Intelliboard 1.

3 Guide to Creating Lessons

Using Snapshot Tool

• When you find a picture or clipart:
 Left click on IPM Softkey driver (found in lower right hand corner of
system tray)
 Click on Softkey Editor…
 A menu will pop up
 Scroll down to Softkey 15 (snapshot)
 Move menu out of the way of what you want to copy
 Click on the Run button for Softkey 15 (snapshot)
 A dotted square will appear
 Drag the dotted square over what you want to
copy
 You may have to resize the square by clicking and
dragging
 Once you release the click a snapshot will be
taken.
 Close the IPM Softkey Editor menu
 Launch Virtual WhiteBoard…
 Click on Insert. Click on Image Library to get pop-up box that needs to have the
path directed to snapshot files.
 (i.e.C:\, Program Files, Intelliboard, Lesson Plan Resources, Snapshot files)
 Notice snapshots are saved as a date and number
 Double click to open the last snapshot to get a
pop-up of the Image Viewer
 Click and drag the image you want on to VWB
 Close the Image Viewer and the Image
Library Path

Click and drag picture to VWB

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To rename the picture so you can find it again
 Go to Start
a. Click on My Computer
b. Click on the folders button to see all the files in
the left pane
c. Click on the “IBM Preload C” drive
d. Click on Program Files

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f. Click on Lesson Plan Resources
g. Click on Snapshots and in the right pane you will
find all the snapshots you have taken
 Right click on the snapshot to get dialog box
 Click on Rename which will highlight the box under the picture
 Type in the name you want
 Close

Inserting Clip Art into VWB lessons

Launch VWB
1. Click on Insert
2. Click on Image Library to get floating menu
making sure Image Library Path in left pane is
a. C:\
b. Program Files
c. Intelliboard
d. Lesson Plan Resources
e. Snapshots
3. Select Picture on right pane
4. Click OK to get floating menu with all pictures to
choose from
5. Drag picture to its place on the VWB

Resizing Pictures
1. Click on Resize button
2. Select Picture
3. Click and drag on green dots to resize picture
4. Click outside picture when finished

Moving Objects (images or text)

1. Click on Select button
2. Select Object (a dotted box will appear around object)

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3. Click and drag to its place
4. Click outside object when finished
Inserting Text
1. Start Typing
2. Click outside of textbox
3. Click on the Select button
4. Select the text (a dotted box will appear around text)
5. Click and drag to its place
Changing Text Color
1. Click on Select button
2. Select Text (a dotted box will appear)
3. Right Click inside of textbox
4. Select Current Color
5. Choose Color, click OK
Changing Background Color
1. Click on Format
2. Click on Options
3. Click on Page Color
4. Select Color
5. Click OK, OK
Ways for students to manipulate VWB lessons
 Write
 Draw
 Select and drag
 Highlight
 Color
How to Write and Draw
 Select Annotation Pen
 It defaults to black so you can then select color you need.
How to Highlight
1. Select Yellow Highlighter button
2. Click and drag over what needs highlighted
How to Color
1. Select the Yellow Highlighter button
2. Select the More Colors button
3. Choose the color
4. Click OK
5. Click and drag to color object

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VWB Toolbar
This is located at the top of your workspace but you can move it to the bottom of the
screen. To move the toolbar to the bottom of your screen:
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your mouse cursor in the grey area to the right of the hyperlink button, click and hold in
your left mouse button and drag it to the bottom of your screen. This will enable better
access for shorter children.

Toolbar Functions:

As you run your mouse across the buttons in the VWB toolbar, they describe
each function. In order to access the functions, you must click the button,
checking to make sure that it appears to be depressed. Notice that the
pencil tool is “depressed” in the image shown here.

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1. Open File
7. Select (Object)
2. Print (Automatic Print)
8. Resize
3. Thumbnail Viewer
9. Rotate
4. Cut
10. Select (Area)
5. Copy
6. Paste

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Drawing Tools:

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11. Straight Line 18. Undo (Last Action)
12. Arrow (New for 1.3!) 19. Redo (Last Action)
13. Rectangle 20. Back to Previous Slide
14. Square 21. Forward One Slide
15. Circle (Or New Slide)
16. Triangle (New!)
17. Add Text

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22. Drawing Tool: Pencil
23. Fill (?) 31. Change Pen Width (Slide Bar)
24. Select Black (Ink) 32. Opens Playback Window
25. Select Red 33. Current Pen Color
26. Select Green Current Highlighter Color
27. Select Blue 34. Sherston Clip Art Browser
28. Select Other Color (From Color Window) 35. Embed/ Hyperlink (New!)
29. Highlight
30. Erase

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November 2007