SmartBoard Training - Getting Smarter followup

After another great SMARTBoard training session, because it is a use it or lose it tool many asked for written documentation on several topics I covered including links to additional resources etc...  Below are topics we covered. 

Infinite Cloner
1. With an object selected, from the drop down menu select Infinite Cloner.  This allows users to drag multiple copies of the same image.

Image of a quarter after selecting Infinite Cloner

Table Shade
1.  With the table selected, from the drop down menu select Table Shade.  Teachers or students can press to reveal contents of the table cell by cell.  

Using a table Shade to reveal cell contents

Group and Lock objects
Individual objects can be grouped together to create one object and locked on a page.
1.  Select all objects, from the drop down menu select Grouping and click on Group.

2.  Now the five individual objects are one object.  If you want the object not to move around the Notebook page, select Locking and click on LockIn Place.

 3.  To unlock an object, with the object selected,click on the lock and select Unlock.

Screen Capture
Using the Capture tool will take a copy this is displayed on your screen and use it as an object within SMART Notebook software file.
1.  Click on the Capture button and the floating Screen Capture toolbar appears. 

2.  Each button performs a different function.  The captured image will appear on a new page within the SMART Notebook file as an object.

Page Recording

1.  To record a action(s), with the object selected, from the Properties tab select Page Recording.  Click on Start Recording. 

2.  All of your actions are now being recorded.  When you are done click on Stop Recording.

3.  Playback controls are placed on the page; play, pause, or stop.


4.  To remove the recording click on the black X.

Object Animation
1.  With the object selected, from the Properties tab, select Object Animation. Select a Type, Speed, how it Occurs, and if it needs to Repeat.












The animation can reveal something hidden behind it  by using the Order command from the drop down menu.

Random word chooser 
From the Gallery tab, within the Lesson Activity Tool Kit, search by random.  This will bring up a list 
of Interactive and Multimedia items.

You can customize by adding student names, select No repeat, and change the number of names.  When ready to use click on Select. 

Additional Resources:

6 tips- Getting Smarter using the SMARTBoard (includes the Magic Pen Tool) 4/1/11
 http://techtips-rs.blogspot.com/2011/04/6-tips-getting-smarter-using-smart.html

SMARTBoard - Changing the Pen Color 2/14/11
http://techtips-rs.blogspot.com/2011/02/smartboard-changing-pen-color.html

Set Picture Transparency- Get Smarter 3/4/11
http://techtips-rs.blogspot.com/2011/03/get-smarter-set-picture-transparency.html
Add a YouTube video and a link on How to customize Balloon Pop found on the SJFC Training Website: http://www.sjfc.edu/campus-services/oit/training/itec.dot

SMART Notebook software download- http://smarttech.com/us/Support/Browse+Support/Download+Software

Download Jing Free; create  videos and screen captures- http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html

OWA 2010- What makes it so great?

I use email to correspond with end users at SJFC as well as family, old friends, and including newsletters that I subscribe to as I am sure all of you do as well.  I have always used the Outlook client version, even on my laptop-never relying on the web version.  With Exchange 2010 implementation, OWA (Outlook Web App) has changed my mind, it is almost a mirror image of the Outlook desktop experience.

At Fisher we have migrated to Exchange 2010, our students are using OWA as well as Faculty and Staff.  Sharing is what I do... so take a look at just a few new features to help make your email experience efficient and easier to navigate around the world of OWA!


Conversation View
Within OWA and Outlook 2010 this is one of my favorite new features.  By default the conversation view is turned on grouping all email messages based on the same subject together.

• Change/remove the Conversation View as well as the Reading Pane
• Look at additional Conversation options

1. From the View menu, click on Use Conversations to remove.  Adjusting or turning off the Reading Pane can also be changed from the View menu. 












Additional info: OWA Help Topic:http://help.outlook.com/en-us/140/ee373833.aspx


2.  With a message open, at the top, is a menu including the ability to use Flags, Categorize, move to a folder along with the standard Reply, Reply All, and Forward commands.

3.  Opening a Shared Calendar, side-by-side is a along waited addition to the web mail experience for many Outlook users. 

4.  Open another user's Inbox, you can now select another mailbox from the Global Address List and it appears in the Navigation Bar below your mailbox.

• Right-click on your name within the Navigation Bar on the left and select Open Other User's Inbox

5.  Mac users rejoice--OWA supports the same experience on a Mac with Firefox and Safari. Previously IE was the only browser used to view full version of webmail. 

6.  Edit and mange Public Distribution Lists, this is a great addition to webmail.  I have had several requests on how to accomplish this task so I created a 1 page pdf and posted to OIT website.  Check it out! 

There are more new features, leave a comment and let me know your favorite! The more we share the more we learn.  Thanks for reading.