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Write on the Board
1.
 
Set up ActivBoard/Projector.2.
 
Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.3.
 
Calibrate the board: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circledflame emblem in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have totouch the pen to the button. The button color will become “orangish” and theboard display will change to white with written instructions. Follow theinstructions.4.
 
The display now changes to a blank flipchart page. You can switch from
design mode 
to
 presentation mode 
if you want a cleaner-looking page withfewer tools on it. To do this, select the Main Menu icon from the MainToolbox. If there is a checkmark next to
Design Mode,
highlight the textand click on it to remove the checkmark. No checkmark means the softwareis in
 presentation mode.
 
5.
 
Select the
Pen Tool .6.
 
Select the color you want from the color palette , and modify the widthof the pen stroke by sliding the
width selector.
7.
 
Begin writing!
 
 
Use a Graphic Organizer Template
1.
 
Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.2.
 
Open a blank flipchart. This can be done by selecting
new flipchart 
from theDashboard, or clicking on the
hide/show flipcharts 
button on the MainToolbox.3.
 
Open the
Resource Library.
It can be opened by clicking on the stack ofbooks icon in the
flipchart tool strip 
4.
 
The Resource Library will open. Make sure both sides are open, as shown, byclicking on the little arrows in the black box:5.
 
To access the collections that came with the software, click on the
Shared Resource Library 
icon in the black header box.
 
6.
 
The icons directly under the black header on the left side represent thedifferent “collections” of objects, images, backgrounds, and more. Roll yourcursor over each icon and a pop-up label will describe each collection.7.
 
Page templates, blank graphic organizers, and learning tools can be found in:
a.
 
Shared Collections – Lesson Building Tools – Page Templatesb.
 
Shared Collections – Secondary – Tables Chartsc.
 
Shared Backgrounds – Graphic Organizersd.
 
Shared Flipchart Pages – Flipchart Builder (TONS can be foundhere!)e.
 
Shared Flipchart Pages – Graphic Organizersf.
 
Shared Flipchart Pages – Lesson Building Templates
8.
 
To place the chart on the page, simply drag the thumbnail of the templateonto the flipchart page.9.
 
Some templates have text that can be edited. To edit the text and type in your own heading(s), click on the text. The
object edit toolbox 
willappear.10.
 
Click on the
text edit icon 
in the object edit toolbox.11.
 
The
Text Edit Toolbox 
will appear.
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