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AspireUppInt TG PDF
AspireUppInt TG PDF
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1. INTRODUCTION 1
2. GETTING STARTED 2
Minimum system requirements 2
Installing the application 2
4. TASK INSTRUCTIONS 11
Display answer key 11
Underline the answer 12
Drag and drop 13
Multiple choice 14
Reading comprehension activities 15
Match 16
5. TEACHING SUGGESTIONS 17
INT RODUCTION
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2 GETTING STARTED
Macintosh
Windows:
1. Go to START>My computer (Windows XP),
or START>Computer (Windows Vista / 7).
2. In the window that opens, locate your CD
drive. Right-click on the drive and select
Explore.
3. In the window that opens, locate the
AspireUppInt_Installer.exe (below)
and double-click it..
Macintosh:
1. Locate the file AspireUppInt_Installer.app
(below) and execute
. it.
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3 THE CONTROL PANEL
At the bottom of your screen or your IWB, you will find the
application control panel.
Application tools
The application tools will help you navigate through units and
tasks, display or hide answers to exercises, view videos,
control audio, etc.
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THE APPLICATION TOOLS AUDIO SEEKBAR
Use to move back and
MAI N NEXT SHOW GRAMMAR CHECK ALL SHOW ALL PLAY VIDEO forth within audio
MENU Go to Show or hide Display or hide all Show or hide Play video track (available when
Return to next task revelant grammar answers to the task all answers relevant to audio is playing)
main menu topics being attempted this task
UNIT MENU BACK SHOW / HIDE TEXT RESET SHOW PLAY AUDIO PAUSE STOP
Return to Go to Display / hide text that Restart this AUDIOSCRIPT Play audio Pause AUDIO
unit menu previous is relevant to the task task Show the audio relevant to audio Stop audio
task being attempted tapescript this task
Function is unavailable
Function is available
You can see what each button does by guiding your mouse
pointer (either on your computer or on the whiteboard) over
it and allowing it to rest there for a few seconds. Helpful
hover boxes like the one below will appear.
T H E C O NTROL PANEL
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THE WHITEBOARD TOOLS
The whiteboard tools are always available, and therefore
may be used to create notes and perform other tasks on the
application pages. A description of each tool can be found
on pages 5 to 12.
Hide Toolbar Pen Text Undo Zoom Hide Customise Save
Customisation
Click to select
pen thickness
Click to select
highlighter colour
Click to select
highlighter
thickness
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Text box functions
3 Type here
Rubber
Select rubber thickness
Undo / redo
Click to undo
last action
Zoom
Click to zoom out
of center of screen
Clear notes
T H E CO NT ROL PANEL
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Customise page
Click to add
another page
Click to remove
current page
Use these buttons
to navigate through
custom pages
Click to print
current display
T H E CO NT ROL PANEL
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Load customisations / notes
T H E CO NT ROL PANEL
9
Return to Mouse mode
Hide toolbar
T H E CO NT ROL PANEL
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4 TASK INSTRUCTIONS
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Underline the answer
Click on answer choices to underline them. Click the Check
all button to solve the exercise in one click, or to show and
evaluate answers. Check them one by one by clicking on
the tick beside the question.
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Drag and drop
Drag and drop the lozenge to the correct place; correctly
dragged items stay in place, incorrectly dragged items
bounce back. Click on the Check all button to solve the
exercise in one click. Check them one by one by clicking
on the tick beside the question.
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Multiple choice
Select the answer(s). Click the Check all button to solve
the exercise in one click or to evaluate answers. Check them
one by one by clicking on the tick beside the question.
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Reading Comprehension Activities
Click the Show text icon to view readings or pictures that
are necessary to complete the activity. Click the button
again to return to the answer choices. Show answers by
clicking the Show all icon.
Click the Show text icon to view readings or pictures for an activity.
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Match
Drag buttons to draw lines and match items correctly.
Incorrectly dragged items will bounce back. Click on the
Check all button to solve the exercise in one click. Check
them one by one by clicking on the tick beside the question.
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5 TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
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2. Zoom and highlight important sections
Combine the zoom and highlight tools to help learners
focus their attention on important sections:
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3. Blank out images and / or words to create
guesswork activities
Use the hide / show part of screen tools to create
guesswork activities.
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6 USING THE CONTENT CREATION TOOL
The CCT button at the far right of the toolbar gives you
access to two major functionalities:
1. ADD TASK: This opens up the authoring interface
so you can create a new task.
2. EXTRA TASKS: This lets you access tasks you
have already written.
Extra tasks It is very important that you click the
correct half of the icon depending on
the function you want to employ:
Add task creating a new task or viewing tasks
you have already created.
By using the CCT you can create tasks that are associated
either with a particular item in the Aspire Upper Intermediate
content or tasks that are available with menus and submenus
that you access before navigating to a particular item.
NEW TASK
Create a new task.
OPEN
Open a task you previously authored.
RUN
Execute the task you are currently authoring
in order to test its functionality.
SAVE
Save the task you are currently authoring.
SAVE A COPY
Save a copy of the task you are currently
authoring.
SHARE
Allows you to share the tasks you have
made with colleagues.
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Creating a task
The following task types can be authored using the
Aspire Upper Intermediate IWB Content Creation Tool:
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Click inside this field and type the
desired name for your task, e.g.–
Vocabulary - Jobs.
Click to display infor- Click to delete this task. Click to move this task Click to navigate
mation on sharing your You will be asked for up / down in the list of through available
tasks with colleagues. confirmation. available tasks for this tasks for this
This information is also location. location.
available on page 32 of
this guide.
Click to add an image which will be Click to add a sound which will be
available throughout your task. See available throughout your task. See
page 33 for more details. page 30 for more details.
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2. Drag and Drop tasks
Click NEW TASK, then click Drag and Drop.
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3. Dual Choice tasks
Click NEW TASK, then click DUAL CHOICE.
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CREATING A Y/N TASK
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4. “Click and Solve” tasks
Click NEW TASK, then click CLICK AND SOLVE.
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5. Matching tasks
You can create text-to-text and image-to-text matching
tasks with the CCT.
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CREATING A TEXT-TO-TEXT MATCHING TASK
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Uploading images and audio
You can upload audio and image files from your computer
to the CCT. The supported file types are jpg, png and gif
for images, and mp3 and wav for sounds.
To upload an image / sound anywhere in the application,
use these buttons.
You can preview sounds from the CCT using this button.
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The CCT always displays thumbnails of images. Click on an
image to enlarge it, then click it again to restore thumbnail
size. Please note that thumbnails might occasionally appear
“cropped”; full-size images will display correctly.
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Using the LINK feature
You can include up to four links to web pages or to locally
stored (e.g. videos) with the tasks you create. To do
this, click on the LINK button next to the instruction line
typing
This will bring up the Enter Link(s) tool. Type desired link(s)
in the provided, then click DONE.
and on a PC system
If you are unsure what the path to the local is, locate it,
right-click it, select PROPERTIES and go to the DETAILS
tab. Scroll down until you see the “Path to folder”.
Copy the contents of that and past them into the CCT
link Place your cursor at the end of the path, and add
the with its extension.
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Preview, editing, saving & sharing a task
To preview a task to test its functionality, click on
this button:
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Accessing & using a task in the classroom
The CCT saves each task you create so that it appears
with the Aspire Upper Intermediate task you were
viewing when you accessed the CCT.
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The task is now ready to be used in class.
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