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5. PressSave.
6.
IftheGalleryisn’tvisible,pressGallery
.
7. SelectMyContent(oroneofitssubcategories)intheGallery’scategorylist,pressitsmenu
arrow,andthenselectAddtoMyContent.
TheAddtoMyContentdialogboxappears.
8. Browsetoandselecttheitemthatyousavedinstep5.
9. PressOpen.
ToaddasupportedfiletotheGallery
1.
IftheGalleryisn’tvisible,pressGallery
.
2. SelectMyContent(oroneofitssubcategories)intheGallery’scategorylist,pressitsmenu
arrow,andthenselectAddtoMyContent.
TheAddtoMyContentdialogboxappears.
3. BrowsetoandselecttheitemyouwanttoaddtotheGallery.
4. PressOpen.
NOTE
Bydefault,SMART NotebooksoftwarenamesthenewGalleryitembasedontheoriginal
filename.Ifyouwanttochangetheitem’sname,selecttheGalleryitem’sthumbnail,press
itsmenuarrow,andthenselectRename.
OrganizingcontentintheGallery
Asyouaddobjects,pagesandsupportedfilestotheMyContentcategoryintheGallery,youmay
wanttoreorganizethecategory’sstructure.YoucancreatesubcategoriesandmoveGalleryitems
betweensubcategories.
Tocreateasubcategory
1.
IftheGalleryisn’tvisible,pressGallery
.
2. SelectMyContent(oroneofitssubcategories)intheGallery’scategorylist,pressitsmenu
arrow,andthenselectNewFolder.
Anewsubcategoryappears.
3. Typeanameforthenewsubcategory,andthenpressENTER.
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Torenameasubcategory
1.
IftheGalleryisn’tvisible,pressGallery
.
2. SelectMyContentintheGallery’scategorylist,andthenbrowsetothesubcategorythatyou
wanttorename.
3. Selectthesubcategory,pressitsmenuarrow,andthenselectRename.
4. Typeanewnameforthesubcategory,andthenpressENTER.
TomoveaGalleryitemtoadifferentsubcategory
1.
IftheGalleryisn’tvisible,pressGallery
.
2. BrowsetothecategorythatcontainstheGalleryitemyouwanttomove.
TheGallerydisplaysthecontentsofthecategory.
3. Dragtheitemtoanothersubcategory.
Sharingcontentwithotherteachers
Importingandexportingcollectionfilesisanidealwaytosharecustomcategorieswithother
teachersandtousecategoriesthatotherteachershavecreated.Youcanusecollectionfilesto
additemstotheMyContentcategoryintheGallery.Afteryouimportacollectionfile,allofits
itemsappearintheGalleryasanewsubcategory.
Toimportacollectionfilefromanotherteacher
1.
IftheGalleryisn’tvisible,pressGallery
.
2. SelectMyContent(oroneofitssubcategories)intheGallery’scategorylist,pressitsmenu
arrow,andthenselectAddtoMyContent.
TheAddtoMyContentdialogboxappears.
3. Browsetothefolderthatcontainsthecollectionfileyouwanttoimport.
NOTE
Acollectionfilehasa.galleryextension.
4. Selectthecollectionfile,andthenpressOpen.
Thecollectionappearsasanewsubcategory.
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Toexportacollectionfiletosharewithotherteachers
1. Selectthecategorythatcontainstheitemsyouwanttosaveinacollection.
NOTE
SMART Notebooksoftwareexportstheselectedcategorybutdoesn’texportanyofits
subcategories.
2. Pressthecategory’smenuarrow,andthenselectExportasCollectionFile.
TheSaveAsdialogboxappears.
3. Browsetothefolderwhereyouwanttosavethecollectionfile.
4. TypeanameforthefileintheFilenamebox.
5. PressSave.
ConnectingtoTeamContentcategories
TheTeamContentcategoriesfeatureenablesyoutoconnecttoGallerycontentinashared
locationonyourschool’snetwork.Multipleteacherscanconnecttothesamefolder.
SMART Notebooksoftwareautomaticallyupdatesyourchangesforallotherteachers.
NOTE
YouraccesspermissionsfortheTeamContentcategoryarethesameasyourfolderaccess
permissionsonyourschool’snetwork.Ifyouhavefullaccesstoafolderonthenetwork,youcan
addorremoveitemsinthatfolder’sTeamContentcategory.However,ifyouhaveread-only
accesstothefolder,youcancopyitemsfromtheTeamContentcategory,butyou’reunableto
add,editorremoveitems.
ToconnecttoaTeamContentcategory
1.
IftheGalleryisn’tvisible,pressGallery
.
2.
PressShowadditionalGalleryactions
,andthenselectConnecttoTeamContent.
TheBrowseForFolderdialogboxappears.
3. BrowsetoandselectthefoldercontainingtheTeamContentcategoryyouwanttoconnect
to,andthenpressOK.
TheTeamContentcategoryappearsintheGallery.
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TocontributetoaTeamContentcategory
AddcontenttoaTeamContentcategoryasyoudototheMyContentcategory(seeAdding
contenttotheGalleryonpage 105).
SharingcontentusingtheSMART Exchange
website
Inadditiontosharingyourcontentwithotherteachersinyourschool(seeSharingcontentwith
otherteachersonpage 107),youcanshare.notebookfileswithteachersfromaroundtheworld
usingtheSMART Exchangewebsite(exchange.smarttech.com).
Tosharea.notebookfileontheSMART Exchangewebsite
1. Openthe.notebookfileyouwanttoshare.
2. SelectFile>ShareonSMARTExchange.
Adialogboxappears.
3. Ifyou’renewtotheSMART Exchangewebsite,pressJoinforfree!,andthenfollowtheon-
screeninstructionstocreateanaccount.
OR
Ifyouhaveanaccount,typeyoure-mailaddressintheEmailAddressboxandyourpassword
inthePasswordbox,andthenpressSignIn.
TIPS
o
Ifyouforgotyourpassword,clickForgotyourpassword,andthenfollowtheon-
screeninstructionstoresetit.
o
Ifyoudon’twanttologontotheSMART Exchangewebsiteeachtimeyoushare
content,selecttheKeepmesignedincheckbox.
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4. Entertheappropriateinformation:
Control
Instructions
Enterresourcedetails
Typeatitleforthe.notebookfile.
Description
Typeadescriptionofthe.notebookfile.
Subject(s)
Selectthesubjectsthatthe.notebookfileisapplicableto.
Grade(s)
Selectthegradesthatthe.notebookfileisapplicableto.
Searchterms
TypewordsorphrasesthatotherSMART Exchangeuserswill
likelyentertosearchforthe.notebookfile.Separatethewords
orphraseswithcommas.
5. Readthesharingagreement.
6. Ifyouacceptthesharingagreement,pressAgreeandSubmit.
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Creating lesson activities
Usingadvancedobjectfeatures
112
CreatingcustomCreativepenstyles
112
Addinglinkstoobjects
114
Addingsoundstoobjects
116
Animatingobjects
118
Lockingobjects
118
Usingadvancedpagefeatures
119
Displayingstudentpageborders
120
RecordingpageswiththeLessonRecorder
120
Applyingpagebackgroundsandthemes
122
ApplyingbackgroundsusingthePropertiestab
122
ApplyingbackgroundsandthemesusingtheGallery
124
Creatingthemes
125
Creatingexamplelessonactivities
125
Creatingamatchinglessonactivity
126
Creatingahide-and-showlessonactivity
128
Creatingareveallessonactivity
130
Creatingothertypesoflessonactivities
132
UsingSMART Notebooksoftware,youcannotonlypresentinformationtostudentsbutalso
engagethemininteractivelessonactivities.
Youcancreatelessonactivitiesbyinsertingobjectssuchasshapes,picturesandtables,andusing
featuressuchastheActivityBuilderandscalinggesture.
Thissectiondocumentstheadvancedfeaturesyoucanusetocreatelessonactivitiesandshows
youhowtocreateasetofexamplelessonactivities.Youcanusetheseexamplelessonactivities
ordevelopyourown.YoucanalsouseresourcesavailabletoyouintheGalleryand
SMART Exchangewebsite.
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Usingadvancedobjectfeatures
Youcanusethefollowingadvancedobjectfeatureswhencreatinglessonactivities:
l
Customcreativepenstyles
l
Objectlinks
l
Objectsounds
l
Objectanimation
l
Linkatooltoanobject
Youcanalsolockanyobjectsthatyoudon’twantmovedorotherwisemodifiedduringthe
presentationofalessonactivity.
CreatingcustomCreativepenstyles
SMART NotebooksoftwareincludeseightCreativepenstyles(seeWritingordrawingdigitalink
onpage 36).Inadditiontothesestyles,youcancreateyourownstylesusingpicturesorobjectson
thecurrentlyselectedpage.
TocreateacustomCreativepenusingapicture
1.
PressPens
.
ThePenstoolbuttonsappear.
2. PressPenTypes,andthenselectCreativePen.
3. Selectalinetype.
4.
IfthePropertiestabisn’tvisible,pressProperties
.
5. PressLineStyle.
6. SelectUseacustomstampimage.
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7. ClickBrowse.
TheInsertImageFiledialogboxappears.
8. BrowsetoandselectthepictureyouwanttousefortheCreativepenstyle.
9. PressOpen.
10. Writeordrawdigitalinkonthepage.
TIP
o
Toresumeusingthedefaultlinetype,selectUsethedefaultpattern.
o
IfyouwanttosaveyourcustomCreativepenstyleforfutureuse,pressSaveTool
Properties.YoucanlaterresettheCreativepenstyle(seeCustomizingthetoolbaron
page 221).
TocreateacustomCreativepenusinganobject
1.
PressPens
.
ThePenstoolbuttonsappear.
2. PressPenTypes,andthenselectCreativePen.
3.
IfthePropertiestabisn’tvisible,pressProperties
.
4. PressLineStyle.
5. SelectUseacustomstampimage.
6. PressSelectobject,andthenselectanobjectonthepage.
7. Writeordrawdigitalinkonthepage.
TIP
o
Toresumeusingthedefaultlinetype,selectUsethedefaultpattern.
o
IfyouwanttosaveyourcustomCreativepenstyleforfutureuse,pressSaveTool
Properties.YoucanlaterresettheCreativepenstyle(seeCustomizingthetoolbaron
page 221).
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Addinglinkstoobjects
Youcanlinkanyobjectonapagetoawebpage,anotherpageinthefile,afileonyourcomputer
oranattachment.Anattachmentisacopyofafile,ashortcuttoafileoralinktoawebpagethat
youaddtotheAttachmentstab.
NOTE
Youcandisplayanimatedlinkindicatorsaroundalllinksonapage(seeDisplayinglinkson
page 174).
Toaddalinktoawebpage
1. Selecttheobject.
2. Presstheobject’smenuarrow,andthenselectLink.
TheInsertLinkdialogboxappears.
3. PressWebPage,andthentypethewebaddressintheAddressbox.
4. Ifyouwanttoopenthelinkbypressinganicon,selectCornericon.
OR
Ifyouwanttoopenthelinkbypressinganywhereintheobject,selectObject.
5. PressOK.
IfyouselectedCornericon,the
iconappearsinthelower-leftcorneroftheobject.
Toaddalinktoanotherpageinthefile
1. Selecttheobject.
2. Presstheobject’smenuarrow,andthenselectLink.
TheInsertLinkdialogboxappears.
3. PressPageinthisFile,andthenselectanoptionintheSelectapagearea.
4. Ifyouwanttoopenthelinkbypressinganicon,selectCornericon.
OR
Ifyouwanttoopenthelinkbypressinganywhereintheobject,selectObject.
5. PressOK.
IfyouselectedCornericon,the
iconappearsinthelower-leftcorneroftheobject.
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