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SMART Ideas User's Guide

1. ad a s S _ ee vi iy ae d Te xy SMART deas Concept Mapping Software Registration Benefits At SMART we re always working to improve our customers experience by offering software upgrades patches and product news Register your copy of SMART Ideas software to receive announcements of upgrades and patches in the future Keep the following information available in case you need to contact Technical support Serial Number Date of Purchase Register online at www smarttech com products registration Trademark Notice SMART Ideas is a registered trademark of SMART Technologies Inc in Canada and the U S SMART Ideas and SMART Board are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc All SMART product logotypes and the SMART Ideas and SMART logos are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc All other third party product and company names are mentioned for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners U S Canadian and foreign patents pending Copyright Notice 1995 2003 SMART Technologies Inc All rights reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced transmitted stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of SMART Acknowledgements We gratefully acknowledge Special Collections Cleveland State University Library for permission to reproduce the photograph of Richard Burto
2. A Create New Project dialog appears 104 SMART Ideas User s Guide S Enter a name for the new project Click OK A new blank SMART Ideas workspace appears The project name will also appear in the project list of your Project Manager Select the users with whom you want to share the new project see page 106 To upload a SMART Ideas diagram as a new project 1 5 Select Tools gt Online gt Upload New Project The Open dialog box appears Browse to the ipr file that you want to upload and select it Click the Open button An Uploading Project message appears This process may take a few moments Another message informs you when the project is available online Click the Close button The uploaded project appears Select the users with whom you want to share the new project see page 106 Downloading a Project to Your Hard Drive Uploading Back to the Server After working on a project on a server you may want to continue developing your ideas from a local hard drive Or you may be on the road with your laptop and want to work on a project while you re away It s easy to download a project work on it as an offline ipr file and then upload it to the server merging the original project with your revision Any changes you made to the offline file will appear in the project after the merge To download a project to your hard drive 1 When online select Save As from the File menu The Save As dia
3. Technologies Inc Concept Mapping Software e Encourage creative thinking in your classroom e Enhance lessons using interactive concept maps and multimedia e Engage students with visual learning techniques Ideas are exciting Energize your classroom and captivate students with this creative visual learning tool from the makers of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard SMART Ideas concept mapping software gives students the power to brainstorm turn abstract ideas into easily understood visual maps and organize thoughts and images into roadmaps for learning Use colorful shapes cool connectors and a collection of curriculum specific clip art to enhance your lessons and engage students Create multilevel concept maps and delve into the details Then add multimedia to your maps by making documents videos and Web sites accessible with a single mouse click Whether the topic is simple or complex SMART Ideas software helps you show students what you mean Suite 600 1177 11th Avenue SW Calgary AB CANADA T2R 1K9 Toll free 1 888 42 SMART Tel 403 245 0333 Fax 403 228 2500 info smarttech com www smartideas com 2003 SMART Technologies Inc All rights reserved SMART Ideas is a registered trademark of SMART Technologies Inc in Canada and the U S SMART Ideas SMART Board the SMART Ideas logotype and the SMART logo are trademarks of SMART Technologies Inc Printed in Canada 11 2003 57 0048 1 00
4. e Layout Apply to Entire Page Use RightAngle Connector gt VY Oe i As you construct your diagram at your keyboard it will develop on the screen in the layout you chose If you re not satisfied with the pattern after the diagram has been created you can choose a different pattern SMART Ideas User s Guide T ae Sele Layout Two Possible Layouts for Your Diagram To rapidly create a diagram of connected symbols Quick Connect 1 Click the Quick Connect button on the toolbar 2 Click the Layout arrow and select a layout pattern 3 Type a text message and press the ENTER key on your keyboard The message appears as a selected symbol with an adjacent text box on aur summer vacations 4 Type another message and press the ENTER key This message appears as a symbol connected to the first symbol on our summer vacations 8 SMART Ideas User s Guide 5 Type another message and press ENTER This message appears as a symbol connected to the first symbol Ahat we did of our Summer vacations 6 Continue to enter text pressing ENTER to create each symbol to create a diagram that develops in your selected layout pattern What we did on our summer vacations OR Select any symbol in the diagram to make new symbols branch from it For example select the symbol labeled Worked to make it a root symbol for a subsequent tree of symbols see the following figu
5. 54 Frog Life Cycle 45 Images in Public Domain 43 Outline View 81 Relationships in Hamlet 12 Science Research Group 55 Shakespeare 5 Shakespearean Tragedies 65 Sonnets 72 Tragedies 65 Expanding Diagram Trees 66 Exporting 89 90 Features Clip Art 44 Cliplets 51 Layout 17 Server Software 102 Spell Check 69 Summary 2 Zoom 62 File Creating 87 Printing 91 Saving 88 Filling Symbols 36 Finding and Replacing Text 70 Formatting Connectors 27 Existing Style 30 Originating Symbols 74 Symbols 25 Text 69 Toolbar 60 With Styles 25 Free Background Objects 23 124 G Global View 55 For Navigating 75 Gradient Fill 36 Grid 60 Guests 103 H Handwriting 94 Hiding Toolbars 59 Images 42 53 Adding Cliplets 51 Adding Text 43 Adding to Clip Art Gallery 47 Clip Art 44 Removing from Clip Art Gallery 49 Searching Clip Art 49 Importing Clip Art 47 Images as Symbols 42 Styles 30 32 Inserting Clip Art 47 Cliplets 52 Links 76 Interactive Whiteboard 94 100 J Joining Symbols 10 K Keywords for Clip Art 49 SMART Ideas User s Guide L Labeling Changing with Stylus 98 Connector 13 Text Editing 67 Layers 72 Layout 7 Changing 17 With Quick Connect 7 Lesson Material 76 Finding Images 43 License Agreement 113 Lining Up 19 Linking 10 76 Removing 80 Sub Levels 79 Symbols to Each Other 10 Toa File 78 Loading Styles 32 Locking Cliplets 51
6. 67 SMART Ideas User s Guide 121 Text Color 69 Text in Outline View 85 Toolbars 58 Undoing Actions 24 Views 82 With Stylus 98 Workspace View 58 Zoom 62 Chatting 108 Checking Spelling 69 Clip Art 44 Adding to the Gallery 47 Changing Galleries 49 Cliplets 51 Creating a New Category 49 Searching 49 Cliplets 51 Color Changing Background 61 Changing Connectors 36 Fills 36 Symbols 35 Text 69 Concept Maps Theory and Practice 1 Connecting Different Symbols 17 Symbols with Stylus 96 To Server 103 Connectors 10 Aligning 19 Arrows 36 Changing 17 Changing Appearance 35 Changing Shape 36 Changing Styles 30 Color 36 Creating 12 Creating in Outline View 83 Cutting Copying and Pasting 23 Deleting 22 Deleting In Outline View 86 Deluxe 11 Filling 36 Formatting With Styles 27 Labeling 12 Moving 15 Moving Multiple 16 New Styles 30 Outline View 84 Reshaping Curved 17 Selecting 14 Selecting Multiple 15 With Stylus 96 Contracting Diagram Trees 66 Converting Handwriting to Text 95 To Word 90 Copying Objects 23 Outline View 85 Creating Connected Symbols 11 Diagrams 5 13 Layered Diagrams 72 New Clip Art Category 49 New Diagram 87 New Styles 30 Objects in Outline View 83 Project 104 Quick Diagram 7 Symbol 6 Symbols with Styles 26 Symbols with Stylus 96 Template 91 93 With Stylus 95 Word Document from the Diagram 89 Curved Connectors 17 Cust
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8. Web Site www smarttech com support The support representative may ask you for the version of the software that s causing the problem and the version of your computer s operating system General Inquiries Main Switchboard 1 888 42 SMART toll free in Canada U S or 1 403 245 0333 all other countries Fax 1 403 228 2500 E mail info smarttech com Address SMART Technologies Inc Suite 600 1177 11th Avenue SW Calgary AB CANADA T2R 1K9 Registration A User Registration card was included with SMART Ideas software To help us serve you fill in and mail this card to SMART Technologies Inc or register online at www smarttech com registration SMART Ideas User s Guide 101 Appendix A Using SMART Ideas Server Software If you re working with SMART Ideas server software you ll have the option of sharing your SMART Ideas file online and collaborating in real time with other users And since SMART Ideas server software works in conjunction with a Web server your team can be located in the same Office or all over the world You can not only create and manipulate objects collaboratively you can use the Chat feature to write text messages at the same time When you re working online your file is simply Known as a project Although a project is accessible to other server users many security features are available to protect sensitive information You can specify who is allowed access to your project and even which symbols y
9. associated with this document into any other SMART Ideas file and use them again and again in other diagrams See page 31 for more information Rather than just changing the Style palette for a single file you can make the altered Style palette the new default so it appears whenever you create a new SMART Ideas file See page 31 for more information on changing the default Style palette To customize an existing style in the Style palette 1 Select a style from the Symbols or Connectors sections of the Style palette 2 Click the Customize button 3 Select Font Fill Color Line Color Shape or Transparency as required to alter the characteristics of the selected style For more information see Changing Symbol Appearance on page 34 Any symbols that you created using the original style will immediately change to reflect the new characteristics of the changed style To create a new style and import it into the Style palette 1 Select a symbol 30 SMART Ideas User s Guide 2 Format the symbol to reflect the style that you want to create For more information see Changing Symbol Appearance on page 34 3 Select Add Style to Palette from the Tools menu The Add Style to Palette dialog box appears 4 Enter a name for your newly created style in New Style Name text box This text will appear when you float your mouse over the style in the palette The new style appears at the end of the Symbol or Connector section of the S
10. s Guide NOTE You can also drag a connector style onto the workspace or click the Insert button at the bottom of the Style palette to create an independent connector for connecting solitary symbols To connect two solitary symbols with an independent connector just select a connector drag one blue sphere to the first symbol and then drag the other blue sphere to the other symbol Drag each sphere onto a symbol To apply a style to an existing connector 1 Select one or more connectors in the workspace 2 Click the Connectors button above the Style palette a Connectors 3 Selecta style from the Style palette Selected Style The color and shape of the selected connector s will change to correspond to the selected style SMART Ideas User s Guide 29 ext year l will travel to Modifying Existing Styles and Creating New Styles While many ready to use symbol and connector styles are provided with SMART Ideas software it s easy to create your own unique styles You can alter an existing style in the Style palette or create a brand new style in the workspace and then import it into the Style palette If you modify an existing style in the Style palette the formatting of all the symbols associated with that style immediately changes Any changed or new styles you add to the Style palette are saved with the document This means that you only need to create a new style once because you can load the styles
11. Alternatively you can resize the symbol manually see the previous section You can quickly resize a symbol to display all text by clicking once on the Resize icon If a symbol is much larger than the text requires you can also click the Resize icon to shrink the symbol to neatly fit around the text This symbol is far too big for this This semaine ier too big for this amount of text amount of text SMART Ideas User s Guide 21 For lengthier text entries attach a note to the symbol instead When you move your mouse pointer over the Note icon the note appears in an editable text box See page 38 for more information Note Icon If you want to display left justified text inside a symbol that shows all your text without resizing consider using one of the four Text symbol styles available at the end of the Symbol Style palette HINT Use the forward arrow button at the top of the Symbol Style palette to page forward to the end of the palette With a Text symbol all the text you enter will be displayed without any need for resizing Unlike other symbol styles this style allows you to initiate new paragraphs by pressing the ENTER key on your keyboard Also when you re finished all your text no matter how lengthy will be displayed You can move edit reformat or link this symbol style just as you would any other symbol BA Four Text symbol Styles located at end of Symbol Style p
12. Making Diagrams 5 13 Managing Diagrams 87 Merging Projects 106 Moving Connections 17 Diagram Objects 15 Objects 23 On Workspace 63 Navigating Styles 33 Sub Levels 54 72 Symbol Layers 75 Watermarks and Sub Levels 64 Workspace 63 New Connectors 12 Diagram 7 Labels 12 Symbols 11 Notes 22 38 68 Adding in Outline View 84 Notification of Visitors and Changes 110 O Objects Changing 34 53 Creating 5 13 Transparency 40 Online Projects 102 12 Opening Diagram 88 Project 104 Sub Levels 72 Template 92 Organizing Diagram in Outline View 85 Outline View 82 Outline View 55 81 Changing Hierarchy 85 Changing Labels with Stylus 99 Creating Objects 83 Cutting Copying and Pasting Symbols 85 Deleting Objects 86 Editing Objects with a Pen Tray Stylus 99 Editing Text 85 Exporting 90 Tools 60 Owners 103 P Page Layout 18 Panning on the Screen 63 Pasting Objects 23 SMART Ideas User s Guide 125 Outline View 85 Pictures See Images Printing 91 Projects 87 102 12 Chatting 108 Controlling Access 106 Deleting 112 Downloading 105 Notification 110 Opening 104 Sharing Views 107 Uploading 105 Protecting Objects from Editing 23 Q Quick Connect Creating a Diagram 7 Layout 7 R Rearranging Diagrams 15 85 Redo 24 Removing Access to Projects 107 Category from Clip Art Gallery 49 Images from Clip Art Gallery 49 In Outline View 8
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14. SMART Ideas User s Guide 33 Customizing Your Diagram In this section you ll learn how to make your diagrams more distinctive by e customizing the color line weight transparency shape etc of a symbol page 34 e changing the appearance of connectors by selecting different line weights colors shapes and arrowheads page 35 e adding a note to a symbol page 38 e importing an image to use as a symbol page 42 e using clip art as a symbol page 44 e importing your own collections of clip art page 47 Changing Symbol Appearance You can make your symbols as plain and simple or as colorful and ornate as you like It s easy to change the fill text or outline color of any symbol as well as its shape and transparency You can even give a symbol a three dimensional appearance by adding a shadow behind it Jagt eae A 5a e aap a a a iinmtin Plain and Fancy Symbols To create a symbol style that you can use again and again select the symbol and then select Add Style to Palette from the Tools menu Your unique symbol will be added to the Style palette for future use For more information on creating and using styles see Formatting Symbols with Styles on page 25 34 SMART Ideas User s Guide To customize the fill shape and outline of a symbol using the Formatting toolbar 1 Select one or more symbols 2 To change the fill color click the Fill Color arrow on the Formatting toolbar select a
15. color from the palette or click the More Colors button to access a larger color selection To change the outline color click the Outline Color arrow on the Formatting toolbar select a color from the palette or click the More Colors button To change the shape select Shape from the Format menu or right click and select Shape and then select a shape from the list NOTE To change a symbol s text attributes see Formatting Text on page 69 Changing Connector Appearance You can modify a connector as easily and in almost as many ways as a symbol In previous sections we discussed labeling connectors page 12 linking symbols with connectors page 10 and using styles to format connectors page 27 Here we ll focus on changing the appearance of a connector using the formatting toolbar SMART Ideas software offers a wide range of connector shapes types colors weights and ends from which to choose A connector can be straightforward angled or even amusing see the Deluxe Connectors on page 10 For example the following diagram uses three different connector styles Chorus characters commenting on Angled no hero s Tall arrowheads Elements of tragedy as Audience Paaa d Thek cuved A in Se connector width double headed arrow Fall of hero SMART Ideas User s Guide 35 2 rA koa r To create a connector style that can be used again and agai
16. color pattern or gradient to the symbol fill 1 Select a symbol s 2 Click the Fill Color arrow on the Formatting toolbar and click the Fill Effects button Mo Color Emini imi min BORBOBED B O O B O O M L H uuuudo odL More Colors Fill Effects Click here The Fill Effects dialog box appears i x Patterns Gradients Click a pattern type Preview of Pattern and Colors Colors Click to select the two colors for the pattern SMART Ideas User s Guide 37 3 To add a pattern to the symbol fill click one of the pattern types OR To add a gradient fill click the Gradients tab and click a gradient type 4 Click the two color buttons at the bottom of the window to select the two colors that will make up the pattern or the gradient Adding a Note to a Symbol If you want to add a few lines of explanation reference a source or just add a few lines of commentary to a symbol add a note When you do this a Note icon appears on the symbol even when it s not selected The Poetry is of Oscar wilde Ravenna When you hover your mouse over the Note icon you ll see the entire contents of the note And its easy to change or add more text to a note Just move your mouse pointer over the Note icon and click to access a fully editable text box The Ballad N of Reading 3 Gaol A Note Icon To add a note to a symbol 1 Select the symbol 2
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18. events in a timeline a more faded appearance than recent events You can make overlapping objects transparent so they don t obscure the underlying objects in your diagram To make a symbol transparent 1 Selecta filled symbol 2 Select Format gt Transparency and select a degree of transparency OR Right mouse click and select Transparency and a degree of transparency The transparency for selected symbol changes accordingly 40 SMART Ideas User s Guide Adding a Shadow to a Symbol Give your diagram the appearance of depth by adding shadows to your symbols You can use the default gray color or select any other color Note that you must also specify the corner of the symbol in which you want the shadow placed To add a shadow to a symbol 1 Select a symbol 2 Select Shadow from the Format menu 3 Click a Shadow Direction button to select the corner that the shadow will occupy Mo Shadow Upper Left Corner a ee e Shadow Color Upper Right i Corner Lower Right Corner Lower Left Corner The selected symbol appears with a gray shadow in the specified corner in the example below the upper right corner To add a colored shadow to a symbol 1 Select a symbol 2 Select Shadow from the Format menu 3 Click the Shadow Color button and select a color The selected symbol appears with a colored shadow in the last corner specified NOTE The next time you create a shadow
19. jurisdiction However if in Sun s opinion deletion or amendment of any provisions of the License by operation of this paragraph unreasonably compromises the rights or increase the liabilities of Sun or its licensors Sun reserves the right to terminate the License 120 SMART Ideas User s Guide Index A Accessing Controlling Projects 106 Projects 102 Sub Level 54 Adding Blank Line 67 Clip Art to Symbols 44 Cliplets 51 Fills 37 Images 42 Images to Clip Art 47 Links 76 Matte Effect to Symbols 44 Notes in Outline View 84 Notes to Symbols 38 Objects in Outline View 83 Shadows 41 Styles 30 Styles to Diagram 32 Sub Levels 72 Symbol to Sub Level 74 Administrators 103 Aligning Objects 19 With the Grid 60 Background Color 61 Objects 23 Blank Line 67 Brainstorming 7 Buttons See Toolbar Changing Alignment 19 Arrow Style 36 Background Color 61 Clip Art Gallery 49 Color 34 36 Connections 17 Connector Appearance 35 Connector Shape 36 Connector Style 29 Default Style 31 Diagram Layout 17 Diagram Organization in Outline View 85 Diagram Trees 66 Diagrams 14 24 Fill Properties 34 36 Font 69 Images in Symbols 44 Items in Outline View 60 Line 36 Links 80 Note 39 Note Size 39 Outline 34 Outline Hierarchy 85 Server Software Notification 110 Shadow Color 41 Shape of Symbols 34 Size of Text 69 Styles 30 Symbol Size 20 Symbol Style 27 Text
20. level Use a symbol s sub level to illustrate or expand on the idea that symbol represents You can create as many sub level layers as you want because any symbol on a sub level can have its own sub level and so on The following figure depicts three symbols and their accompanying sub levels in cross section symbols on the main level symbols 1 and 2 have associated sub levels and one symbol on a sub level Symbol 3 has its own sub level gt ae Vain Leve E m Symbol 2 Sub Level Symbol 1 v Sub Level gt EEO eE gt lt Symbol 3 Sub Level To access a symbol s sub level select the symbol and then click the Sub level arrow icon in the upper left corner Click here You ll immediately see a new workspace in which you can create another diagram a supporting set of exercises a related image etc Click the Back button on the toolbar or click the text link in the upper left corner of the workspace to return to the original level If your diagram has multiple sub levels you may want to use the Global view feature described on page 55 In this view you can see your main level and all associated sub levels spread out 54 SMART Ideas User s Guide in the form of an interconnected map The Global view also allows you to instantly access any level by clicking on its link For more information about creating and working with sub levels see page 72 Workspace Views SMA
21. other activities or you can drag the Style palette sidebar to selectively enlarge or contract the palette Untitled Main SMART Ideas o dej lolx File Edit View Insert Format Tools Help awa kX B amp B Se XxX Ie 6 yo Standard 7 0 of vy gt hoo y Toolbar Back Save Cut Copy Paste Delete Undo Link Mote Layout cele Ger Zoom hore OF ae rated far aeaa A gt 2 d a a Pilea Click to hide the Style palette Symbols Connectors ClipArt q d Click to fully expand the Style palette Style BOO Drag the sidebar to change the size of the Style palette Customize Insert a Diagram Vip Outline View t Global View Formatting Toolbar View Tabs 58 SMART Ideas User s Guide To hide either toolbar or the Style palette Select View gt Toolbars and uncheck the toolbar or palette that you want to hide The Workspace will enlarge accordingly To shrink or expand the Style palette Click the Expand arrow at the upper right corner of the Style palette to enlarge it OR Click the Contract arrows to hide it NOTE Drag the inner sidebar to selectively expand or contract the palette Click the Hide Formatting button in the Formatting toolbar to make that toolbar disappear To hide show the Formatting toolbar from view y Click the Show Formatting button in the Standard toolbar to make the Formatting toolbar reappear More Using the Toolba
22. science language arts and lesson planning You can also create your own templates for diagram formats that you use frequently To create your own template create a diagram as usual and save it with the ipt extension rather than the default ipr Ideas project file extension Selecting the ipt extension automatically converts the SMART Ideas project file into a template For example if you re a language arts teacher you might want to develop four individual templates that are devoted to each of the major literary archetypes tragedy comedy romance and irony with symbols that capture the generic elements of each archetypal plot When you want to show how a particular literary work fits within the framework of a literary archetype you can adapt the template using specific examples from that work SMART Ideas User s Guide 91 The following example is a template developed to show recurring elements in the genre of literary comedy Blocking characters integrated social harmony restored Tricky servant character helping to overcome blocking elements Deus ex machines miraculous aid brings out protagonist empowerment Blocking characters Usually alder characters who represent status quo i Social restrictions To use a template 1 Select Open Template from the File menu The New SMART Ideas Diagram dialog box appears with lt Blank Document gt highl
23. software will instantly transform that roughly drawn line into a smoothly rendered line in the current connector style even copying the curvature of the line you drew For example pick up a stylus and draw a rough line that starts inside one symbol and ends inside another If the last connector style chosen was the rubber duck connector from the selection of Deluxe Connectors SMART Ideas software replaces your rough line with a row of rubber ducks as soon as you lift the stylus from the screen aoc To create and label a connector with a pen tray stylus 1 Pick up a stylus 2 Draw a rough line from one symbol to another vehicle emissions gt The line is converted into a straight line terminating in an arrowhead unless you previously chose another connector style 96 SMART Ideas User s Guide vehicle emissions NOTE If you prefer to draw a curved line SMART Ideas software duplicates the curve you ve drawn vehicle emissions 3 Write some connector label text anywhere in the workspace Al a 4 Press the Inject into Object button A 5 With the stylus touch the connector that you want to label The connector displays the text label you just wrote To create a quickly connected and labeled diagram with a pen tray stylus 1 Draw a line emerging from any symbol SMART Ideas User s Guide 97 A connected blank symbol in the current symbol style appears at the end o
24. the default shadow color gray is restored SMART Ideas User s Guide 41 Using an Imported Image as a Symbol You can add visual appeal to any diagram you re developing by importing a omp jpg jpeg gif png svg ico or wmf image file and using it as a symbol You can then connect that symbol to other symbols in a diagram and customize it just as you would any other symbol For example in the diagram on Hamlet shown on page 13 you could use public domain photographs like the photograph in the symbol below of Richard Burton playing Hamlet to represent each character Such an image makes a much more memorable symbol than simply enclosing the word Hamlet in a shape although you can integrate that word into the symbol as well Hamlet If you intend to use an image symbol on a regular basis consider importing the image into the clip art gallery as described on page 47 42 SMART Ideas User s Guide To use an imported image as a symbol 1 Select one or more symbols 2 Select Image from File from the Insert menu An Open dialog box appears 3 Browse to the image file you want to import into the diagram NOTE You can import BMP JPG JPEG GIF PNG SVG ICO and WMF files 4 Click the Open button Many fine works of art and other educational images excluding most mid to late 20 century material are now in the public domain Thousands of Internet sites including national art gallery sites allow rep
25. the objects and then press and hold the mouse button and drag If you have any curved connectors in your diagram not only can you move them you can reshape them to accommodate altered symbol configurations SMART Ideas User s Guide 15 You may want to stack symbols by moving them on top of one another If you do this first make sure that the View gt Show Sublevels command is unchecked If you try to stack symbols while Show Sublevels function is active they will be dropped into symbol sub levels rather than being stacked on top of one another in the current level See page 64 for more information on using the Show Sublevels command To move a symbol 1 Click on the symbol 2 Keep the mouse button depressed drag the symbol elsewhere and release Freight transport methods K change to accommodate moving symbol i Symbols NOTE If the symbol is linked to other symbols by connectors they will rotate and change length as required by the move while the associated symbols remain fixed in place To move multiple symbols and connectors diagram move 1 Drag the pointer while holding the mouse button down to draw a rectangle around the symbols you want to select NOTE When you do this the connectors are automatically selected 2 Click any of the selected symbols 3 Hold down the mouse button and drag the objects to their new position 16 SMART Ideas User s Guide To connect to another symbol 1
26. them to hide information so you can reveal details or examples when you want to or when your class is sufficiently prepared to fully understand them It s easy to create a new or open an existing sub level Select a symbol and then click the Open Sub Level icon the arrow in the upper left corner of the symbol The sub level then opens as a new blank workspace in which you can create a diagram write a few lines of illustrative text insert a picture etc You can continue creating more sub levels or click the Back button located on the left edge of the Standard toolbar to return to the previous level You can create an unlimited number of sub level layers to contain related symbols diagrams text or graphics Any symbol with sub level content displays the Open Sub level icon even when you haven t selected the symbol To open a sub level just click this icon Click to open a _ gt previously created sub level For example for a lesson on the history of the sonnet you could create a diagram that shows the three major types of the sonnet form 72 SMART Ideas User s Guide Petrarchan 3 Shakespearean Spenserian To keep your diagram simple and clear relegate the illustrative information i e the properties of each sonnet type to each symbol s sub level Then when your class is ready for more detailed information just click the Open Sub level icon to view it For example
27. 6 Links 80 Objects 22 Project 112 Styles 33 Replacing Links 80 Resizing Notes 39 Symbols 20 S Saving A Diagram for Web Publication 90 126 Diagram 88 Searching ClipArt Images 49 Cliplets 52 Security Projects 103 Selecting All Objects 15 Multiple Objects 15 Symbols and Connectors 14 Server Software 102 12 Chatting 108 Connecting 103 Controlling Access 106 Creating a Project 104 Deleting 112 Disconnecting 112 Downloading 105 Notification 110 Opening a Project 104 Security 103 Uploading a Project 105 Uploading to Server 105 Views 107 Shadow 41 Color 41 Shape Connectors 36 Symbols 35 Size of Symbols 20 SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard 94 100 Snap to Feature 61 Spell Check 69 Stacking Symbols 16 Standard Toolbar 59 Styles 25 33 Changing the Default 31 Connectors 28 Deleting 33 Importing 30 32 Toolbar 59 Stylus Creating a Symbol with 95 SMART Ideas User s Guide Sub Levels 54 Creating 74 Linking 79 Navigating 74 75 Transparent Originating Symbols 74 Viewing Outlines 63 Watermarks 64 Symbol Color 35 Shape 35 Symbols Adding Fills 37 Adding Text to Images 43 Adding to Sub Level 74 Aligning 19 Changing Appearance 34 Changing Styles 30 Clip Art 44 Connecting 12 Connecting with Stylus 96 Creating 6 Creating Associated Sub levels 74 Creating in Outline View 83 Creating New Connected 11 Creating with Stylus 96 Cutting
28. ART Ideas User s Guide 6 Browse to the image files you want to import 7 Click OK The Select Category dialog box appears 8 Click the Custom Categories drop down arrow and select the category name entered previously in step 3 9 Click OK To delete an image from the clip art gallery 1 Select an image from the clip art gallery 2 Select Delete Clip Art from the Customize menu To delete a category from the clip art gallery 1 Click the Customize button and then select Delete Category The Select Category dialog box appears 2 Click the Custom Categories drop down arrow and select the category you want to delete 3 Click OK The category and all its associated images will be deleted from the clip art gallery Searching for Clip Art The clip art gallery provided with SMART Ideas software contains scores of images organized into such subject categories as social studies language arts math and science To these you can import as many of your own images as you like resulting in a potentially vast collection of images A search engine provided in the Clip Art Gallery dialog box not in the Style palette makes it easy to find just the right image Just enter a keyword to search either the entire gallery of images or single categories NOTE Any image files you import will be searched by the first part of their filenames the file extension isn t necessary For example if you import a file called Byron jpg enter the ke
29. Click the Note button on the Formatting toolbar A text box appears next to the selected symbol The Ballad S of Reading Gaol Resize Handle 38 SMART Ideas User s Guide 3 Type a note If you re writing a long note you may need to resize the text box for optimal visibility Just drag the Resize handle in the bottom right corner of the text box after you ve entered the note text 4 Click once outside of the text box A Note icon appears on the symbol The Ballad of Reading 9 lt Note Icon Gaal 5 Move your mouse pointer over the Note icon to view the note text The Ballad CN of Reading ee ae his long ballad poem sublished in 1698 was Wilde s ast artistic effort His poignant plea for prison reform was tten while he served a To edit a note 1 Click the Note icon The note contents appear inside a text box 2 Add or change the text as you prefer 3 Click once outside of the text box to commit the text SMART Ideas User s Guide 39 Making a Symbol Transparent In SMART Ideas software you can make a filled symbol 25 50 75 or 90 transparent a range of transparency that lets you make a symbol only a little more transparent than other diagram objects or so faint it s nearly invisible Use the degree of transparency to reflect the relative importance of the ideas or facts your symbols may represent Or use it to show temporal relationships giving older
30. Click these icons to perform a variety of operations from resizing the symbol to creating connectors to opening sub levels eee H tt Collapse Qoi Diagram A Selected Symbol Create a Connector 9 srap Aa _ Resize Icon Functions in a Selection Rectangle 14 SMART Ideas User s Guide If the object is a connector it is enclosed by a blue outline with blue spheres located at either end Click and drag these spheres to move the connector To select multiple symbols and or connectors Press and hold the mouse button while dragging the pointer to draw a rectangle around the objects that you want to select OR Use the CTRL or SHIFT key to make multiple selections as follows a Click the first object to select it A selection rectangle encloses the object b Hold down the CTRL key or the SHIFT key and click any other objects you want to select To select all objects Click Select All on the Edit menu OR Press CTRL A Selection rectangles enclose all objects on the page Moving Diagram Objects It s easy to rearrange your diagram to suit a developing train of thought When you select a symbol only that symbol will move any connected symbols will remain in place and any associated connector will automatically lengthen contract or rotate as required You can also move a connector separately from the symbol that it connects to To move an entire diagram of symbols and connectors first select all
31. Copying and Pasting 23 Deleting 22 Deleting In Outline View 86 Filling 34 36 Formatting with Styles 25 Importing Images 42 Importing Other Styles 32 Linking 76 Linking with Connectors 10 Moving 15 Moving Multiple 16 New Styles 30 Notes 38 Notes in Outline View 84 Outline 34 Resizing 20 Resizing to Fit Text 21 Selecting 14 Selecting Multiple 15 Shadow 41 Stacking 16 Style List 26 Sub Levels 54 Transparent 40 Templates 87 91 Creating 93 Text 67 71 Adding to Image 43 Changing in a Note 39 Changing in Outline View 85 Checking Spelling 69 Converting Handwriting 95 Exporting 90 Finding and Replacing 70 Formatting 69 In Connectors 13 In Notes 38 In Symbols 6 Injecting from SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard 94 Injecting Labels 97 Outline View 81 Resizing Symbols 21 Toolbar 59 Hiding 59 Outline View 60 Types 59 60 Transparent 40 Originating Symbols 74 Trees 65 Two Color Pattern Fills 36 SMART Ideas User s Guide 127 U Undoing Changes 24 Uploading to Server 105 Users 103 V Views 55 Changing 58 82 Changing Diagram Trees 66 Diagram Trees 66 Exporting 90 Global 55 Outline 81 Panning 63 Projects 102 Show Sub Levels 74 Sub Levels 63 128 Toolbars 58 Watermarks 64 Zoom 62 Watermarks 64 Web Exporting 90 Links 77 Word Document 89 Workspace 54 Navigating 63 Writing 94 Zoom 62 SMART Ideas User s Guide
32. Guide 103 To connect to SMART Ideas server software 1 Select Tools gt Online gt Go Online The Connect to Server dialog box appears 2 Enter the server URL address in Location URL If unknown contact your SMART Ideas Software Administrator for the correct address Enter the same User name and Password that you use to sign on to your network 4 Click the Connect button The Project Manager dialog box appears with a list of all the SMART Ideas software that projects you can access on this server Opening a Project The Project Manager displays a list of all those projects that you either own or have permission to access If the project you want to open is located on a different server you ll need to disconnect from the current server and then connect to the other server To open a project 1 Connect to the server see the previous procedure OR If you re already connected the server select Tools gt Online gt Open Project The Project Manager dialog box appears Select a project from the project list Click the Open button Creating a Project When you re connected to SMART Ideas server software you can create a project on the server or by uploading an existing SMART Ideas file from your hard drive To create a project 1 Open the Project Manager either by connecting to the server see page 103 or by selecting Tools gt Online gt Open Project The Project Manager dialog box appears 2 Click the New button
33. Ideas software server users To add a user click the Users tab select a user s ID from the list and click the Add button OR To add all available users select Make this project visible to all users OR To add an owner click the Owners tab select a user s ID from the list and click the Add button NOTE If you make a user a co owner that individual can add and remove users from the Users tab and delete the project from the server SMART Ideas User s Guide 4 Click OK To remove access to your project 1 3 4 5 6 Select Tools gt Online gt Project Administration The Project Administration dialog box opens Scroll to the project select it and click the Properties button The Project dialog box opens To remove access for a project owner select the Owners tab Select a user s ID from the list Click the Remove button Click OK Sharing Your View with Other Project Members Keep up with your collaboration partners working on online projects by ensuring you re always sharing the same view Use the Follow Me command to keep everyone focused in the same area of the project With this feature activated the user with mouse control is the temporary project leader and the view for all other project members will change to correspond to the leader s view If the leader opens a symbol sub level for example this same sub level becomes the current view for all other project members To share your vi
34. Karen karenl Please ensure you have selected the Follow Me option Text Entry Area gt 3 Enter your message in the white text entry area at the bottom of the dialog box 4 Press the ENTER key on your keyboard to send the text to other project members SMART Ideas server software adds your message to the chat message record at the top of the dialog NOTE Other project members must have the Chat dialog box open to see your message If a member opens the Chat dialog box after you ve sent a message they won t see that message 5 To terminate the chat session click the Close button in the upper right corner of the dialog box To chat one on one with another project member 1 Select Tools gt Online gt List Projects and Users The Project and User List dialog box appears 2 Select a user s name SMART Ideas User s Guide 109 Ey Project and User list El qrosery 5 Test Froject Member Name Select for One on One Chat Click here Chat Projecti Grai Sumia tame Emte 3 Click the Chat button The selected user receives a message asking if they want to participate in a Chat session with you G Chat Hequest Message 1 Karen 603605 wants to talk to you accept If the user clicks the Yes button a Chat dialog box opens at both sites Enter your message in the text entry area Press the ENTER key on your keyboard to send the text to the other user To terminate the chat ses
35. MART Ideas software includes a set of commands and icons that let you expand or collapse either all trees on the current level or selected branches of a diagram tree one hierarchical level at a time NOTE If you save the file with collapsed or expanded trees the file will re open in the identical state To shrink a diagram tree by one level 1 Click the symbol from which you want to collapse the tree 2 Click the Collapse icon All the branches that emerged from the selected symbol disappear from view so only the selected symbol is displayed You ll notice the appearance of a new icon in the symbol s selection rectangle This is the Expand icon Click this icon to expand the tree by a single level WA Expand Icon ea Elements of Tragedy To shrink all trees on the current level Select Collapse All Trees from the View menu All diagrams on the current level collapse down to their single originating symbols To expand a tree by one level Click the Expand icon in the upper right corner of the symbol at the top of the level you want to expand To expand all tress on the current level Select Expand All Trees from the View menu All diagrams on the current level will expand fully displaying all branches at once 66 SMART Ideas User s Guide Working with Text SMART Ideas software has many features for working with text including the ability to e perform full text editing and formatting page 67 to 69 e sp
36. RT Ideas software provides three distinct views of your work Diagram Outline and Global view You can switch between these views using the tabs at the bottom of the workspace Diagram and Outline View The Diagram view is the view you ll use most of the time It s the default view that gives you the workspace and tools you need for making your diagrams However to view a text based linear counterpart to your diagram access the Outline view This view is a ready made outline that your students can use for organizing a writing project They can brainstorm and develop connections between ideas in the Diagram view and then toggle to the Outline view when they re ready to move from rough ideas to a finished document The Outline view isn t just for viewing a text version of your diagram You can also write creating new symbols connectors and even sub levels rearrange and revise ideas and any changes you make are immediately reflected in the Diagram view Global View If you frequently use sub levels to create a complex interconnected web of diagrams the Global view provides a very useful overview of all your work This view is a two dimensional depiction in miniature of every diagram at every level so you can conveniently see everything at once and instantly access any diagram with a mouse click In addition the link between the sub level diagram and its associated upper level symbol is clearly shown so it provides a useful roadmap
37. Replace Find what Replace Mext Replace with TE Replace All Watch whole word Close ddi Match case Prompted Enter the text that you want to replace in the Find what box You can type up to 255 characters in the Find what box The text scrolls horizontally as you type Enter the replacement text in the Replace with box To replace only separate words not characters embedded in other words select Match whole word For example select this option to replace run but not running To replace only words that have a specific pattern of uppercase and lowercase characters select Match case To confirm each change select Prompted Click the Replace Next button OR Click the Replace All button to replace every occurrence of the text in the diagram SMART Ideas User s Guide 71 Back Adding Layers and Links to Diagrams You can add depth to your diagrams by adding sub level you can also extend the reach of your diagram by adding links to local files and Web sites In this section you ll learn how to e create sub levels in diagrams page 72 e navigate within layered diagrams page 75 e link any file program e mail address or Web site to a symbol page 76 Creating Layered Diagrams Every symbol in a diagram is a potential gateway to another diagram that you can create ona sub level of that symbol You can use these sub levels to illustrate or expand on information You can also use
38. Select the connector A blue outline with blue spheres at both ends encloses the connector 2 Click hold and drag either sphere to another symbol Click hold and drag 3 Release the mouse button To reshape a curved connector 1 Select the curved connector 2 Click hold and drag the blue square to change the angle of the connector curve Click hold and drag 3 Release the mouse button when the curve is the desired shape Changing Diagram Layout The Layout feature of SMART Ideas software allows you to instantly arrange individual diagrams or all the diagrams on the page in any of the following six layout patterns SMART Ideas User s Guide 17 e lt S B A Right Tree Left Tree Bottom Tree RA Radial Ring Top Tree When paired with the Quick Connect feature page 7 the Layout feature lets you specify the arrangement of a diagram before you create it However you can also use it to change the layout of a diagram or a full page of diagrams after you ve created it If you like you can also use the Layout feature to change the connector shapes from straight to right angled NOTE If you apply a layout to an entire page all your diagrams are moved from their current position to a centrally aligned position on the page To change the layout of an existing diagram s 1 Select one or more diagrams 2 Click the Layout arrow 3 If you want to use right angle connectors in your diagram sel
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40. You can protect an object or an entire group of objects from subsequent editing with the Make Background command This command moves selected objects into the virtual background out of reach of the selection tool NOTE To restore all protected objects to the foreground for further revision select Retrieve Background from the Tools menu SMART Ideas User s Guide 23 Undo To protect an object from editing 1 Select the objects that you want to send to the background 2 Select Make Background from the Tools menu The object or objects that you selected are now part of the background and are no longer selectable Undoing Changes If you make a mistake or simply change your mind click the Undo button to reverse the previous command or action that you committed You can undo many previous actions by selecting Undo repeatedly Once you ve undone a previously issued command or object you can also change your mind again and reinstate the original object or edit by selecting Redo from the Edit menu To undo the effect of the last command or action Click the Undo button in the toolbar OR Select Undo from the Edit menu To redo the previous command revoked with Undo Select Redo from the Edit menu 24 SMART Ideas User s Guide Using Styles This section tells you about e Using styles to format efficiently page 25 e Formatting symbols with styles page 25 e Formatting connectors with styles page 27 e Modifyi
41. a color printer Change the background color frequently so the workspace never becomes boring for your students To change the background color 1 Select View gt Background Color and then click on a color in the 40 color palette OR To create a custom color click More Colors The Choose Color dialog box appears SMART Ideas User s Guide 61 Choose Color Click anywhere to change hue and saturation Move the Slider to adjust the brightness x Preview area Pm Cancel 2 Click anywhere on the color swatch to change the hue and saturation and then move the slider in the color gradient to change the luminescence brightness 3 Click OK Using the Zoom Feature Use the Zoom feature to magnify or reduce the size of the workspace zooming in or out so you can see a more detailed or general view of your diagrams SMART Ideas software provides continuous zoom options between 25 and 300 via a zoom slider on the toolbar A non continuous zoom feature is available in increments that range from 25 to 100 from the View gt Zoom menu The Scale to Fit setting adjusts your view automatically so you can see all the objects in the workspace at optimal zoom without scrolling The diagram prints at the same perspective as the current zoom level NOTE As long as you save it SMART Ideas software remembers the magnification you specified for a file when you next open it so you can maintai
42. a style to change an existing symbol 1 Select a symbol in the workspace C5 2 Click the Symbols button above the Style palette Symbals 3 Selecta style The selected symbol changes to match the selected style Formatting Connectors with Styles You can predetermine the style of the connectors you ll create in a diagram using the Style palette just as you can for symbols When you select a connector style it remains in effect until you select another one Alternatively you can use the connector toolbar buttons that are just above the workspace to format a connector However if you change the connector appearance with the toolbar buttons you will only change that single connector The next connector you create will revert to the SMART Ideas User s Guide 27 current connector style To apply the format of a connector to other connectors you should transform the connector into a style by loading it into the Style palette see page 30 To create a new connector based on a style Connectors 1 Click the Connectors button above the Style palette 2 Select a connector style Symbols Te a Connectors ClipArt Selected Connector Style 3 Select any symbol and then drag that symbol s Connector icon to the spot where you want the connected symbol to appear Click and drag for this result The resulting connector is identical to the previously selected style 28 SMART Ideas User
43. active SMART Board driver The interactive whiteboard when used with a data projector also provides an enlarged bright image that s ideal for presenting diagrams to your class With the touch sensitive interactive whiteboard you can create and manipulate diagram objects right at the screen Use your finger to move symbols add links open sub levels and activate toolbar buttons Use a pen tray stylus to create symbols and connectors faster than you can with a keyboard or mouse Then save everything that you do at the interactive whiteboard into the current ipr file To summarize after creating a hand drawn annotation on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard with a pen tray stylus you can e transform it into a symbol with a typewritten label e preserve it as a graphical symbol if it s a drawing e inject it as converted typed text into the next symbol or connector that you touch 94 SMART Ideas User s Guide e move it by itself or with a group of symbols e edit object labels in Outline view e delete it Creating Symbols with a Pen Tray Stylus For speed and ease of diagram creation nothing beats working on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard Keep your keyboard and mouse out of the way Use the Pen Tray stylus to create symbols as described below and then use your finger to change their appearance by activating the buttons and menus of SMART Ideas software right at the screen You can convert your handwriting into con
44. add images to the clip art gallery P 1 Click the Clip Art button at the top of the Style palette ClipArt 2 Click the Customize button at the bottom of the Style palette and then select Add Clip Art The Open dialog box appears 3 Browse to the image file s that you want to add to the clip art gallery NOTE You can select multiple files to add using the CRTL key or the SHIFT key on your keyboard OR Enter the path and file name of a single image file in the File name field 4 Click the Open button The Select Category dialog box appears Select Category t xX Custom Categories Fortraits of Authors Mew Category ok Cancel 3 SMART Ideas User s Guide 47 een L i ClipArt Click the Custom Categories arrow and select a category for the image s OR Click the New Category button to create a new category for the image s Click OK The Clip Art Style palette displays the selected image s ey i Be I 1 I F i I a re Symbols Connectors Clip Art Page 14 4 Portraits of Authors To create a new category prior to importing images 1 2 3 4 D 48 Click the Clip Art button at the top of the Style palette Click the Customize button and then select Create New Category Type a category name in the Custom Category Name text entry box Click OK Click the Customize button and then select Add Clip Art The Open dialog box appears SM
45. alette Deleting Objects When you delete a symbol be aware that this action may have an impact beyond the simple disappearance of the object For instance e fa symbol has a hyperlink associated with it for example if it links to a file or Web site that link is lost when you delete the symbol 22 SMART Ideas User s Guide e fa symbol has one or more sub levels those sub levels and all the objects on them are also deleted Deleting a connector however affects only that connector The symbols on either side will remain intact To delete an object 1 Select one or more objects 2 Click the Delete button on the toolbar Delete The selected object s disappears Cutting Copying and Pasting Objects Use the Cut Copy and Paste functions to duplicate or move any object in your current workspace to another diagram sub level or application through the Microsoft Windows Clipboard To cut copy and paste an object 1 Select one or more objects X 2 Click the Cut or Copy button on the toolbar ae OR Select Cut or Copy from the Edit menu J Copy NOTE If you re copying a symbol with an associated sub level you ll be asked if you want to copy the sub level in addition to the symbol itself Click the Yes button to copy the sub level 3 Click the Paste button in the toolbar OR Select Paste from the Edit menu The object appears at the cursor insertion point Protecting Objects from Editing
46. am level for that link 76 Link Icon Oa Web sites are great sources for lesson materials ideas for class projects and even news from your local teachers association Organize your favorite Web sites in a more meaningful way than a simple list of favorite sites think about using SMART Ideas software as a single source file management tool You can associate your Web site links with descriptive symbols in one SMART Ideas file where they re just a mouse click from view Here s an example Alberta Teachers Retirement Fund Board Alberta Teachers Association f Northwest Math Science Learnin Alberta Technology in shah Teachers social Education Teacher Association Studies Consortium Magazine Science Council Online Resources Provincial Curriculum Materials You can create a well organized connected diagram exclusively made up of Web site links like the one above and even add a link to a favorite file on your hard drive or network Either way each time you click the Link icon your Web browser or Windows Explorer opens and the associated Web site or file appears SMART Ideas User s Guide To link a symbol to a Web site 1 Select a symbol Pott tt tte eee gH Hes The Plays of Oscar Wilde tee 9 er 2 Click the Link button on the Standard toolbar y In The nsert Hyperlink dialog box appears 3 Click Web page Insert Hyperlink x Gf Type http aay Oscarana net
47. ated sub level in the Diagram view it appears in underlined bold text in the Outline view This text is a hyperlink and if you click it an Outline text based of that sub level appears SMART Ideas User s Guide 81 Ships Freighters lt Click to view this symbol s sub level Passenger Ships Tankers Train Plane If a labeled connector links a symbol the text of the connector label appears in italics inside angle brackets Movement of Earth s Tectonic Plates a 4 Connector lt Resuif gt Volcanoes Labels Resu Earthquakes Use the Outline view to demonstrate how e an outline makes it easier to organize a writing project e an outline is as simple as putting a few good ideas into logical order In the Diagram view create a few symbols using connectors to show how the ideas are related Then switch to the Outline view to show students the outline result Instruct the class to write a short essay by fleshing out each topic in the outline To switch to Outline view Click the Outline View tab at the bottom of the workspace OR Select Outline View from the View menu A linear text based view of the diagram appears 82 SMART Ideas User s Guide Using the Outline View to Create Objects The Outline view isn t just for viewing a text version of your diagram You can also create new objects including symbols connectors and notes and edit them as well As you might exp
48. ava package by creating additional classes within the JPI or otherwise causing the addition to or modification of the classes in the JPI In the event that Licensee creates any Java related API and distributes such API to others for applet or application development Licensee must promptly publish broadly an accurate specification for such API for free use by all developers of Java based software 3 Restrictions Software is confidential copyrighted information of Sun and title to all copies is retained by Sun and or its licensors Licensee shall not decompile disassemble decrypt extract or otherwise reverse engineer Software Software may not be leased assigned or sublicensed in whole or in part except as specifically authorized in Section 1 Software is not designed or intended for use in online control of aircraft air traffic aircraft navigation or aircraft 118 SMART Ideas User s Guide communications or in the design construction operation or maintenance of any nuclear facility Licensee warrants that it will not use or redistribute the Software for such purposes 4 Trademarks and Logos This License does not authorize Licensee to use any Sun name trademark or logo Licensee acknowledges that Sun owns the Java trademark and all Java related trademarks logos and icons including the Coffee Cup and Duke Java Marks and agrees to i comply with the Java Trademark Guidelines at http java sun com trademarks html ii
49. bel Text insertion point typed text PA Write here m x reehand Writing Area Insert a space Delete highlighted character 2 Select the text that you want to change or delete OR Position the cursor at the insertion point where you want to add text 3 To add new text or change the selected text write in the freehand writing area Text insertion point Write additional text and press the Convert to Typed Text button 4 Press the Convert to Typed Text button SMART Ideas User s Guide 99 100 S Added with Pen Tray Stylus NOTES e To write more text than the writing area will accommodate press the Convert to Typed Text button to convert and commit what you ve written so far clearing the writing area so you can continue writing e To delete selected text press the Delete button e To adda space at the insertion point press the Space button SMART Ideas User s Guide Customer Support SMART s Technical Support team welcomes your call However you may first want to contact your local reseller if you experience any difficulty with SMART Ideas software as they may be able to solve the problem without delay All SMART products include free telephone fax and e mail support Telephone 1 866 518 6791 toll free in Canada U S or 1 403 228 5940 all other countries Available 7 a m 6 p m Mountain time from Monday to Friday Fax 1 403 806 1256 E mail support smarttech com
50. e genre of each play at a glance Hamlet Romeo and Juliette Midsummer Night s Dream SMART Ideas User s Guide 5 To enhance a symbol even further you can integrate an image While SMART Ideas software comes with a handy clip art collection you can use any collection of graphics or clip art as your image source For example the image of Shakespeare in the previous diagram adds an interesting historical context and a point of departure for teaching You could inform the class that this image is based on a portrait that appears on the cover of the first folio edition of Shakespeare s collected plays printed in 1623 not long after his death You could then talk about the significance of this publication and even add an Internet link to a site that s devoted to an electronic version of the first folio edition Just by adding one image you ve transformed your diagram into an effective learning resource Clearly you can make a symbol as simple or as elaborate as you like In this section we ll focus on how to create diagrams using simple symbols In a later section you ll learn how to create diagrams using much more elaborate symbols Creating Symbols After you start SMART Ideas software click the Open button and a new untitled workspace appears ready for your input Now type a few words Your text appears inside a text box Press the ENTER key on your keyboard when you finish typing The text now appear
51. e path and name appear in the box NOTE If the size of your file is a consideration make sure Shortcut is selected With Shortcut selected the file remains on your hard drive or network and is opened from that location If you select Attachment the file is actually attached to the SMART Ideas project file and file size enlarges accordingly 7 Click OK The symbol appears with a Link icon in its lower left corner To open the file that you just created a link to click this icon The Plays of Oscar wilde Click here to open the link j you just created P gt To link a symbol to another level in the same diagram 1 Select a symbol 0 2 Click the Link button on the Standard toolbar ey In The nsert Hyperlink dialog box appears 3 Click Level 4 Click the arrow and select a level from the list of all levels in the current SMART Ideas file Insert Hyperlink X Of Type Elements of Elizabeth epic The Faerie Queen Web page C File 0 Level Remove 5 Click OK The symbol appears with a Link icon in its lower left corner To open the level you created a link to click the icon SMART Ideas User s Guide 79 U Link Removing and Replacing Links Since you can associate a symbol with only one link you may need to alter a link so that it opens a different file or Web page or you may need to remove the link altogether To remove or replace a link 1 Select the symbol with
52. e to disconnect from the server SMART Ideas software remains open in stand alone mode To reconnect to the server select Tools gt Online gt Go Online If you reconnect during the current SMART Ideas software session the server remembers your user name and password so you only need to click the Connect button in the Connect to Server dialog box 112 SMART Ideas User s Guide Appendix B License Agreement Please read this License Agreement Agreement carefully This is a legal agreement between you the Licensee and SMART Technologies Inc SMART for SMART Ideas concept mapping software and accompanying documentation collectively the Software This Agreement provides important information concerning the Software provides Licensee with a non exclusive and non transferable license to install and use the Software and contains warranty and liability information By first installing and using the Software you on behalf of Licensee are accepting the Software and agreeing to become bound by the terms of this Agreement By so installing and using you acknowledge that you have the authority to bind Licensee to the terms of this Agreement If you do not have such authority or you on behalf of Licensee do not otherwise agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement do not install or use the Software 1 Grant of License Subject to payment of the applicable license fees SMART grants Licensee a non exclusive non tran
53. ect any changes that you make in the Outline view are immediately reflected in the Diagram view When you create a new symbol in the Outline view it appears indented immediately below the selected symbol on the next lower level of the outline hierarchy If you don t select a symbol the new symbol appears at the top of the diagram hierarchy When you create a new connector for a symbol that symbol automatically links to the symbol immediately above it NOTE You can create a connector only for an indented Secondary or tertiary symbol To create a new symbol in Outline view 1 Select the symbol that s directly above the point where you want the new symbol to appear Modes of transport Trucks OR Select the main symbol if you want the symbol to appear at the top of the symbol list i 2 Click the Create New button a Several text boxes appear eaa 3 Type a symbol label where you see Enter the Symbol Text Here Modes of transport Newly entered text Trucks fewer Enter the note text here SMART Ideas User s Guide 83 4 Press the ENTER key on your keyboard A new line of text appears indented below the originally selected symbol Modes of transport Trucks 18 wheeler New Subordinate Symbol Ships To add a note to a symbol 1 Double click a symbol Text boxes will appear In the example below the symbol is entitled Tankers Tan
54. ect the Use Right Angle Connector check box 4 Click one of the six layout buttons to select a layout SMART Ideas software modifies the layout of all selected diagrams 18 SMART Ideas User s Guide To change the layout of all diagrams on the current page 1 Click the Layout arrow 2 If you want to use right angle connectors in your diagram select the Use Right Angle Connector check box Make sure the Apply to Entire Page check box is filled 4 Click one of the six layout button to select a layout All diagrams on the current page will be rearranged and lined up on the page along a central axis Aligning Objects Use the Align command to horizontally or vertically align any number of selected objects The relative placement of the majority of the objects determines the axis and location of the resulting alignment To align symbols automatically 1 Select the symbols that you want to align Milton s D Paradise Lost M4 Epic Poems in English Tennyson s Mote D Arthur Spenser s 4 Faerie Queen i Byron s Don Juan 2 Select Align from the Format menu The symbols align along the predominant axis of the original grouping in this case the horizontal axis SMART Ideas User s Guide 19 Spenser s Faerie Queen Tennyson s Morte D Arthur Epic Poems in English atone gt Paradise Lost Resizing Symbols In addition to creating symbols of different colors and shapes you also create
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57. ell check your text page 69 e find and replace text page 70 Editing Text It s easy to edit the text labels for symbols and connectors Simply select the object and then click once or right click the object and select Edit Label Then just select the text as you would in any other word processing program When you re finished press the ENTER key on your keyboard If you want to add a blank line within the symbol to separate text press ALT ENTER on your keyboard To insert a blank line a k a carriage or hard return 1 Type some text on the SMART Ideas workspace or in a selected symbol s text box NOTE Do not press the ENTER key on the keyboard 2 Press the ALT ENTER keys on the keyboard twice A blank line hard return will appear To edit object labels 1 Select a symbol or connector 2 Click the selected object again and edit the text in the text box that appears OR Right click on the selected object select Edit Label and edit the text in the text box that appears 3 Press the ENTER key on your keyboard OR Click once outside the text box SMART Ideas User s Guide 67 For lengthier text entries attach a note to the symbol instead When you move your mouse pointer over the Note icon the note appears in an editable text box See page 38 for more information Note Icon If you want to display left justified text inside a symbol that shows all your text without resizing consider using one of the f
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59. ew with others 1 2 3 Go online and open the same project as the rest of your group Select Tools gt Online gt Follow Me Ensure other group members also select Tools gt Online gt Follow Me Any group member who assumes mouse control determines the current view of the entire group SMART Ideas User s Guide 107 Chatting with Other Project Members True collaboration means actively communicating with others while you re working on a project The Chat command lets you collaborate fully When you re online you can send and receive messages privately with individual project members or with the entire group You can keep the lines of communication open throughout your group session The Chat dialog box can stay on top even when you move to symbol sub levels To chat with all project members 1 Select Tools gt Online gt Chat OR Select Tools gt Online gt List Projects and Users The Project and User List dialog box appears Ey Project and User list Ea Server El qrosery Project Select for Group Chat debrab michaelc Project Chat Click here ili oiehehGe 2 Select a project listed under the server and click the Project Chat button The Chat dialog box appears 108 SMART Ideas User s Guide Project Name g Online_Publication_Linkschat Ed Record of Chat P roun Discussion aum y E Messages Me i we ready to begin Kathyd Sure Let s start with your presentation
60. f Web page File C Level Remove 4 Enter the full Web address in the box OR Click the arrow and select a Web address from the list of links previously used This list is empty if this is the first time you ve created a hyperlink OK Cancel Instead of manually typing a Web address into the nsert Hyperlink dialog box it s easier and more accurate to just open your Web browser and navigate to the Web site you want to link to Now copy the address that s in the Address box of your browser and paste it into the nsert Hyperlink dialog box 5 Click OK SMART Ideas User s Guide 77 The symbol appears with a Link icon in its lower left corner To open the Web page that you just created a link to click this icon The Plays of Oscar wilde Click here to open the link you just created To link a symbol to a file 1 Select a symbol Pott tt tte ee egg He ye a a a a et i a The Plays of Oscar Wilde 0 2 Click the Link button on the Standard toolbar ea The nsert Hyperlink dialog box appears 3 Click File x Ot Type fileyD The Importance of Being E Browse Insertas C Web page File Shortcut C Attachment OK Cancel C Level Remove 4 Click the Browse button The Open dialog box appears 5 Navigate to the file that you want to link to 6 Click the Open button 78 SMART Ideas User s Guide The fil
61. f the line anidea Write a label for the blank symbol anywhere in the workspace g 4 ACTION Press the Inject into Object button Touch the symbol with your stylus The symbol displays the text label that you just wrote an idea Editing with a Pen Tray Stylus Use a pen tray stylus to edit the label for any symbol or connector in your diagram While you cant selectively edit the letters or numbers inside a symbol or connector label you can easily replace the entire label using the Inject into Object function You also don t need a keyboard to enter or edit text in the Outline view and you can edit more selectively than you can in the Diagram view Just pick up a stylus position the cursor where you want to add or edit object text and then write in the text box To edit an object label with a pen tray stylus in the Diagram view 1 98 Pick up a stylus and write the replacement text anywhere in the SMART Ideas workspace Without replacing the stylus press the Inject into Object button Press the object either a symbol or a connector that contains the text that you want replaced Your handwritten text becomes the new typed text label for the selected object SMART Ideas User s Guide To edit an object label with a pen tray stylus in Outline view 1 Pick up a stylus and double press on a symbol or connector label A freehand writing area appears with three buttons on the left side Symbol La
62. file of the Outline view only will still be created 2 Wait afew moments The converted text only outline opens in your Web browser 90 SMART Ideas User s Guide Printing a Diagram You can print the current level of your diagram or the current level plus all associated sub levels If you choose to print a large diagram on one page SMART Ideas software shrinks the diagram to fit the page Me emue a SMART Ideas file From the File menu select e Print Preview to see how your diagram will look on the printed page e Print Current Level to print only the current level of your diagram e Print All Levels to print every level of your diagram The Print dialog box appears Specify the printer you want to use in the Name box Specify what you want printed in the Print range box Specify the number of copies you want printed in the Number of copies box Click OK Ol ae ey Using Templates in SMART Ideas Software A template is a document you can use as a pattern to create other documents of the same type The idea behind templates is that while you may create many documents you generally create only a few types of documents Templates provide a place to store boilerplate symbols notes and connectors reducing the amount of work necessary to set up new diagrams When you start SMART Ideas software you ll see a long list of templates from which to choose There are templates that have been specifically developed for social studies
63. g and Replacing Text When you need to review or change text in either the Diagram view or the Outline view use the Find Text and Replace Text commands Find Text helps you locate occurrences of any text you specify Replace Text lets you change a word or phrase throughout the diagram NOTE This feature only works on the current diagram level It won t locate and replace text that resides in a sub level diagram To find text 1 Select Find Text from the Edit menu The Find dialog box appears Find Find what Find Next Match whole word Close uu Match case 2 Enter the text that you want to find in the Find what box You can type up to 255 characters in this box The text scrolls horizontally as you type 3 To find only separate words not characters embedded in other words select Match whole word For example select this option to find run but not running 4 To find only words that have a specific pattern of uppercase and lowercase characters select Match case 5 Click the Find Next button SMART Ideas software selects the first occurrence of the text in either a symbol or connector label 70 SMART Ideas User s Guide If the word or phrase isn t found a No Matches Found message appears Click the Find Next button again to find subsequent occurrences of the text Click the Close button To replace text 1 Select Replace Text from the Edit menu The Replace dialog box appears
64. ht click the image symbol and select Fill Color Now select a color or a fill effect If you like dispense with the frame altogether by selecting a shape that s identical to the image shape For example with the rectangular Hamlet image right click the symbol and select Shape gt Rectangle The frame inside the symbol effectively disappears Using Clip Art as a Symbol You can effortlessly add visual appeal and interest to your diagrams using clip art images Clip art images are stored in the Style palette and just like the styles in that palette you can insert these images into the workspace as often as you want While you can easily import and use your own image collections SMART Ideas software comes with an extensive collection of images that you can easily add to the symbols in your 44 SMART Ideas User s Guide diagrams For example the following diagram showing the life cycle of the frog was created entirely from clip art that s available in the gallery Fats algae Cell and grows begins to divide Begins to develop lungs P Cycle of Frogs from Sexual allabouttrogs org Activity evelops lungs Tail absorbed When you add a clip art image to a diagram it becomes a symbol you can treat like any other symbol You can surround the image with symbol shapes resize it connect it to other symbols and add text to it To use an image from the clip art gallery as a symbol ial 1 Click the C
65. iagrams with SMART Ideas software Then you ll go beyond the basics to learn about the many advanced features like importing clip art and other graphics adding hyperlinks and creating diagrams with multiple levels Features Get the most from SMART Ideas software by taking a moment to review the following list of features Export into Microsoft Word Page 89 To facilitate information sharing you can export your diagram as a Microsoft Word document Both the concept maps of the Diagram view exported as a single graphical object and the text based Outline view exported as fully editable bulleted lists are exported together in the single Word document Link to URLs and Files Page 76 Enrich your diagram with links to Internet sites and files including spreadsheets text documents and multimedia clips File integration not only enhances a diagram with a wealth of supporting material but puts a superb single source file management tool at your fingertips All the information you need from multiple sources will be in a single location just a mouse click from view Rapidly Create a Connected Diagram Page 7 Create large fully connected and formatted diagrams in a flash with the Quick Connect feature Pre select your diagram layout and then create a concept map that branches just as you want Word Processing Capability Page 67 With SMART Ideas software you have full text editing capabilities including a search and replace t
66. if you click the Open Sub level icon on the Petrarchan symbol the following diagram appears Abit of history Invented by Petrarch in 13th century Italy Rhyming Scheme OCTAVE ABBA ABBA Popularized by watt in 15th century England Sestet CDOECDE or CDCDCDB or CDCDEE Perfected by Surrey in early w tth century 4 The Petrarchan Symbol Sub Level Each symbol that cites a poet also has an associated sub level indicated by the Sub level icon These sub levels are occupied with representative sonnets from each poet SMART Ideas User s Guide 73 Back To create a symbol sub level 1 Select the symbol 2 Click the Open Sub level icon the green curved arrow in the top left corner of the selection rectangle A new blank workspace will open To return to the originating symbol in previous layer Click the Back button in the Standard toolbar OR Click the watermark in the upper left corner of the workspace if it s displayed Making Originating Symbols Transparent To view the complexity of underlying diagrams at a glance activate the Show Sublevels command This command displays a miniature ghostly image of the sub level diagram inside the originating symbol Uci e est When Show Sublevels is active symbols also become functionally transparent To move a symbol to the sub level of another symbol drag the symbol or multip
67. ighted on the Templates tab Select a template from the list Click the Open button The template opens E 4 Customize the diagram a Click the Save button Save OR Select Save or Save As from the File menu The Save As dialog box opens 92 SMART Ideas User s Guide 6 Give your diagram a name navigate to a folder and click the Save button By default SMART Ideas software gives the file an ipr Ideas project extension To create your own template 1 Create anew diagram OR Open an existing diagram that you want to develop into a template 2 Select Save As from the File menu The Save As dialog box opens 3 Type a name for the diagram and include an ipt extension 4 Click the Save button SMART Ideas User s Guide 93 Using SMART Ideas Software ona SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Working on the SMART Board interactive whiteboard in your classroom is the best way to use SMART Ideas software Pick up a pen tray stylus and write in the SMART Ideas workspace Then press a button to transform your handwritten annotation into typed text inside a symbol This makes it easy to quickly create symbols that contain clear typed text without having to dash over to a keyboard Al t H _ Click here El for this result m Handwriting Recognition NOTE The handwriting Recognition feature is dependent on the SMART Board driver for its functionality it only works on an interactive whiteboard with an
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69. ite your ideas on the screen with a Pen Tray stylus and use the software s built in handwriting recognition feature to convert your handwritten idea into a typed symbol You can then connect symbols with a stylus and the software converts the hand drawn link into a straight or curved connector Use your finger to select and manipulate symbols and navigate to sub levels and links Templates Page 91 SMART Ideas software comes with a variety of templates to help you create diagrams for language arts and science as well as a lesson plan template You can also create your own templates for diagram formats that you use frequently 4 SMART Ideas User s Guide Creating a Diagram The SMART Ideas workspace is designed for quick easy and flexible diagram creation A diagram is made up of two components symbols and connectors Symbols In SMART Ideas software a symbol is a graphical object such as a circle a Square or a picture that encloses a text message This message can be just a few words or a phrase However the more concise the message the better Text Message You can make your symbols more distinctive and meaningful by using different colors and shapes For example if you create a diagram showing the titles of Shakespeare s major plays categorized by genre you could represent comedies as transparent circles tragedies as dark squares and history plays as shaded triangles This would allow your students to easily identify th
70. ke you to the sub level when clicked To convert a SMART Ideas file to a Word file Select Export to Word Document from the File menu A Publishing Project message appears The new Microsoft Word file appears with the same file name as the SMART Ideas file and a doc extension Exporting Workspace Views to the Web It s easy to create diagrams that you publish on the Internet or send to people who don t have SMART Ideas software installed on their computers You can save your diagrams in either a graphical Diagram view or text only form Outline view that s ready for Web publication To save your diagrams in graphical form for the Internet use the Export Diagram View to Web command This command saves your current diagram as a high quality Web ready graphic and retains all hyperlinks in the document after conversion To save your diagrams to the Internet in text only form use the Export Outline View to Web Text command This command converts the Outline view of your diagram into HTML format ready for online publication To export the Diagram view for Web publication 1 Select Export Diagram View to Web from the File menu A Saving message appears as your diagram is converted 2 Wait afew moments The converted diagram opens in your Web browser To export the Outline view for Web publication 1 Select Export Outline to Web Text from the File menu NOTE You can be in Diagram view when you select this command An HTML
71. kers Enter the note text here 2 Enter text where you see Enter the note text here 3 Press the ENTER key on your keyboard NOTE To view the note make sure a check mark appears beside Show Notes in the View menu To create a connector 1 Double click a symbol A text box appears to the left of the symbol text box In the example below the symbol is entitled Passenger Ships Enter fhe connector text rere Passenger Ships Enter the note text here Connector Text Box 2 Enter text where you see Enter the connector text here 84 SMART Ideas User s Guide In the Diagram view SMART Ideas software links the selected symbol with the symbol above it by a connector with this text label To edit symbol connector or Note text 1 Double click in the line of text you want to change The text appears within a blue text box 2 Revise the text as required 3 Press the ENTER key on your keyboard OR Click outside of the text box Reorganizing the Diagram You can change the organization of a diagram just as easily in Outline view as you can in Diagram view Drag a symbol to move it up or down in the hierarchy If you drag a selected symbol onto another symbol that s on a higher or lower level the symbol that you moved appears on the same level as the destination symbol Alternatively you can use the Promote and Demote buttons to change a selected symbol s hierarchical level To alter the hie
72. le connected symbols onto the target symbol and watch the dragged symbol s recede and then disappear into the destination symbol s sub level Open the sub level by clicking the Open Sub level icon to view the symbol you just dropped into it To view small outlines of a symbol s sub level diagrams Check Show Sublevels on the View menu A small faint image of the sub level diagram appears inside each originating symbol To drop a symbol or diagram into a sub level 1 Check Show Sublevels on the View menu and select a symbol NOTE You can t drop a selected symbol onto a sub level if it s connected to another symbol 2 Move the symbol or a selected group of symbols over top of another symbol 74 SMART Ideas User s Guide List of Key Holders When the moving symbol reaches the middle of the receiving symbol it gradually disappears from view as it sinks into the receiving symbol s sub level A small ghost like version of the moved symbol appears inside the receiving symbol and an Open Sub level icon appears next in the upper left corner 3 Click the Open Sub level icon to view the symbol you just moved Click here to view the sub level Q 4 Click the Back button on the toolbar to return to the original symbol level Back Navigating through Symbol Layers Because any symbol can have a sub level and any sub level can have further sub levels you may lose track of where you are in a multi layer diagram The
73. let 1 From the Insert menu select Cliplet The Cliplet Gallery dialog box opens N Click the Category scroll down button and select a category of cliplets a Select a cliplet from the displayed images 4 Click the Insert button The cliplet is inserted in your diagram On Drag the clip to the position that you want o gt To tack the cliplet in place click the Tack button in the upper left corner of the selection rectangle To search for a cliplet 1 From the Insert menu select Cliplet The Cliplet Gallery dialog box opens 2 Inthe Category list select All Categories 52 SMART Ideas User s Guide 3 Inthe Keywords field enter a keyword 4 Click Search Any file in the Cliplet folder with the keyword in its file name is displayed in the Search Results area To maximize a time related cliplet and then restore it to normal size 1 Select a time related cliplet 2 Click the Maximize button in the upper right corner of the selection rectangle oO The cliplet enlarges to take up the entire screen 3 To return normal size press the Back button in the upper left corner of the screen E OR Press any key on the keyboard SMART Ideas User s Guide 53 Getting to Know the Workspace Workspace Sub Levels With SMART Ideas software diagrams can have the added dimension of depth Every symbol in a diagram is a potential gateway to another symbol or a fully connected diagram that s located on a deeper
74. lip Art button at the top of the Style palette SMART Ideas User s Guide 45 ic e Orr Symbols Connectors ClipArt Navigate through the selected category Select a category Click an image to select the associated clip art Double click to insert the clip art into the workspace Add your own clip Insert the selected clip art art category _ gt Customize into the workspace 2 Click the arrow above the images to select a category from the list NOTE Click All Categories to see all the available images 3 Drag the image you want into the workspace OR 46 SMART Ideas User s Guide Click the image you want and then click the Insert button at the bottom of the Style palette OR Click again on the image in the Style palette 4 To frame the clip art image with a shape select a symbol from the Style palette Importing Images into the Clip Art Gallery You can integrate your favorite images into your diagrams by importing your own image collections into the clip art gallery With SMART Ideas software you can import any jpg gif png omp ico wmp or svg file into the gallery Keep your images organized and easy to find by importing them directly into an existing category or create an entirely new category You can also import a clip art collection that s associated with another SMART Ideas file using the Import Styles command on the Tools menu see page 32 To
75. log box appears Select your hard drive in the Save in box Enter a name in the File name box Click the Save button The newly created ipr file is now available to use offline SMART Ideas User s Guide 105 To merge a previously downloaded project 1 Connect to the server and open the project into which you want to merge your SMART Ideas file See page 94 Upload the ipr file to the server see page 105 Select Tools gt Online gt Upload New Project The Open dialog box appears Browse to the project that you want to merge with the current project and select it Click the Open button Your changes are added to the server resident project Controlling Project Access If you create a project you are the project owner and as such you control access to the project When you create a new project in SMART Ideas server software or at any time in the life of a project you own you may want to restrict or expand access to it You also have the option of allowing unlimited user access to your project To expand access to your project 1 106 Select Tools gt Online gt Project Administration The Project Administration dialog box opens with a list of all projects on the server Scroll to the project select it and click the Properties button NOTE If you aren t the owner of the selected project the Properties button is grayed out inactive The Project dialog box opens with a list of all available SMART
76. mmands let you save the graphically based Diagram view or the text based Outline view of your file in HTML format You can then transfer the file to a Web server so anyone with a Web browser can access your work An Export to Word Document command is also available so you can save your work as a Microsoft Word doc file Both the concept maps of the Diagram view exported as a single graphical object and the text based Outline view exported as fully editable bulleted lists are exported together in the single DOC file SMART Ideas software also comes with numerous templates to make your work easier You can also create your own custom templates for those diagrams that you find yourself using often Creating a New SMART Ideas File When you create a new SMART Ideas file you have the option of using a template or starting from a blank workspace To create a file 1 Select New from the File menu The New SMART Ideas Diagram dialog box appears with lt Blank Document gt highlighted on the Templates tab 2 If you prefer to base your new diagram on a template select one of the templates from the list 3 Click the Open button An untitled blank workspace appears OR If you selected a template the template appears SMART Ideas User s Guide 87 Opening a SMART Ideas File When you start SMART Ideas software the New SMART Ideas Diagram dialog box opens You can click the Recent Files tab to access a list of all recent file
77. n select the connector and then select Add Style to Palette from the Tools menu Your unique connector will be imported into the Style palette for future use For more information on creating and using styles see Formatting Symbols with Styles on page 25 To customize a connector using the Formatting toolbar 1 Select one or more connectors 2 Tochange the connector shape to angled curved or straight click the Connector Type button To change the connector line thickness click the Line Thickness button 4 4 To change the connector line color click the Line Color button To change the connector ends to single double filled transparent or no arrowheads click the Arrow Style button 1 Nim v To use an image based connector click the Deluxe Connector button I 1 4 To change the color of an image based connector click the Fill Color button 4 le p NOTE To customize connector labels see Formatting Text on page 69 Adding Two Color Patterns and Gradients to Symbol Fills Your symbols can have a uniform single color fill a two color patterned fill or a two color gradient fill The patterned fills are regularly recurring symmetrical objects that create a tiled appearance similar to wallpaper The gradient fills display a progression between two colors along either a vertical diagonal or horizontal path A Two Color Pattern A Vertical Gradient Fill 36 SMART Ideas User s Guide To add a two
78. n as Hamlet Some clip art supplied by CorelDRAW a registered trademark of Corel Corporation Printed in Canada 12 2003 Contents Welcome to SMART Ideas Software ccccsscessceseeeeeeeeeneseeeseeees About Concept MAPS viceiicseiens Sa dence lads neni domdadee she ctewesdeudeds 2adieeeenedesass Goweheblesi bias 1 ADOUC TAIS GUIDES 2 25x rt oti a a a eat eri ael eget aa tienen ct 2 FCARUNGS cesieeatadzsatusistatan Maadatusiunnninehaaiatesidd nits Mbanredietaahatoridlntan a 2 CREATING G Diagram missni ratte eah teeta eee daee VDO aeaa ceo i eng a ee Or Pee rae ee een eee ee 5 Creating SV MNO Siicicusitastasi vet nents Sagal ana oetiel Raadesenaed cee 6 Rapidly Creating a Connected Diagram ccccsecceeesseeeeeeeeeeesaeeeeeeeeeeeeeens 7 Linking Symbols with Connectors cccccseeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeesaeeeeeeseeeeeens 10 Labeling Connectors oneisiie cenne a Aen Auda 12 Editing a Diagram esia oun eeeeateee 14 Selecting Symbols and Connectors cccccccsescecceeseeeceeeseecseseeecseneeesseaes 14 Moving Diagram ODJeClS isnin a a ll lahictaardeerae 15 Changing Diagram Layout stead eiietusin cd oeasbend tiled angi a Madan amare dy 17 ANANING ODISCUS rroan a esate lien aa ilar het ee Nua pelaiea 19 RESIZING SVIMDOI Srania aaa aah ahead eae dea a ete slate A 20 Resizing Symbols to Show All TexXt cccceccccsssseeceesseeeseeeeeesesseesseeseeeees 21 Deleting OD GCS araa a edad nada a eae 22
79. n different magnification levels for different files To change the magnification of a workspace 1 Click the Zoom button on the toolbar A Zoom slider appears 62 SMART Ideas User s Guide E Scale to Fit 300 2 Drag the slider to the zoom level that you want OR Click the Scale to Fit button to view all the objects in the workspace at an optimal zoom level Moving Around the Workspace If you click the Pan button you can drag the workspace in any direction changing your view easily and accurately without resorting to the scroll bars With the Pan button depressed you can still click on individual objects to select them and you click the CTRL or SHIFT key you can select multiple objects in this way too Once objects are selected click and hold again on the object or one of several and drag the cursor to move them To move the workspace with the Pan feature 1 Click the Pan button on the toolbar 2 Click hold and drag in any direction on the workspace 3 Click the Pan button to restore normal click and drag selection behavior SMART Ideas User s Guide f 63 Pan Pan Viewing Sub Levels If you like you can view small ghost like images of any diagrams that are associated with the sub level of a symbol In other words you can see at a glance which symbols have sub level diagrams as well as the relative complexity of those diagrams The Show Sub levels function also allows you
80. ncial courts in the Province of Alberta or the federal courts of Canada as the case may be Licensee agrees that it shall not assert any claim that it is not subject to the jurisdiction of such courts that the venue is improper that the forum is inconvenient or any similar objection claim or argument 17 Entire Agreement This Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and agreement of the parties and supercedes any and all prior or contemporaneous representations understandings and agreements between the parties with respect of the subject matter of this Agreement If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect 18 Waiver The failure by a party to exercise any right hereunder shall not operate as a waiver of such party s right to exercise such right or any other right in the future QUESTIONS Should you have any questions concerning this Agreement or if you desire to contact SMART for any reason please write SMART Technologies Inc 600 1177 11th Avenue SW Calgary AB Canada T2R 1K9 SMART Ideas is a registered trademark of SMART Technologies Inc in Canada and the U S SMART Ideas is a trademark of SMART Technologies Inc in other jurisdictions SMART Ideas User s Guide 117 Java tm Runtime Environment Version 1 1 6 Binary Code License This binary code license License contains rights and restrictions associated with use of the acLice
81. ng Your Spelling When you create a diagram use the spell check feature to check your symbol and connector text This feature alerts you to any words that are repeated or misspelled and offers suggestions for change NOTE The spell check feature only checks the label text within the current diagram If your diagram has sub levels you must check each level separately To check your spelling 1 Select Spell Check from the Tools menu When a misspelled or repeated word is encountered the Check Spelling dialog box appears A misspelled or repeated word appears in the Not in dictionary box and a suggestion for change appears in the Change to box If no errors are found a message appears telling you that the spell check is complete 2 Accept or reject the results of the spell check as follows a To accept the suggested word click the Change button OR Select a word from the Suggestions list and click the Change or Change All buttons OR SMART Ideas User s Guide 69 farial 12 E Type a correction of your own in the Change to field and click the Change or Change All buttons b To retain the original word ignoring the spell check feature s advice click the Ignore button or click the Ignore All button to retain every occurrence of the original spelling c To add the word to the Spell Check dictionary click the Add button When the spell check is complete the Check Spelling dialog box disappears Findin
82. ng existing styles and creating new styles page 30 e Loading styles from other IPR files into the current file page 32 Styles An Overview Suppose you ve spent a few minutes changing the appearance of a symbol or a connector to look exactly the way you want You ve changed the fill color of the symbol to just the right shade of turquoise added a unique color outline chosen a distinctive shape and made it 50 transparent Now you want several other symbols to look exactly the same You could select those symbols and apply the same formatting to each one but that takes time and it can be difficult to duplicate subtle shades of color with precision Also if you decide to change a small aspect of the symbols you must repeat the work for each of them Instead you can save the original formatting as a style which is just a collection of characteristics that you can then apply to any symbol If you change the appearance of a style directly in the Style palette those changes are automatically transferred to the symbols or connectors that are based on that style SMART Ideas software comes with a number of ready to use symbol and connector styles You can find them in the Style palette on the left side of the interface While you may find these styles are sufficient you can also use them as starting points for creating your own unique styles see Creating New Styles on page 30 Formatting Symbols with Styles Use the Style palet
83. nging and writing a document easy By automatically generating an outline for you SMART Ideas software helps you to move from rough ideas to a finished document Customize Your Symbols and Connectors Page 34 SMART Ideas software offers a large palette of symbol shapes and colors You can also create your own symbols making them any shape or color you like In addition you can import any graphic to use as a symbol or you can choose from the extensive clip art gallery which is organized by subject to make finding the right image easy Interactive Cliplets Page 51 Cliplets are a new animated form of clip art that you can insert into the workspace and interact with to accomplish many teaching objectives The cliplets provided with SMART Ideas software will help you teach geometry clock reading and basic arithmetic principles The cliplets include timers a pair of dice teaching clocks actual clocks and a fully functioning calculator The dice for example can be used just like regular dice Instead of rolling the dice however you just click on the image of the dice and the number of dots changes in a random SMART Ideas User s Guide 3 way Similarly you can drag the arms of the protractor cliplet to measure an angle or press the buttons in the calculator cliplet to solve a math problem SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard Integration Page 94 If you use SMART Ideas software on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard you can wr
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86. o help get her point across she could write this sentence on a whiteboard However the sentence might have little impact on a group of restless students Instead she could use SMART Ideas software to create this simple cause and effect concept map Result Result Earthquakes O Volcanoes The notion of tectonic plate movement is prominently displayed in a large distinctly colored and centrally positioned symbol Two labeled arrows lead the eye to its two major consequences earthquakes and volcanoes Their shared relationship is visually apparent because the symbols are the same color and size and the arrows reinforce the cause and effect nature of their relationship with the symbol above The effectiveness of this concept map visually reinforces her spoken words but its effectiveness goes well beyond that of a simple visual aid By liberating ideas from the limitations of syntax concept maps can deepen students understanding and provoke genuine SMART Ideas User s Guide 1 interest With SMART Ideas software it s up to you You can make your concept maps simple and austere to show the basic connections between ideas or you can make them as elaborate and eye catching as you like About This Guide In SMART Ideas software we use the term diagram for concept map Throughout this guide we ll refer to the concept maps you create with SMART Ideas software as diagrams First you ll learn how to create and edit simple d
87. o import When you do this only the styles are imported not the diagrams that are associated with that file SMART Ideas software adds the imported styles at the end of the current Style palette Those symbols in the imported palette that have an exact match in the current Style palette are not imported NOTE If you want to use a customized Style palette in all new files you may prefer to replace the original default Style palette with the customized palette page 31 To load customized styles into the current style palette 1 Select Import Styles from the Tools menu The Open dialog box appears 2 Browse to the SMART Ideas ipr file that contains the styles you want to import OR Enter the name of the ipr file in the File name field 3 Click the Open button The new unique styles both symbol and connector appear in the Style palette 32 SMART Ideas User s Guide Deleting Styles Two arrow buttons at the top of the Style palette allow you to navigate to other pages of styles However if you ve added a lot of new styles or you find that you only use a few of the many ready made styles in the style palette you may want to delete a few styles so as to avoid using these buttons To delete a style 1 Select a style from the Symbols or Connectors section of the Style palette 2 Click the Customize button at the bottom of the Style palette 3 Select Delete from the menu The style will disappear from the Style palette
88. ols For example students often have difficulty understanding the complex interrelationships among the characters in Hamlet Creating a diagram such as the one that follows with labeled connectors would help a class grasp these sometimes confusing relationships more easily 12 SMART Ideas User s Guide To label a connector 1 Select the connector King pms Hamlet ye 2 Click once on the selected connector A text box appears 3 Type the label 4 Press the ENTER key on your keyboard The label appears in the center of the connector King rou Hamlet ioe A SMART Ideas User s Guide 13 Editing a Diagram This section will focus on how to e select objects for editing page 14 e move objects page 15 e rearrange diagrams page 17 e align objects page 19 e resize objects page 20 e delete objects page 22 e cut copy and paste objects page 23 e protect objects from editing page 23 e undo changes page 24 Selecting Symbols and Connectors To work with a symbol or connector you must first select it If you like you can change several symbols or connectors simultaneously by selecting them at the same time To select all objects in the current workspace click Select All on the Edit menu To select a symbol or connector 1 Move the cursor over the object you want to select 2 Click once If the object is a symbol a selection rectangle with four icons encloses it
89. omer Support 101 Customizing Clip Art Categories 49 ClipArt Gallery 47 Connectors 36 122 SMART Ideas User s Guide Diagram 34 53 Diagrams 25 Symbols 34 Cutting Objects 23 Outline View 85 Default Styles 31 Defining Cliplets 51 Concept Maps 1 Connector 10 Diagram 2 Diagram Trees 65 Fills 36 Global View 55 Notes 38 Outline View 81 Projects 102 Styles 25 Sub Level 54 Symbol 5 Templates 91 Deleting Images from Clip Art Gallery 49 In Outline View 86 Links 80 Objects 22 Project 112 Styles 33 Diagram Changing 34 53 Changing Styles 30 Changing Trees 66 Comparing Views 55 Creating 5 13 Creating on Interactive Whiteboard 95 Creating with Stylus 97 Creating with Template 87 Editing 14 24 Expanding Trees 66 Exporting 90 Exporting to Word 89 Layers and Links 72 Layout 17 Linking Levels 76 Management 87 New 87 New Styles 30 Opening 88 Organizing in Outline View 85 Printing 91 Rearranging 15 Saving 88 Styles 25 Trees 65 Trees Collapsing 66 Viewing Sub Levels 64 Views 55 Disconnecting 112 Downloading Project 105 Duplicating Objects 23 With Styles 25 28 Editing Diagrams 14 24 Label Text 67 Note 39 Text in Outline View 85 With Stylus 98 Effects Fills 37 Matte 44 Shadows 41 Transparent 40 Examples Cliplets 51 Comedy 91 SMART Ideas User s Guide 123 Complex Tree 65 Diagram with Sub Levels
90. ool and a spell checker 2 SMART Ideas User s Guide Integrated Notes Page 38 You can easily add a note to a symbol to expand on an idea add extra information or reference a source The note text then appears whenever you float your mouse over the Note icon Multilevel Diagrams Page 54 Create diagrams with real depth Select a symbol click a button to open a sub level and then create another symbol a related diagram a link to the Web or write a few lines of illustrative text You can then continue to create more sub levels or return to the symbol on the first level Web Publishing Page 90 You don t need any special Web publishing software or programming skills to create diagrams that you publish online Just use the Export Diagram View to Web and Export Outline View to Web Text commands to create Web ready versions of your diagrams You can then post each diagram on a Web server so anyone can view them with a browser Outline and Diagram Views Page 55 The Outline view is the text based counterpart of the Diagram view the graphical concept map view AS you modify the diagram the changes are instantly reflected in the outline While the Outline view is the textual counterpart of the diagram you can also create edit and arrange your ideas just as easily as you can in Diagram view This feature is especially handy if you want to develop your diagram into a written document because the Outline view makes organizing rearra
91. oolbar af r wy lt 4 ee FF w gt lt lt s e i O ra ABC gt an 123 The connector type that you select remains in effect until you select another style For example if you select the Rubber Duck connector style all new connectors will include rubber ducks until you change the style again For more information on changing connector appearance turn to page 35 To create a new connected symbol 1 Select an existing symbol 2 Click the Connector button and drag the connector to the spot where you want the new connected symbol to appear Sunlight A 4 on here An empty text box appears connected to the original symbol by a selected connector Sunlight Chlorophyll SMART Ideas User s Guide 11 3 Enter text and then press the ENTER key on your keyboard A new symbol appears This symbol is connected to the original symbol with a connector Sunlight chlorophyll To connect two symbols 1 Select either symbol Fried green tomatoes y Click here and drag 2 Click the Connector button and drag the connector to the second symbol A connector now links both symbols Fried Green S tomatoes F Fremature frost Labeling Connectors Connectors graphically depict the link between two ideas However you may also want to label connectors with text to further clarify and explain the relationship between two symb
92. ou want other team members to view or edit Users can work in the same or different areas or levels of a project without interrupting the work of others However if you re conferencing with other users you may want the group to follow along as you navigate to different project areas and sub levels SMART Ideas software has an easy to use Follow Me feature that s ideal for this purpose Of course if you prefer to work on a diagram privately you can work from your hard drive and then upload the project to the server when you re ready to share it As changes are made projects are updated instantly on the SMART Ideas software server so changes are immediately visible to all users But you aren t restricted to viewing what other users are doing in real time You can also view changes to the project that occurred after you logged off With SMART Ideas server software you can e Configure security features page 103 e Connect to the server page 103 e Open a project page 104 e Create a project page 104 e Upload and download projects to the server page 105 e Restrict access to projects and objects within projects page 106 e Share your view with others page 107 e Chat with other project users page 108 102 SMART Ideas User s Guide e Receive e mail notification of newly joined project members and project changes page 110 e Delete a project page 112 e Disconnect from the server page 112 Server Security O
93. our Text symbol styles available at the end of the Symbol Style palette HINT Use the forward arrow button at the top of the Symbol Style palette to page forward to the end of the palette With a Text symbol all the text you enter will be displayed without any need for resizing Unlike other symbol styles this style allows you to initiate new paragraphs by pressing the ENTER key on your keyboard Also when you re finished all your text no matter how lengthy will be fully displayed You can move edit reformat or link this symbol style just as you would any other symbol BA Four Text symbol Styles located at end of Symbol Style palette SMART Ideas User s Guide Formatting Text The easiest way to change the font size and weight of text is with the buttons on the Formatting toolbar To change the font type size and weight of a label 1 2 Select the symbol s or connector s that you want to modify To change the font type click the Font button and select an alternative from the list To change the font size click the Font Size button and select a point size from 8 to 72 To change the font to bold or italic click the Bold or Italic button NOTE Because some fonts do not support bold and italic properties these buttons are not always available To change the font color click the Font Color button and select a color from the palette or click the More Colors button to customize the color Checki
94. pended revoked or denied its export privileges 8 US Government Restricted Rights All components of the Software provided to the U S government pursuant to solicitations issued on or after December 1 1995 is provided with the commercial rights and restrictions described elsewhere herein All components of the Software provided to the U S government pursuant to solicitations issued prior to December 1 1995 is provided with Restricted Rights as provided for in FAR 48 CFR 52 227 14 June 1987 or DFAR s 48 CFR 252 227 7013 October 1988 as applicable 9 NO WARRANTY ANY USE OF THE SOFTWARE IS AT LICENSEE S OWN RISK TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW SMART AND ITS SUPPLIERS DISCLAIM ALL SMART Ideas User s Guide 115 WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE TITLE AND NONINFRINGEMENT WITH REGARD TO THE SOFTARE AND THE PROVISION OF OR FAILURE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT SERVICES THIS LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES LICENSEE SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS LICENSEE MAY HAVE OTHERS WHICH VARY FROM JURISDICTION TO JURISDICTION 10 NO LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW IN NO EVENT SHALL SMART OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL INCIDENTAL INDIRECT CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR ANY INJURY TO ANY
95. rarchy of a diagram 1 Select a symbol 2 Click the Promote button to move the symbol up one level Promote OR Click the Demote button to move the symbol down one level a OR Demote Drag the symbol over another symbol to place it on the same level as the destination symbol To cut copy and paste symbols and associated connectors in Outline view y 1 Select a symbol ae 2 Click the Cut or Copy buttons in the Standard toolbar EET OR l Copy Select Cut or Copy from the Edit menu 3 Click the Paste button ie Paste SMART Ideas User s Guide 85 OR Select Paste from the Edit menu The pasted symbol appears at the top of the outline If you like you can drag it anywhere in the Outline view To delete a symbol and associated connector 1 Select a symbol x 2 Click the Delete button in the Standard toolbar Delete OR Select Delete from the Edit or right mouse menus OR Press the DELETE key on your keyboard 86 SMART Ideas User s Guide File Management Managing SMART Ideas software project files IPR files is very much like managing files in any other Windows application For example you can create a new file save it for later viewing and revision or print it In addition to these standard file management capabilities there are a number of ways to export your files so that people without SMART Ideas software can see your work For example the Export Diagram View to Web and Export Outline View to Web Text co
96. re SMART Ideas User s Guide 9 Babysitting p Ahat we did on our summer vacations a h fastfood Relaxed atthe lake y TIP Use the TAB key or UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW keys to select a symbol on a different level of the diagram 7 Click the Quick Connect button again when you finish the brainstorming session to deactivate this feature 8 To rearrange the diagram in a different pattern select the primary symbol click the Layout arrow and select another pattern Linking Symbols with Connectors To show a relationship between symbols use a connector A connector line in a diagram that links two symbols A connector can be labeled or unlabeled thin or thick solid or dashed straight angled or curved A connector can also include arrowheads j al ss Fi t Connectors are dynamic components of your SMART Ideas diagram When you move a symbol that s connected to another symbol the connector moves with it However if the relationships between symbols change you can move the connectors independently of their associated symbols 10 SMART Ideas User s Guide Along with a full range of standard line based connectors SMART Ideas software comes with a more whimsical set that s designed to stimulate the interest of your students called Deluxe Connectors You ll find all the available connector styles in the Connector Style palette or by clicking the Connector Style button on the Format t
97. re are a number of ways to stay oriented Click the Back button on the Standard toolbar to return to a higher level or click a symbol s Open Sub level icon to see the level below Click the watermark level links You ll notice a watermark of faint blue text links on the top left corner of each level Click on the different links in the watermark to return to the original Main level or to the other sub levels lt q Current level Click to return to the original level s a a a a Click to go to that sub level Open the Global view by clicking the Global tab at the bottom of the workspace to view a map of all levels and sub levels and instantly access them For a detailed discussion of the Global view see page 55 Select View gt Go To gt Go Home CTRL HOME to return to the originating symbol level SMART Ideas User s Guide 75 Creating Links to Web Sites Files or Other Diagram Levels Enrich your diagram with links to any Web site or file or just to another level in the current diagram A hyperlink lets you quickly access any external sources of information to clarify illustrate or expand on an idea that a particular symbol represents While you can add as many links to your diagram as you have symbols you can create only one link per symbol After you add a hyperlink to a symbol a Link icon appears in the lower left corner of that symbol Click the icon to go directly to the associated Web site file or diagr
98. rms of this Agreement 4 Replacement Modification and Upgrade of the Software SMART reserves the right to replace modify or upgrade the Software at any time by offering Licensee a replacement or modified version of the Software and to charge Licensee for such replacement modification or upgrade Any such replacement or modified Software or upgrade to the Software or any component thereof offered to Licensee by SMART shall be considered part of the Software and subject to the terms of this Agreement In the event SMART offers a replacement or modified version of or upgrade to the Software a Licensee s continued use of the Software is conditioned on Licensee s acceptance of such replacement or modified version of or upgrade to the Software and any accompanying superceding end user license agreement and b in the case of the replacement or modified Software Licensee s use of all prior versions of the Software is terminated 114 SMART Ideas User s Guide 5 Termination Without prejudice to any other rights SMART may terminate this Agreement if Licensee fails to comply with the terms and conditions of this Agreement In such event Licensee must immediately stop using the Software destroy all copies of the Software and all of its component parts and upon request provide an affidavit certifying Licensee s compliance with the foregoing 6 Copyright All right title and copyright in and to the Software any copies thereof are own
99. roductions of their materials for the purposes of scholarship and teaching You can use a screen capture tool such as the Screen Capture tool in Notebook software and your Web browser to surf the Internet and capture images from fine art literary historical or scientific sites to integrate into your diagrams You ll do more than arouse your students interest They ll be delighted and maybe even a little inspired To add a text label to the image symbol 1 Double click the image symbol A text box appears 2 Type the text label 3 Press the ENTER key on your keyboard NOTE If an ellipsis appears at the end of the partial label you may need to click and drag the Resize icon so the entire label appears SMART Ideas User s Guide 43 ARRS a n a are a naa a ol aa ae a een eee en ha Baa aia E oe etal lenin i Alas poor Yorick knew him Horatio a fellow rag to make l entire quotation E EE Qe visible Alas poor Yorick knew him Horatio a fellow Of infinite jest af mast excellent fancy TIPS You can make your image symbols as colorful and fancy or as plain and simple as you like e Change the frame around the image by changing the symbol shape For example you may prefer a diamond rather than an oval frame around the Hamlet image Right click the image symbol and select Shape gt Diamond Create a colorful matte effect around your symbol Rig
100. rs You can activate many of the most frequently used functions on the two toolbars that are situated just above the workspace The Standard Toolbar The upper toolbar is the Standard toolbar which contains conventional file management and editing tools as well as diagram creation and viewing tools Return to Paroi Undo last Add a noteto Activate the Quick Zoom in or out of the previous level Cut o action a symbol Connect Feature workspace ee ee MEE amp a B wo ofa Somme Back Save Cut Copy Paste Delete Undo Link Mote Layout e Pan Zoom More PERE Copy object Delete object Create a Select a layout Move around the Show hyperlink i workspace current file a for a quick P Formatting connect diagram Toolbar SMART Ideas User s Guide 59 The Formatting Toolbar The Formatting toolbar is situated just above the workspace and contains tools for changing the appearance of symbols and connectors You can choose to hide or show this toolbar depending on whether you need more display space or easy access to formatting tools Bold Symbol Formatting Deluxe Connectors Font Font Color Buttons Coneco Line Thickness Font Type Size Italics Type Arrow Style rial eh B I A amp Br Sr Gr Line Color Fill Color Hide Text Formatting Buttons and Effects Connector Formatting Formatting Buttons Toolbar Outline View Tools The formatting toolbar is grayed out inactive in the Outline view However in this vie
101. s Alternatively use the Open command to open an ipr file located anywhere on your hard drive or network If you re working in SMART Ideas software and want to open a recently used file click the File menu You ll see the last four SMART Ideas software project files that you worked on at the bottom of the menu Click any one of those files to instantly load it into the workspace To open a file 1 Select Open from the File menu The Open dialog box appears Under Look in select a directory Browse to the file and select it OR Type the file name in the File name box 4 Click the Open button The selected file opens Saving a SMART Ideas File You can save your file to your hard drive or a network location as you would normally To save a file 1 Fora previously saved file select Save from the File menu to save the file in the same format and with the same name or click the Save button OR Select Save As from the File menu to save the file with a different name or in a different location 2 If you re saving the file for the first time enter a file name in the Save As dialog box and then click the Save button 88 SMART Ideas User s Guide Exporting Your SMART Ideas Files to Microsoft Word If you need to send your SMART Ideas file to someone who doesn t have SMART Ideas software just convert your file to a Microsoft Word file When you do this you re not just making the information in your diagrams accessible
102. s inside a circle A good idea You ve just created a symbol Now type another text message Press the ENTER key again and your second message appears inside another circle If you continue to type and press the ENTER key you ll find you ve created a diagram of overlapping disconnected symbols that you can arrange and connect later 6 SMART Ideas User s Guide What we did on Our summer vacations Traveled to Rapidly Creating a Connected Diagram If you prefer you can rapidly create a diagram of arranged and connected symbols using the Quick Connect feature This method is ideal for brainstorming sessions Click the Quick Connect button ask your students for their ideas on a topic and use your keyboard to immediately capture those ideas in a fully connected well organized diagram With Quick Connect any selected symbol in your diagram becomes the primary symbol When you create another symbol it will automatically connect to the primary symbol With Quick Connect your symbols must contain text Blank symbols cannot be part of a diagram created with the Quick Connect feature The shape and color of the symbols you create is determined by the selected symbol style For more information about symbol styles see page 25 You can also choose the layout of your diagram before you begin Click the Layout drop down arrow and select from one of six available patterns before you start creating the diagram
103. sferable license to install and use the Software and accompanying documentation as follows a Licensee may install and use the Software on that number of desktop computers recorded on the Sales Order Confirmation that is sent by electronic means to Licensee on account of i original purchase or ii purchase of additional Software licenses as the case may be b Licensee may transfer the Software to another desktop computer provided that it is removed from the desktop computer from which it is transferred c if Licensee is an educational institution its teaching and academic staff may each make one 1 copy of the Software on their own personal computers for purposes directly related to their teaching and academic duties at the educational institution d any copying of the Software is prohibited unless in accordance with Section 1 c of this Agreement or unless for back up or archival purposes in which case one 1 copy may be made and e Licensee may copy the documentation without change as necessary to fully utilize the Software provided the copies contain all the original proprietary notices Any attempt by Licensee to install or use the Software on desktop computers in excess of the number actually purchased and licensed by Licensee is a breach of this Agreement 2 Restrictions SMART Ideas User s Guide 113 All rights not expressly granted are reserved by SMART Licensee may not a may not commercially distribute
104. sgeeesseeseesess 103 Connecting to the Server ccccccecccccesseecceeseeeceeseeeceuseeecegeeeseaseeessenseneees 103 Openinga Proje si dssutac iunde tas n ain keine daciouslan anh rade uuad tal a 104 Creating a Project oeeie a a NE 104 Downloading a Project to Your Hard Drive Uploading Back to the Server 105 Controlling Project Access so jsxccssvrscupidndioeiadnstinendidsiseleheeccauaieniavaa 106 Sharing Your View with Other Project Membet6 0ccccceeeeeeeneeeeeees 107 Chatting with Other Project Members cccceecceeeeeeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeesaeeeeeas 108 Receiving Notification of New Visitors and Project Changes 0 110 Deleting ai Pl Ol SC bassana e A dene 112 Disconnecting from the SErvel cccccscccccesseecceeseeeceseeeceseeeeseuseesseeeeeeees 112 Appendix B License Agreement csccssceeeeeeeneeneneeneeeeeees 113 NUN ttt Gat teeta eet etna 121 Contents Contents Welcome to SMART Ideas Software Congratulations on purchasing SMART Ideas software the most versatile and powerful concept mapping software available About Concept Maps A concept map lets you capture and display ideas and their relationships in a clear graphical way with an immediacy that s just not possible with formal linear text For example a geology teacher in front of a class might say The movement of the earth s tectonic plates results in earthquakes and volcanic activity T
105. sion click the Close button in the upper right corner of the dialog Receiving Notification of New Visitors and Project Changes SMART Ideas server software offers two powerful security and tracking features to help you keep track of new project visitors and to changes made to the project while you re offline Click the Notify of New Visitors command to have a message flash in the SMART Ideas software title bar whenever a new member joins the project You can then check to see who s joined by opening the Project and User List dialog box At this point you can initiate a chat with them to get him up to speed on the latest project developments 110 SMART Ideas User s Guide If you re offline for a while you may want to be notified via e mail when changes to the project have been made by other group members You can even arrange to be e mailed with news of exactly which symbols have been changed To receive notification of newly joined project members 1 Check Notify of New Visitors on the Tools gt Online menu When a new member joins the project the title bar flashes with the following message fe New visitor select Online Notify of New Vistors to disable this alarm 2 To see who s joined select Tools gt Online gt List Projects and Users 3 To initiate a chat select the new user s name and click the Chat button To receive e mail notifications of project changes 1 Select Tools gt Online gt E Mail Notifica
106. symbols of different sizes to graphically demonstrate idea hierarchy For example you can tell at a glance that a symbol represents the central idea if it is larger than the other symbols in the diagram Byron s Don TRS syrnbol is larger to emphasize its relative Importance tig a a Ta ta fo N The Literary Critic What She DoesWhat Write y She Knows eae o Y Close g Know a ts textual lt _ Literaryipoetic N analysis TA Erow S language A Of L Know Fes N p i m o M wide A Biography and psychology _ range of E o text a Cultural kN Fa j Discuss text N w Fd ot History milieu a Pi e a Wa To resize a symbol 1 Select one or more symbols 2 Click hold and drag the Resize icon in the lower right corner of the selected symbol to enlarge or contract the symbol NOTE To resize multiple selected symbols at the same time drag on the Resize icon that will appear in a single symbol of the group 3 Release the mouse button 20 SMART Ideas User s Guide Resizing Symbols to Show All Text You can type a lot of text into a symbol However when the symbol is small and can t accommodate all the text you ve entered ellipsis points indicate the text that isn t shown To enlarge the symbol so all text is displayed just click the Resize icon in the lower right corner of the selected symbol
107. ta is subject to U S export control laws including the U S Export Administration Act and its associated regulations and may be subject to export or import regulations in other countries Licensee agrees to comply strictly with all such regulations and acknowledges that it has the responsibility to obtain licenses to export re export or import Software Software may not be downloaded or otherwise exported or re exported i into or to a national or resident of Cuba Iraq Iran North Korea Libya Sudan Syria or any country to which the U S has embargoed goods or SMART Ideas User s Guide 119 ii to anyone on the U S Treasury Department s list of Specially Designated Nations or the U S Commerce Department s Table of Denial Orders 9 Restricted Rights Use duplication or disclosure by the United States government is subject to the restrictions as set forth in the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software Clauses in DFARS 252 227 7013 c 1 ii and FAR 52 227 19 c 2 as applicable 10 Governing Law Any action related to this License will be governed by California law and controlling U S federal law No choice of law rules of any jurisdiction will apply 11 Severability If any of the above provisions are held to be in violation of applicable law void or unenforceable in any jurisdiction then such provisions are herewith waived or amended to the extent necessary for the License to be otherwise enforceable in such
108. te to predetermine the shape and color of a symbol before you create it After you select a style every symbol that you subsequently create has the characteristics of that style until you select another style If necessary you can always change the appearance of a symbol by using the formatting buttons in the toolbar or the commands in the Format menu However if you want to use that symbol s formatting when you create other symbols you should create a new in the Style palette see page 30 SMART Ideas User s Guide 25 While you can select any style to predetermine what your symbols will look like you can also select a symbol and then select a different style to change the selected symbol in a flash CY To create a new symbol with a predetermined style 1 Click the Symbols button above the Style palette symbols 2 Click the style that you want to use in the Style palette Selected Style ORLE CE COLLE 3 Click in the workspace type a message and press ENTER OR 26 SMART Ideas User s Guide If you prefer to create a symbol without text drag the selected style onto the workspace Drag and drop the style into the workspace aa Click again OR Click the Insert button at the bottom of the Style palette A symbol appears in the selected style If you click the Insert button repeatedly the symbols appear in a ring pattern This is the fastest way to create multiple blank symbols To apply
109. the link that you want to remove or replace 2 Click the Link button on the Standard toolbar The nsert Hyperlink dialog box appears 3 To delete the link click the Remove button OR To replace the link click a new link type Web page File or Level Then enter a new Web address or browse to a new file or diagram level 4 Click OK 80 SMART Ideas User s Guide Working in Outline View Normally you ll work in the graphically based Diagram view creating linked diagrams of colorful symbols As you work in this view SMART Ideas software automatically generates a text based hierarchically organized Outline view of the same information This text based view helps you move easily from rough ideas to a finished document In the figure below note how the Diagram and Outline views show the same information in different ways Only the text and idea hierarchy appear in the Outline view none of the graphical aspects symbol color and shape are apparent Main Idea Main Idea gt subtopic Sub subtopic oUA SUDTORIC Diagram View Outline View Understanding Outline View In the Outline view diagram hierarchy is conveyed by indentation and accompanying markers a hyphen for the first subtopic level and a diamond for the second subtopic level The result is a conventional outline of the kind typically created prior to writing any complex document If a symbol has an associ
110. tion The E Mail Notification dialog box appears E mail Notification Dialog E mail Notification for kathyd Online _Publicatian_Links ADD gt lt REMOVE 3 0_Research_Documentation 1 _SMART_Ideas_3 0 Feedback_ Public SMART _Ideas_Development_Meetings symbol_Based_Authoring ol E mail Address JJackgordonf smarttech com OK Cancel 2 Select the project from the list on the left side of the dialog box Click the Add button The project name appears in the list on the right side of the dialog box 4 Enter your e mail address in the E mail Address box Click OK SMART Ideas User s Guide 111 You ll receive an e mail from SMART Ideas server software whenever project changes are saved on the server You ll be informed of which symbols were altered and the exact time the changes were made Deleting a Project Only a project owner can delete a project and only during the login process 1 Select Tools gt Online gt Go Online The Connect to Server dialog box appears 2 Enter the server address in Location URL OR Select the server from the list Enter the same User name and Password that you use to sign on to the network 4 Click the Connect button The Project Manager dialog box appears Select the project you want to delete 6 Click the Delete button A confirmation box appears 7 Click Yes Disconnecting from the Server When online select Tools gt Online gt Go Offlin
111. to roll the dice Before Click After Click Inserting Cliplets Once you insert a cliplet you can click drag or otherwise manipulate components of the image to fulfill the purpose of the cliplet For example you can drag the arms of the protractor cliplet to measure an angle or press the buttons in the calculator cliplet to solve a math problem Most cliplets are easier to use if you lock them into place first Otherwise you may move the entire cliplet rather than the functional part of the cliplet such as the protractor arm To lock cliplets in place click the Tack button in the upper left corner of the selected cliplet Also you J can access Help for those cliplets with complicated functionality by clicking the Help button in T the lower right corner of the selection rectangle Some cliplets such as the timers and clocks also feature a Maximize button in the upper right 2 corner of the selection rectangle The Maximize button enlarges the cliplet so that it takes up the entire screen You can then use a clock cliplet with a much larger face for teaching time telling or set the timer for in class tests and then maximize it so it can be viewed more easily by the entire class SMART Ideas User s Guide 51 CICK O1OCK PI don sanievseacuctenss Someseunease gene Fi Click to the cliplet in maximize to place full screen size 12 00 00 AM fee oe ee ee ke ee ere lt Click for Help To insert a clip
112. to drag a selected symbol into any symbol s sub level For more information on dragging symbols directly into sub levels turn to page T4 To activate the Show Sublevels command Check Show Sublevels on the View menu A small faint image of the sub level diagram appears inside each originating symbol Viewing and Using Sub Level Watermarks If you create a lot of sub levels you ll want to use the sub level watermarks to stay oriented You ll notice a watermark of faint blue text links in the top left corner of each level This watermark appears by default and is derived from the originating symbol text for the current level as well as the originating symbol text from all other related sub levels Click on the different links in the watermark to return to the original Main level or to the other sub levels lt q Current level E Click a link to go to Click to go the a that sub level original level 64 SMART Ideas User s Guide To reduce workspace clutter you can easily hide the watermarks To hide the sub level watermarks Uncheck Show Watermark on the View menu Contracting and Expanding Diagram Trees Concept maps are almost always hierarchical beginning with broad general concepts and then branching out into specific details This hierarchical organization gives your diagrams a tree like appearance Think of the main idea or topic symbol as the trunk of a tree that branches into related subsidiary ideas
113. to more people you re also transforming the text based Outline view into a fully editable working outline that can serve as the basis for a longer writing project in Word The two working views of SMART Ideas software the graphically based Diagram view and the text based Outline view are both displayed in the Word file The Diagram view appears as a Single uneditable graphic at the top of the page while each text line in the Outline view appears as a separate fully editable bulleted point indented according to the original symbol s place in the diagram hierarchy A simple two level diagram would convert into a Word document as follows hath Science Learning Alberta Coalton GreenTeacher Teachers Magazine Association e Ideas for class projects e Math Science Learning Coalition e Green Teacher Magazine e Alberta Teachers Association Science Council You can edit each bulleted point adding text to make them the lead sentence of several connected paragraphs or use them as separate headings for more extended discussions SMART Ideas User s Guide 89 NOTE If the diagram has sub levels those sub levels are also converted on individual pages of the resulting Word file For example if eight different sub levels have been created from the original single Main page the resulting Word file will contain nine pages Also the symbols from which the sub levels originate will appear as linked text that will ta
114. to your multi dimensional workspace For example if you created a diagram on the main level in which each symbol represented a student in a science research group you might capture the outline of each student s project in a sub level diagram that s associated with their name SMART Ideas User s Guide 55 If you clicked the Sub level arrow icon on the symbol for John you d find a sub level occupied with a diagram outline of John s research project 56 SMART Ideas User s Guide If each of the four name symbols on the main level also have sub levels the Global view would look like this Karen George hi ain John Hancy Note that in the Global view the John sub level is a reproduction in miniature of the actual diagram that occupies that sub level Click on any of the links to access the Diagram view of that level Any changes that you make in the Diagram view on any level are immediately reflected in the Global view For example if you add a sub level beneath the Tadpole symbol in the John sub level the Global view changers accordingly Karen Ceorge tadpole Hancy SMART Ideas User s Guide 57 Maximizing the Workspace You can enlarge the SMART Ideas workspace by selectively hiding e the Standard toolbar e the Formatting toolbar e the Style palette You can enlarge the Style palette to take up the entire workspace allowing you to focus on customizing styles to the exclusion of
115. tyle palette as amp i gi a E a ia a FaN L ikii Symbols Connectors ClipArt Modifying the Default Style Palette When you first open a new SMART Ideas file you ll see the default Style palette to the left of the workspace You can easily change this default palette so you can continue to use modified styles or newly created styles on an ongoing basis By replacing the original default palette you re making those modified styles available not just for the current file but for every new file you create You can also easily restore the original default Style palette SMART Ideas User s Guide 31 If you prefer you can simply load styles from other SMART Ideas ipr files making them available in the current file only see page 32 ie o chrange the default Style palette Modify the styles in the Style palette page 30 or create new styles in the workspace and import them into the Style palette page 30 Select Apply Styles to Default from the Tools menu Save the file Select New from the File menu A new file opens with the modified Style palette as the default To restore the original default Style palette Select Restore Default Styles from the Tools menu Loading Styles from Other IPR Files into the Current File After you change the Style palette for one file you can reuse the styles in that customized palette in any other SMART Ideas file Using the Import Styles command just select a SMART Ideas file t
116. ventional typewritten symbols or use it as is a handwritten graphical symbol NOTE If your computer isn t connected to an interactive whiteboard but you are running SMART Board software select Pen from the Tools menu and you can then use your mouse to create handwritten annotations To create a typed symbol with a stylus 1 Pick up a pen tray stylus 2 Write on the interactive whiteboard Three buttons appear to the left of your annotation Convert to typed tex Inject converted text into next object Al touched A Preserve drawing as a graphical m symbol 3 Without replacing the stylus in the pen tray press the Convert to Typed Text button Al The text appears inside a symbol in the currently selected style SMART Ideas User s Guide 95 gt To create a freehand symbol with a Pen Tray stylus 1 Pick up a stylus and write on the interactive whiteboard 2 Without replacing the stylus in the pen tray press the Drawing as Symbol button NOTE You can change the line color of the resulting symbol resize it and connect it to other symbols with connectors You can also change it to typed text at any time by selecting it and pressing the Convert to Typed Text button Connecting Symbols with a Pen Tray Stylus The easiest and fastest way to connect two symbols is by picking up a pen tray stylus and drawing a line from one symbol to the other As long as the lines originate and end inside a symbol SMART Ideas
117. verview SMART Ideas server software offers a secure online environment for even the most sensitive project material All security is based on your network login name and password When your user identification has been established SMART Ideas server software determines if your level of access is appropriate for the task you want to perform There are four user categories for SMART Ideas server software Administrators Administrators maintain and have full access to all SMART Ideas server software files Administrators can create guest accounts and limit which users can be designated as project owners Owners If you create a project you are the owner of that project You can add and delete users grant co owner status to selected users and delete the project from the server Users A user is anyone who is logged on to the SMART Ideas server software Users can open only those projects to which they ve been granted access but they have both read and write privileges to these projects Those users without access will not see that project title listed in the Project Manager Guests Guests have neither an individual login name nor a password An administrator must set up a general guest account for temporary use Once logged in guests have the same read and write privileges as any other user Connecting to the Server To share your diagrams with other users you must first connect to SMART Ideas server software SMART Ideas User s
118. w the following Outline tool buttons will appear at the end of the Standard toolbar Ss 8 amp Create Mew Promote Demote ai Use the Outline view tools to teste New e create a new main level symbol e promote a selected symbol overriding the previous connection e demote a selected symbol that s connected to higher level symbol Demote Using the Workspace Grid Use the grid to precisely align the objects in your diagrams When you activate the grid a series of faint intersecting vertical and horizontal lines similar to graph paper appears Use this unobtrusive grid to assist in aligning symbols eed feel ea 60 SMART Ideas User s Guide You may have noticed that the three preceding symbols are perfectly aligned When the grid is on the built in snap to functionality makes it easy to arrange objects SMART Ideas software automatically nudges the center of every object you move to the center of a grid box When the grid is off the snap to functionality is deactivated and you again have free moving control over object placement To activate the grid Select Grid from the View menu Changing the Background Color The default background color for the Diagram view is plain white with or without a grid If you prefer you can use almost any color to make the background of your SMART Ideas workspace colorful and eye catching NOTE The background color also appears when you print the diagram on
119. which can sprout many smaller branches of supporting details Note the tree like structure of the following diagram This diagram explores the characteristics of literary tragedy starting with the generic elements common to all tragedies and ending with specific Shakespearean tragedies that illustrate those elements Goneril and Regan in King Lear Claudius kingly powers hinder Hamlet Hamlet s thoughtfulness and sensitivity Family hostilities in Romeo and Juliet Horatio in Hamlet Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet Romeo and Juliet s love Lear s devotion to family and followers Hubris excessive pride eg Tragic hero s admirable traits Cause of Cause of downfall Cause of downfall downfall e g Audience sympathy Chorus Ag created b characters Fool in Audience Fall of hero commenting on e g ace experience of hero s fall catharsis Elements of tragedy A Complex Diagram Tree SMART Ideas User s Guide 65 Such an elaborate diagram tends to be visually intimidating and difficult to grasp all at once For the sake of clarity you may want to hide the symbols that reside on the branch ends until you re ready to discuss them This way your students can focus on general concepts first and then you can selectively reveal supporting details but only when you re ready to discuss them S
120. yword Byron to find the associated image in the clip art gallery To search the clip art gallery by keyword 1 Select Clip Art from the Insert menu The Clip Art Gallery dialog opens 2 Inthe Category list select a category to search OR SMART Ideas User s Guide 49 Select All Categories Enter a keyword in the Keyword box 4 Click the Search button Any image with the keyword in its filename is displayed in the Search Results area Clip Art Gallery x earch Criteria Category Portraits of Authors Keywords wilde Search earch Results Clips 9 9 of 10 Customize Insert 50 SMART Ideas User s Guide Using Interactive Cliplets Cliplets are an animated form of clip art that you can insert into the workspace and interact with to accomplish many teaching objectives The cliplets provided with SMART Ideas software will help you teach geometry clock reading metric imperial measurements and basic arithmetic principles The cliplets include timers a pair of dice teaching clocks actual working clocks and a fully functioning calculator The dice for example can be used just like regular dice Instead of rolling the dice however you just click on the image of the dice and the number of dots changes randomly Similarly you can drag the arms of the protractor cliplet to measure an angle or press the buttons in the calculator cliplet to solve a math problem Click anywhere on the image

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