Instructions

for
Interactive Whiteboard
Software

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 Instructions
for Interactive Whiteboard Software

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 Contents
Let’s start 3

General navigation 6

Tools 7

Presentations 10

Video 12

Vocabulary 15

Flashcards 16

Games 19

Activities 22

Listening Comprehension 23

Justifications 24

General tips 25

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Let’s start
The contents screen is very easy to use and navigate. All you have to do is simply
use the stylus to press the button for the module you want to go to.

Press a button to go
to the corresponding
material.

Choose a lesson from the Student’s

Book by pressing a lesson button.

Choose a lesson from the Workbook

by pressing the WB button.

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interactive
e-Book
When you have the pages
of the book visible on the
screen, you can select any
activity by pressing on it.

Press the left and right arrows to quickly flip

through the pages of the Student’s Book or
the Workbook. You can move back and forth
between the pages of the selected unit.

You can choose another unit or module from

the contents menu.

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Extra
Material

Clicking on the yellow

boxes allows easy
access to listening
transcripts, speaking
activities, games, as well
as the relevant sections
of the writing and
grammar references.

You can easily navigate

your way to the different
components of each book
by pressing the relevant
buttons. Selecting the
tabs on the lesson
overview will direct you
to the corresponding
Student’s Book or
Workbook.

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General navigation
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1. Contents button
2. Tools button
3. Lesson Overview button
4. Previous and Next button
Other buttons
Listen button
Justification button
Key button
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At the bottom of the
screen you can find
all the buttons you
need for navigation,
as well as the main
functions.
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5. Vocabulary button
6. Show/Hide Text button
7. Video button
8. Show all Answers button
9. Play/Pause and Stop button
Vocabulary List buttons
Vocabulary List button
Return button 6
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Tools

The Tools bar is movable to any

place on the screen. You can grab
it by its “TOOLS” title and drag
it wherever it suits you. You can
also rotate the bar by pressing the
Rotate button.

Rotate button

Press the F1 button on the PC’s keyboard or the Close

button on the Tools bar to hide the tools.
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Pen
Press on the pen tool
to write or draw lines
on the screen.
You can write
anywhere you want.
Pen width
Press on the pen width
tool to choose from
three different sizes for
the pen and the outlines
of boxes and circles.
Color
Press on the color tool
to choose the color that
you will use for the pen,
the box or the circle.
Choose between black,
blue, red or yellow.
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a transparent marker.
Rectangle
Press the rectangle tool
and choose between
a transparent, opaque
or selecting rectangle.
Then press and drag to
create the rectangle.
Circle
Press the circle tool
and choose between a
transparent, opaque or
selecting circle. Then
press and drag to create
the circle.
Text
Press on the text tool to
open a small window for
typing notes.
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Browser Erase
Press on the browser Press on the eraser tool
tool to navigate through to choose between the
the Internet. You can eraser and the recycle
save, title and sort the bin. When you have the
links you visit on the “My eraser you can press
links” screen. on anything that you
created with the Tools
bar on the screen and
delete it. Choose the
recycle bin to erase
everything in just one
stroke.

Save Magnifier
Press the save button Press on the magnifier
to save everything you tool and click anywhere
have written or drawn on on the screen to magnify
the screen. that area. Press again
on the magnifier tool to
return to normal view.

Open Screen
Press the open button Press the screen tool to
to view everything you hide everything on the
have written or drawn on screen. You can press
the screen. on this white screen and
drag it left, right, up or
down to reveal part of
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Presentations

The presentations appear without text. Before reading, students have the
opportunity to guess the context by looking at the pictures. In addition, they could
be asked to guess and write what the characters may be thinking. Students can
also develop their listening skills by listening to the recording.

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Press the Show/Hide text

button for the text to appear.

The text is highlighted while it is heard. When you are reading the text
you have the option to click on a specific phrase and hear it individually.

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Video

Press the Video

button to watch the
video/animation.

When you watch an

animation or video clip,
you can pause the
action with the Pause
button.

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You can press on the

“duration” bar while
playing the clip or in
pause mode to move to
any part of the animation
or the video clip.

Click on the video

button to view
the World Watch
videos.

Click on the worksheets button

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Subtitles

You can display

the subtitles of the
animation or video
clip by pressing the
button.

Press the same button

to hide them.

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Vocabulary

To view the vocabulary

for the lesson, press the
Vocabulary button.

Click on the picture to

access the flashcard in
the Vocabulary List for
practice.

Click the Listen button

to hear the correct
pronunciation of each
word.

Click the Back button

to return to the activity.

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reveal or conceal the words.
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Flashcards

To access the full deck

of flashcards, press the
Vocabulary List button
found on the main
menu.

Click on individual
words to open up the
relevant flashcards.

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There are two ways to access the vocabulary: alphabetically or per module.

Click in the button to

switch between the
two vocabulary lists.

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Press the Play button

to listen to the correct
pronunciation of the
word. Press the
Show/Hide Text button
to reveal the text and
press the same button
again to hide it.

Here you can write your text.

Click on the rubber on the
right to erase.

Press the Audio button

to listen to the example
of the word.

Press the Ex button to

see the example of the
word.

When you have

finished, you can Press the
press the Return Vocabulary List
button and go back button
to the vocabulary of to go back 18
the lesson to pick up to the wordlist.
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Games

To access the
interactive games click
on the relevant buttons
found in each module.

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All games
include
instructions.

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Activities
All the activities include answers. To display the answers, click in the area
where the answer should be. If you click on the answer again, it will hide itself.
The answer could be a text, a shape (e.g. a circle), or a symbol.

Some (usually longer) For Match activities, click

answers may also be found on the small circles
in Key buttons. to display the answers.

The pencil symbol found at

the bottom of some exercises
indicates personal response
activities. Students can be
guided through these activities
by the teacher.

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Listening comprehension

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buttons. You can pause the sound or choose to listen to just a part of
the phrase by pressing on the bar.
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Justifications

In some activities, you

will see a button with a
question mark. This is
a Justification button.
Pressing it opens a
pop-up box which
contains the extract
from the text containing
the justification for the
answer (see highlighted
position).

Click on this box and drag

it wherever you want on the
screen or just click anywhere
outside the box to close it.

Press the Listen button/

buttons to listen to the
highlighted part of the
text, which contains
the justification for the
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General tips
The Interactive Whiteboard Software can be used to:

provide immediate feedback

access all components of the course instantly and easily

execute listening activities immediately without playing the class CD

play songs, games or videos

check the meaning and pronunciation of unknown words in the Vocabulary List


use the tools to highlight content and draw students’ attention to specific points

e.g. parts of speech, extracts from texts

save and print Interactive Whiteboard images along with your notes

complete charts

brainstorm ideas

save a list of relevant websites for reinforcing students’ skills

improve learning by giving students the opportunity to absorb information


in multiple formats (e.g. picture, text or audio)

motivate students and stimulate enthusiasm

encourage students’ participation and collaboration

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