Mode Click and drag the images into the thumbnails panel A box appears headed Enter a name of this object Type a name for the collection of images Click on the Accept Your Input button A thumbnail of the collection of images will appear in the thumbnails panel ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with the Resource Library 9 Resource Library folders As your collection of resources grows you will want to create your own folders in the My Resource Library area Open the Categories browser Click on the Create New Folder button A box will appear headed Enter a name of your new category Using your computer s keyboard give your folder the name Training Click on the Accept Your Input button Click on the Training folder It should currently be empty You have laid the foundations of your own Resource Library structure Save the flipchart you created in this tutorial giving it the name IN THE CLASSROOM Activprimary 4 When you ve build up your resources create your own Resource Close Activ
53. t Write Typing in a document Typing in a docume nil Press Enter on the Floating Keyboard Close the Floating Keyboard when you have finished ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 81 Working with other applications 3 Using the Recognition tool You can use the Recognition tool also to work with other applications NOTE This tool will only Set the Recognition tool work if a board or slate are connected to your computer 1 Click on the Recognition icon 2 In the Recognition toolbox click on the Recognition Mode icon until you see the icon for recognizing letters 3 Click on the Add Space button in the Recognition toolbox Write the word Writing Wait for it to be recognized It will be placed in the document and a space will automatically added so you can add the next word Use the Alternatives button if the word is not recognized correctly Write in Write a Write Word Write document When you have finished close Word and close Activprimary without saving any changes Summary 82 In this tutorial we showed you two ways you can work with other applications You can use transparent flipcharts to write over your desktop Alternatively you can use the floating keyboard and the Recognition tool to write in other programs ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 9 FINISHING YOUR FLIPCHARTS In the first part of t
54. t corner of your board Be careful not to press in the Activpen s nib Wait a few seconds then follow the instructions that appear on the board ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Tips for using the Activpen CB Cb CB Gu XS SA x NA 1 A rm If this is the first time using an Activpen try experimenting with the techniques below The Activpen is just like a mouse Moving the cursor Hold the pen nib lightly on the board don t push in the pen nib Move the pen around The cursor will follow your pen Left click Tap the pen nib firmly but quickly into the Activboard Right click Hover the pen nib over the Activboard less than one quarter inch away from the board Press the barrel button on the side of the pen Click and drag Click on the object you want to move hold the pen nib down on the Activboard and then move the pen The object you have clicked will move with the pen Double click Two firm but quick taps with the Activpen s nib performs the same action as a double click with a mouse ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 1 GETTING STARTED i Flipchart is the name we give to an Activprimary presentation Like a traditional paper based flipchart an Activprimary flipchart can contain as many pages as you want However unlike a traditional flipchart you can incorporate a number of different media forms into your flipcharts including sound f
55. the Flipchart Trashcan to delete the item The letters will disappear from the page The Flipchart Trashcan is another useful way to delete items from the page Click on the Undo tool 9 Eraser tool You can also delete lines using erasers Click on the Pens Highlighters and Erasers button Select one of the Eraser icons in the Tool Tray Draw over the word Welcome to make it disappear Click on the Undo tool to make the word reappear ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 13 Getting started i 10 Highlighter tool Before finishing this tutorial we will show you one of Activprimary s most important presentation tools the highlighter In the Tool Tray select a Highlighter tool Select a color Write over the word Welcome to highlight it IN THE CLASSROOM The Highlighter tool is useful when presenting gt gt text with your students wey Your students can take control of the highlighter to show you the key words ina text You ve already finished your first flipchart page 11 Saving the flipchart Before finishing this tutorial we will save the flipchart Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button and select Save a Flipchart Saye select Save to My Flipcharts Save Save to My Flipcharts k ook mn ric mr Ma Lu az LE Se i kf Ale io Loa 14 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started i A box opens containi
56. the text When the word has been correctly recognized click on the Add To Flipchart Page button Creating typed text Change font Change font Change color Working with text Using the floating keyboard Close the Recognition toolbox KJ Use the Marquee Select tool to place the phrase neatly on the page 7 Spell check Type an incorrect word or phrase on the flipchart such as spall chack Check that you are still in Design mode Right click on the page and select Spell Checker Add Page to Library Add Background to Library NOTE To access the spell check you can also click F7 on your keyboard Add Grid to Library Unlock Background Objects Paste Object Paste Text from Clipboard Paste Image from Clipboard Activote Results Spell Checker ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 33 Working with text The incorrect word appears in the Spell Checker box Under Suggestions click the correct spelling and select Change Correct the whole page Optional To finish the flipchart change the size of the words you just created using the Recognition tool turning them into a large title for this flipchart Experiment with other text options Working with text Creating typed text Change font Change font Change color Using the floating keyboard Save the flipchart calling it Activprimary 3 Try using the floating keyboard to do it Exit Activpri
57. thumbnail in the panel Achupnm ary When you release the pen a menu will appear with two options Move Here and Copy Here In this case select Move Here Page two will become the active page The text will be pasted here Act prim ary i pet NOTE Any moveable item on a page can be moved or copied onto other flipchart pages in this way helping you to create multiple pages in an instant ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 21 Getting started il Click and drag on the page to select the word Activprimary Activ prim Click on the Flipchart Trashcan to delete this word leaving you with Welcome to 9 A closer look at pick up boxes Click and drag around the words Welcome to to select them Click and drag on the bottom right pick up box Note how this box changes the size but not the proportions of the text Shrink the text to around a half its original size 22 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Getting started il Click and drag on the Freely Move Object pick up box This box offers one way to move items around the page Place the text neatly in the top left corner of the page Don t forget that the Undo tool is always available if you make any mistakes 10 Copying items between pages With the whole text selected drag the text over to page three When the menu appears select Copy Here The text will be c
58. ttons There are two main sections in the Categories browser Shared Resource Library and My Resource Library The Shared Resource Library area contains all the resources that ae were installed with Activprimary My Resource Library can be used to store any resources you create yourself Make sure that the Shared button is selected ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd 35 Working with the Resource Library 3 Resource Tree The Resource Tree is a list of all the available folders of resources Buildings Buttons Click on the plus signs to open up further subfolders Click on the minus signs to close the subfolders Click and drag down on the scroll bar to see further folders Click on a folder and any contents are displayed in the Tool Tray Explore the folders to find a folder of images you like We have use a folder called Mammals Amphibians du Food Chains Insects ones m l ae ame oo Marine Akinibeasts os Photographs Reptiles 36 ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with the Resource Library 4 Resource Library Tool Tray A number of images will appear in the Tool Tray lf there are more images than can fit in the Tool Tray a More Images button appears Click on the More Images button to see the full range of images Click on the Previous Images button to return to the first images in the folder Click one of
59. tures and actions are available here You could use a gesture to turn the page or to open Page Notes 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools While doing the gesture you should hold the Activpen close to the board Don t touch the board with the Activpen 1 Hold the cursor still 2 Move your Activpen to the top dot and back to its starting point When you perform the gesture correctly the pen will be selected Try experimenting with the Gesture tool using the other three dots before moving on Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button Click on the Menu button and select Settings The Activprimary Settings box will open Settings Click on Gesture Wheel in the left hand section Uncheck the Enable Gestures box Click OK ACTIVPRIMARY Foundation Skills 2008 Promethean Ltd Working with presentation tools 2 Page Zoom tool The Page Zoom tool can be use to magnify parts of your page Click on the Special Tools icon Select the Page Zoom tool in the Tool Tray Click on the word Presentation to magnify it Hold the pen on the board as it increases in size IN THE CLASSROOM Use the Page Zoom tool to focus in on a particular part of the flipchart When the Page Zoom tool is selected you can also move the page by clicking and dragging Double click on the page to return to the pages original size 3 Page turn effects lt gt Right click on either the
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