Creating a digitized book with the Lumens document camera

Before beginning, you will need: Lumens software installed on your computer Smart Tools software installed on your computer Lumens document camera the power cord, usb cord and red body document camera Black background (ie poster board) for backdrop Book to digitize

Getting started: Plug the Lumens document camera into a power source and then attach to your computer using its usb cord. Double click the queue icon on your desktop to start the document camera program.

A second eye-ball icon will appear (most likely in the top right corner of your desktop). This is the actual program for the document camera.

Position your mouse over this eyeball and a picture-menu box will appear.

Click on the Display Live Images button in this menu. This will allow you to view what the document camera sees on your computer screen.

Click on the

Advanced button to view more options.

A larger menu screen will appear.

Your camera and program are now ready to take pictures to digitize a book. Place the book on the black background and adjust the zoom to get the picture you wish (what you see on the computer screen is what your picture will look like). Either the zoom on the menu or the zoom on the camera base may be used.

You are now going to take pictures of the book and save them. 1. When you have the book positioned as desired, click on the Capture Still Images button of the menu.

2. The document camera will take a picture and prompt you to save this picture as a .jpg. To save: A. Click on My Documents button to save to your computer B. Click on Create New Folder button and label the folder as the name of the book you are digitizing. Double click on the file folder you just created, to open this folder. C. In the File name box, type 01 so that you will know this is the first page of the book (usually the cover). D. Click Save button.

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You are now ready to continue taking pictures throughout the book repeating these last two sets of steps, but changing the file name for each page (ie picture 2 would be given the file name 02, picture 3 would be given the file name 03, etc.).

When you have finished saving each of the pictures you have taken of the pages of the book, you may close the document camera program by clicking the Exit button on the menu. You may also turn off the document camera itself by pushing the power button on the document camera.

Now you are going to put this into a Smart Board Notebook. Open the Smart Board program by double clicking on the icon at the bottom right hand of the computer screen.

In the window that pops-up, click on the New Notebook File button.

This is what the new notebook will look like.

You are now going to place your pictures of the book you digitized into the new notebook.

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1. Click on the word Insert then Picture File on the drop-down menu.

2. In the Insert Picture File box that pops-up, you will A. Click on My Documents button to open from your computer B. Double click on the file folder you created earlier of the name of the book you are digitizing, to open this folder. C. Click on the file 01 so that you will open the picture of first page of the book (usually the cover) into the notebook. D. Click the Open button. You have now inserted the first page into your new notebook.

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To insert the next slide of the notebook, click on the inset page button at the top left of the screen

You are now ready to continue inserting the pictures of the book repeating these last three sets of steps, but changing the file name for each page you are inserting (ie picture 2 would be the file name 02, picture 3 would be the file name 03, etc.).

When you have finished inserting all of the pictures, click on the word File then Picture File on the drop-down menu.

Choose where to save this file and for the file name, use the name of the book with the word Book after it.

The book has been digitized and is now ready to use on a projector, with a Smart Board or with Mimeo.