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Training Manual

ACTIVprImAry



COPYRIGHT INFORMATIONActivprimary Training Manual

I u 2 © 2007 Prom th an Limit d. All right r rv d.If this guide is distributed with Activprimary software, it may only be reproduced for use within the institution to which the

software is licensed. For use outside of your institution, no part of this guide may be reproduced, transmitted, stored in a retrievalsystem or translated into any other language without the prior permission of Promethean Limited. Please note that the content inthis guide is protected under copyright law, even if it is not distributed with software that includes an end user licence agreement.

Please remember that existing artwork or images that you may want to include in your Activprimary projectsmay be protected under copyright law. The unauthorized incorporation of such material into your ipcharts could

be a violation of the rights of the copyright owner; please be sure to obtain any permissions required.Although every care has been taken in the compilation of this training manual, Promethean Limited accepts no responsibility

for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of information contained within the following pages.

Trad mark acknowl dg m ntPromethean Limited would like to acknowledge the following trademark material:

Microsoft Word ® word processing software and Microsoft Excel ® spreadsheet software is a registered trademark of theMicrosoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

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Contents

Introduction 5

1. G tting tart d i 9

2. G tting tart d ii 17

3. Working with t xt 27

4. Working with th R ourc Library 35

5. Working with drawing tool 45

6. Working with imag 53

7. Working with numb r 67

8. Working with oth r application 79

9. Finishing your ipcharts 83

10. Working with pr ntation tool 91

Bonu tutorial: Activot 107




IntroductionW lcom to Activprimary Training Manual . In thi book w will introduc youto om of Activprimary’ mo t important f atur , h lping you to cr at

xc ll nt int ractiv whit board l on . W hop that th tutorial howyou how Activprimary can tran form your cla , h lping your tud nt tol arn mor ff ctiv ly.

What are the bene ts of using Activprimary?H lp with cr ating l onActivprimary has been created to help make preparing lessons easy.Once you’ve designed your lesson, it can be re ned, reused andshared.

H lp with t aching l onA range of presentation tools and techniques exist to help you make

your lessons more interesting and interactive.

H lp with l arningBy incorporating colour, images and interactivity, lessons can betailored for your students’ needs, helping to keep them engaged inwhat is being learned.

NOTe: This manual was written for Activprimary version 3 and above.




1. U ing your int ractiv whit boardSwitch on your interactive whiteboard before starting your computer.The power indicator light, in the top-left corner of your board, shouldbe illuminated when the interactive whiteboard is switched on.

When both your Activboard and your computer are fully started, holdthe Activpen lightly on the board, without pushing in the nib. Thecursor, on screen, should line up with the Activpen’s tip. If it doesn’t,you need to calibrate the board.

2. Calibrating your int ractiv whit boardHover the tip of your Activpen over the power indicator light, in thetop-left corner of your board. Take care not to press in the Activpen’snib. Wait a few seconds then follow the instructions that appear on theboard.

Before you beginIn thi manual w focu on Activprimary oftwar . W a um that your hardwar i r ady to u and that Activprimary i in tall d on your comput r.

You can in tall Activprimary on th comput r you u for pr paring l on aw ll a th comput r you u in cla .

If you ar l arning how to u Activprimary away from your int ractivwhit board, you can g t tart d with th tutorial traight away. Pl a turn tothe rst tutorial.

If you ar l arning Activprimary on an int ractiv whit board, h r ar omtip for your day-to-day u of th board:




Tip for u ing th Activp nIf this is the rst time using an Activpen, try experimenting with thetechniques below:

The Activpen is just like a mouse.

Moving th cur or Hold the pen nib lightly on the board; don’t push in the pen nib. Movethe pen around. The cursor will follow your pen.

L ft-clickTap the pen nib rmly but quickly into the whiteboard.

Right-clickHover the pen nib over the whiteboard, less than a centimetre awayfrom the board. Press the barrel button on the side of the pen.

Click and dragClick on the object you want to move, hold the pen nib down on theboard and then move the pen. The object you have clicked will movewith the pen.

Doubl -clickTwo rm but quick taps with the Activpen’s nib performs the sameaction as a double-click with a mouse.




1. Getting started ( i)‘Flipchart’ i th nam w giv to an Activprimary pr ntation. Lik atraditional paper-based ipchart, an Activprimary ipchart can contain asmany pages as you want. However, unlike a traditional ipchart, you canincorporate a number of different media forms into your ipcharts, includingsound les, videos, animations, interactive activities and web-links. The onlyr al limit i your imagination!

In this tutorial we will create your rst ipchart page, giving you an instantintroduction to om of Activprimary’ mo t important tool .

1. Launching ActivprimaryWhen your computer is fully switched on, you will see the Activprimaryicon on your display.

Double-click on the Activprimary icon with the Activpen.

NOTe: How to double-clickTwo rm but quick taps with the Activpen’s nib performs the sameaction as a double-click with a mouse.

Click OK, or the tick, on any messages until you see Activprimary’sdashboard.

The dashboard is your launchpad to open your les and organiseActivprimary just how you want it. When you have nished thismanual, explore the dashboard for further training ideas and softwareupdates.

On the dashboard, click on New Flipchart.

You’re ready to begin!

The Did You Know box may appear. Click OK.



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2. Tool tipA blank ipchart page opens.

Getting started (i)

On the right-hand side of your display is the Main toolbox. Across thebottom of your screen is the Tool Tray.

Move the Activpen lightly on the Activboard without pressing in thepen nib. The computer’s cursor will follow your movement.

If you hover the pen over one of the tools or buttons on the Maintoolbox a tool tip will appear.

Tool tips remind you of a button’s function. Hover over the tool shownhere. If using an Activpen take care to keep the pen still.

You’ll see it is called the Pens, Highlighters and Erasers tool.



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Getting started (i)

3. P n , Highlight r and era r toolThe Pens, Highlighters and Erasers tool is red, showing it is active.

To select a pen, click on one of the icons in the Tool Tray.

Write the word ‘ Welcome’ at the top of the page. Don’t worry if youdon’t get it right rst time, just move on to the next section.

4. Undo tool and R do toolMost changes made in Activprimary can be reversed.

Click on the Undo tool. This will reverse your last action.

Click on it a number of times. Your previous actions will be reversed.

Now click on the Redo tool. This will reinstate actions cancelled withthe Undo tool.

Click on the Redo tool until the full text appears on the page again.




5. Colour pal ttThe colour palette contains a range of colours for you to use. Click onany colour to select it. We have chosen blue.

Getting started (i)

Choose a different pen width by clicking on a different pen in the ToolTray.

Write ‘ to’ underneath the word ‘ Welcome ’.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Keep changing the penwidth and the coloursyou use to help keepyour lessons colourfuland interesting. Let your students pick their own colour when they write at the board.

6. Cl ar tool

Now we will show you one way to delete items.

Click on the Clear tool.

A menu will appear giving you three options. Select the Clear Screenicon use tool tips to help if necessary. Everything will be deleted fromthe page.

Click on the Undo tool to reinstate the text.

Change the pen’s colour and width again.

Write ‘ Activprimary’ at the bottom of the page. If you make a mistake, just move on to the next section.




Getting started (i)

7. Marqu s l ct toolClick on the Marquee Select tool.

The Marquee Select tool is used to select and manipulate items onthe page.

Hover the cursor over the letter ‘ y ’ of Activprimary until a crossappears. The cross shows that the item can be selected. Click on theletter. When you click correctly a box will appear, showing you what isselected.

8. Flipchart BinClick on the Flipchart Bin to delete the item.

The letters will disappear from the page.

9. era r toolYou can also delete lines using erasers.

Click on the Pens, Highlighters and Erasers button.

Select one of the Eraser icons in the Tool Tray.

Draw over the word ‘ Welcome’ to make it disappear.

Your selection depends on how you wrote the word ‘ Activprimary ’.

The Flipchart Bin is another useful way to delete items from the page.

Click on the Undo tool.

Click on the Undo tool to make the word reappear.




10. Highlight r toolBefore nishing this tutorial, we will show you one of Activprimary’smost important presentation tools: the highlighter.

In the Tool Tray, select a Highlighter tool.

Getting started (i)

IN THe CLAssROOM: The Highlighter tool isuseful when presentingtext with your students.Your students can takecontrol of the highlighter toshow you the key words in atext.

You’ve already nished your rst ipchart page!

11. Saving the ipchartBefore nishing this tutorial we will save the ipchart.

Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button and select Save a Flipchart.

Select a colour.

Write over the word ‘ Welcome ’ to highlight it.

Select Save to My Flipcharts




2. D ign Mod and Pr ntation ModThe Teacher Tools Menu button, at the top of the Main toolbox, isyellow. This shows that you are currently in Presentation Mode.Presentation Mode is best used when you are teaching in front of your students.

Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button and select the Design Modebutton.

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1. Opening a previously saved ipchartLaunch Activprimary as you did in the previous tutorial.

In the dashboard, your recent ipcharts are displayed under theheading: ‘Open a recent ipchart’. Click on the ipchart ‘ Activprimary 1’ . to open it.

Click OK on the Did You Know box.

The Teacher Tools Menu button turns red. Design Mode is best usedwhen creating ipcharts. More design options are available and anylinks are inactive.




Getting started (ii)

3. Pag l ctor Currently your ipchart has just one page. To con rm this, click on thePage Selector button, which shows the current page number.

The Tool Tray changes to show thumbnail images of all your ipchartpages. At this point there’s just one thumbnail image in the Tool Tray.

4. N xt Pag button and Pr viou Pag buttonClick on the Next Page button.

This adds a new page to the end of your ipchart. There are now twopages in the Tool Tray. Page 2 is the active page.

Click twice more on the Next Page button to create two more pages.

In the Tool Tray, click on the rst page to make it active.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Spread exercises over many pages in your

ipcharts, helping youto control the pace of the lesson.

NOTe: You can alsouse the PreviousPage button to getback to the rst page.





5. U th Marqu s l ct tool to l ct many it mClick on the Marquee Select tool.

We want to select all the words on the page.

To do this:

1. Click on the page, to the top-left of all the items.

2. Click and drag diagonally to the bottom-right of all the items onthe page. A box will expand as you move, showing you what isselected.

3. Release the Activpen or the left mouse button when everythingis selected..

A dotted rectangle and pick-up boxes will surround the letters,showing that they have been selected.





6. Pick-up boxPick-up boxes are the boxes that surround selected items.

Clicking and moving these boxes changes the size and location of theselected object.

When you have nished, click on the Undo tool until the text is back to

its original state.

Make sure everything on the page is selected before moving on.

7. Duplicat buttonHover the cursor over one of the text’s lines until you see a cross.

Double-click on the text.

The Object Edit toolbox will open.

Try moving these boxes to see what they do.





The Object Edit toolbox contains many design options.

Click on the Duplicate button once to create a copy of the text. Don’tclick on the page yet.

8. Moving it m b tw n pagThe duplicated text will automatically be selected. Hover the cursor over the text so that you see a cross. Click on the text and drag it tothe second thumbnail in the panel.

When you release the pen, a menu will appear with two options: MoveHere and Copy Here. In this case select Move Here.

Page two will become the active page. The text will be pasted here.

NOTe: Any moveable item on a page can be moved or copied onto other ipchartpages in this way, helping you to create multiple pages in an instant.





Click and drag on the page to select the word ‘ Activprimary ’.

Click on the Flipchart Bin to delete this word, leaving you with‘Welcome to ’.

9. A clo r look at pick-up boxClick and drag around the words ‘ Welcome to ’ to select them.

Click and drag on the bottom right pick-up box.

Note how this box changes the size but not the proportions of the text.

Shrink the text to around a half its original size.





Click and drag on the Freely Move Object pick-up box. This box offersone way to move items around the page.

Place the text neatly in the top-left corner of the page.

Don’t forget that the Undo tool is always available if you make anymistakes.

10. Copying it m b tw n pag

With the whole text selected, drag the text over to page three. Whenthe menu appears, select Copy Here.

The text will be copied onto the page three thumbnail, which willbecome the active page. Note, however, that when you select CopyHere rather than Move Here, the text will also return to its originalposition on page two.

Select the whole text again and copy it onto page four.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Using this techniqueyou only have to ndone excellent imagefor your lesson. You can thenrepeat it many times over many pages in your classesas your students analyseit using different colouredpens, highlighters or other presentation tools.





OptionalTo nish the ipchart we will use the headings from the introduction tothis manual.

On pages 2,3 and 4 of the ipchart, underneath the ‘ Welcome to ’ textwrite the headings shown below. Take the opportunity to explore therange of colours and pen widths available.

‘help with creating lessons’

‘help with teaching lessons’

‘help with learning’

When you have nished, click on the Teacher Tools Menu button andselect Save a Flipchart.

Select Save to My Flipcharts

Give the ipchart the name ‘ Activprimary 2’ .

Click on Save.

Use the Previous Page and Next Page button to browse through thefour pages you have created.

Congratulations, you’ve created your rst multi-page ipchart!

Click on the Exit button to close Activprimary.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Throughout this manualwe will show you ideason creating resourcesfrom scratch. It can beeasier to take other people’s

ipcharts and edit them. Visitwww.prometheanplanet.comfor a range of ready prepared

ipcharts for you to adapt.





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3. Working with text With Activprimary it’ a y to cr at n at, typ d t xt on an int ractivwhit board. Onc th t xt i on th pag , you can manipulat it in many way ,making it easy to create professional-looking, exible lessons which can berepeated and re ned over time.In thi tutorial w will how you a rang of t xt option availabl .

Launch Activprimary.

In the dashboard, select New Flipchart.

Using the Pen tool, write ‘ Working with text’ towards the top of theboard.

Select the Marquee Select tool.

1. T xt tool

To type text on the page, you just have to hover the cursor on thepage and start typing. We will demonstrate this now:

Click on the page, underneath ‘ Working with text ’.

Using your computer’s keyboard, type: ‘ creating typed text’ .

Note how the Text tool is automatically selected in the Main toolbox.The Tool Tray changes to show options for editing text.




Working with text

Click on the page under the previous text.

Type: ‘ Change font’ .

NOTe: Don’t worry if you realise that you’ve made a mistake in the text after nalising it on the page. We will show you how to correct text later in this tutorial.

In the Tool Tray, click in the eld containing the number - the font size.Click on the drop-down arrow and select 20. Press enter on your keyboard.

Click underneath the previous text.

Type: ‘ Change font size’.

2. T xt optionClick on the Current Font box. A menu will appear. Click on one of thefonts to select a different font.




Working with text

Click on the page beneath the text you just typed.

In the Tool Tray, select a different colour.

Type: ‘ Change colour’.

Click on the Marquee Select tool and arrange your texts on the page. IN THe CLAssROOM: Take full advantage of the wide range of fontsavailable to keep your students interested inwhat is being learned.Click on:

for more fonts

3. Copying t xt tylThis section can only be done at a PC. Move on to the next section,Editing text, if you are at an interactive whiteboard.

If you like the look of a text on the page, you may want to copy itsstyle to other texts. This is done using the Colour Picker tool and theFill tool.

Select the Fill/Colour Picker icon from the Main toolbox.

Click on the Colour Picker icon in the Tool Tray.

Press the Ctrl button on your keyboard and, with the Ctrl key pressed,click on one of the texts. In this way you copy the style of a text.




Working with text

Before moving on, rearrange the words, if necessary, using theMarquee Select tool.

Leave space for another line of text towards the bottom of the page.

IN THe CLAssROOM: The recommendedminimum font for text ona ipchart is 18.

NOTe: When using the text format painter, if the text increases in size some of the text could disappear. If this happens, use the Marquee Select tool to change

the size of the text box, making the whole text visible.

4. editing t xtTo edit any typed text on the page:

Click on the text with the Marquee Select tool selected, then quicklyclick on the text again.

You need to get the correct technique for this to work. Click too slowlyand nothing will happen; click too fast and the Object Edit toolbox will

appear.

When you have clicked correctly, the Tool Tray will change to showthe text editing options.

Click and drag on the sentence to select it

Retype the sentence, or correct any sentences on the page.

Click on the Colour Picker icon again to deselect it. The Fill tool willnow be active.

Press the Ctrl key and click on all the other typed words on the pageto standardise their style.

NOTe: If the ObjectEdit toolbox appears,click on the Edit Texttool. This is an alternative wayto edit text.




Working with text

5. Floating K yboard toolClick on the Text tool in the Main toolbox.

Click on the Floating Keyboard icon in the Tool Tray.

A oating keyboard will appear on the page. IN THe CLAssROOM: The oating keyboardis useful if the computer keyboard is a long wayfrom the interactivewhiteboard or if you want toget students up to the board.

You can move the oating keyboard around the page by clicking anddragging on any area of the keyboard which doesn’t contain an icon.

With the Text tool still selected, click on the page beneath the previouslines of text, to show where your text will begin.

On the oating keyboard, click on the caps lock button so that the rstletter you type will be upper case. When you’ve typed the rst letter,click on the caps lock button again and continue the phrase:

Clicking on the oating keyboard, type: ‘ Using the oating keyboard’ .

Close the oating keyboard.

NOTe: Right-click on theoating keyboard for an adult

keyboard.

Use the Marquee Select tool to arrange the text.

NOTe: How would you makethe text the same style as theother pieces of text on thepage?




Working with text

6. R cognition toolSelect the text you wrote with the Pen tool: ‘ Working with text ’.

Click on the Flipchart Bin to delete it from the page.

Now, we will recreate this text using the Recognition tool.

The Recognition tool takes your handwriting and turns it into typedtext.

Click on the Special Tools icon.

In the Tool Tray, select the Recognition tool.

The Recognition toolbox opens above your Tool Tray.

In the panel headed ‘Write one or more words’, write the phrase:‘Working with text’ .

IN THe CLAssROOM: The Recogntion tool isgreat for putting nameson maps or diagrams.Students love usingthe Recognition tool – itparticularly encourages younglearners to write c learly.




Working with text

Click on the Verify Input button.

If the text has not correctly been recognised, either click on the StartAgain button or use your keyboard to correct the text.

When the word has been correctly recognised, click on the Add ToFlipchart Page button.

Close the Recognition toolbox.

Use the Marquee Select tool to place the phrase neatly on the page.

OptionalTo nish the ipchart, change the size of the words you just createdusing the Recognition tool, turning them into a large title for this

ipchart. Experiment with other text options.

Save the ipchart, calling it ‘ Activprimary 3’ . Try using the oatingkeyboard to do it.

Exit Activprimary.




Working with text

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1. Th R ourc Library buttonClick on the Resource Library button, which is located in the Maintoolbox, towards the bottom right-hand corner of the display.

2. Cat gori brow r The Tool Tray will change to include a thumbnails panel and aCategories button.

4. Working with the Resource Library Th R ourc Library contain a hug rang of imag and oth r r ourcfor you to use in your ipcharts. It’s also the place to store any of your ownr ourc you want to av for futur u . In thi tutorial w will introduc youto om of th R ourc Library’ main f atur .


On the dashboard, click on New Flipchart.

Using a Pen tool, write ‘ Working with the Resource Library’ .

If the Teacher Tools Menu button is not red, click on the Teacher ToolsMenu button and select Design Mode.

Click on the Categories button. The Categories browser will open.

There are two main sections in the Categories browser:Shared Resource Library and My Resource Library.

The Shared Resource Library area contains all the resources that

were installed with Activprimary. My Resource Library can be used tostore any resources you create yourself.

Make sure that the Shared button is selected.




Working with the Resource Library

3. R ourc TrThe Resource Tree is a list of all the available folders of resources.

Click on the plus signs to open up further subfolders.Click on the minus signs to close the subfolders.Click and drag down on the scroll bar to see further folders.

Click on a folder and any contents are displayed in the Tool Tray.

Click on the plus sign next to Animals, to open more subfolders.

Scroll down to look through the list of Animals folders. Click on theMammals folder.

NOTe: Different versions of Activprimary contain differentResource Library structures.

If your Resource Library structure is different to the one shown here,browse through the folders to nd a Mammals folder.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Thousands of resources are availablefor you to use. If youdon’t nd the resourceyou want here, don’t forgetthat you can use the internet,or your own resources, in your lessons.





4. R ourc Library Tool TrayA number of images will appear in the Tool Tray.

Click on the More Images button to see the full range of images.

Click on the Previous Images button to return to the rst images in thefolder.

Click one of the images in the thumbnails panel to place it on thepage.

Close the Categories browser.

Use the Marquee Select tool to reduce the image’s size.





5. Rubb r stampSelect the Rubber Stamp tool.

Scroll through the thumbnails of animals. Click on an animal.

Don’t click on the page.

Note how the animal is attached to your cursor as you move it aroundthe page.

Click on the page three times, in different places.

Each time you click, another copy of the image will be added to thepage.

Click on the Rubber Stamp tool again to deselect it.





7. shar d Flipchart PagClick on the Resource Library button.

Click on the Categories button.

With the Shared button selected, select the Flipchart Pages button.

In the Resource Tree, the Flipchart Builder folder should be open.


Click on one of the template’s texts to change it.

The folders here contain a huge range of templates to help you createprofessional-looking ipcharts quickly.

Explore the folders. Thumbnails of the pages will appear in the ToolTray.

Click on one of the thumbnails in the Tool Tray to add the page to your ipchart.

Useful tools are often available on these pages. Click on the penicons, for example, to launch the Pen tool in your lessons.





IN THe CLAssROOM: Explore the templates here to help save lesson preparation time.

8. My R ourc LibraryMake sure you are in Design Mode.

Go back to the rst page of the ipchart.

Click on the Resource Library button.

Select the Categories button.

In the Categories browser, click on the Personal button and theLibrary button to access the main My Resource Library area.

This area of the Resource Library lets you organise and store your

own resources.

Now you’ve added some images to the page, you may want to storethem as one item in your area, so you have quick access to all of them.





A thumbnail of the collection of images will appear in the thumbnailspanel.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Using this technique you can save any resourceyou want into the Resource Library. By building up this area of theResource Library, lesson creation can be simpler and more creative.Remember to share your best resources with your colleagues.

A box appears headed: ‘Enter a name of this object’.

Type a name for the collection of images. NOTe: Click on the FloatingKeyboard icon if a computer keyboard is not available.

Click on the Accept Your Input button.

Make sure ‘My Collections’ is selected.

Click and drag around the images on the page to select them all.

Click and drag the images into the thumbnails panel.




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Open a new ipchart.

Using the Pen tool, write ‘ Working with drawing tools’ on the page.

Click on the Next Page button.

We will use Presentation Mode in this tutorial. Make sure that theTeacher Tools button is yellow.




Working with drawing tools

1. GridClick on the Grids button.

In the Tool Tray, select the Categories button.

Make sure that the Shared button is selected.

A number of folders should appear in the Resource Tree.

Make sure that Shared Grids is selected in the Resource Tree.

Click on the grid shown here and to add it to the page.


Using this grid, we will draw a bar chart.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Grids are useful both when creating charts andwhen designing lessons, helping to arrange items on a page.When you’ve nished the page, make the grid invisible usingthe Grid Mask tool.

2. snap to Grid

When using grids, the Tool Tray contains options to increase or decrease the grid’s size, and to delete the grid from the page. We willnow explore another option: select the Snap to Grid tool.

The Snap to Grid tool is an important design tool.

Now, when you draw lines or move any item on the page they willautomatically line up with the grid. This helps to create neat ipcharts.

IN THe CLAssROOM: UsingSnap to Grid is great whenworking with pupils whosemotor skills are poor.Snap to Grid lets themline up pictures in apictogram or blocks in ablock graph neatly.





3. Pen Modi er toolboxClick on the Pens, Highlighters and Erasers tool.

Click on the Pen Modi er toolbox icon in the Tool Tray.

The Pen Modi er toolbox will open. This contains a range of tools for drawing lines and shapes. Using the tools in this box we will draw abar chart.

Click and drag on the blue area to move the toolbox to the top right of the page.

4. Horizontal Lin toolClick on the Horizontal Line tool. Select an appropriate pen thicknessand colour for the axes of a graph. Click and drag a horizontal line onthe bottom of the ipchart page. As you are using Snap to Grid, theaxis lines up perfectly with the grid. This will be the bottom axis of thechart.





6. shap toolClick on the Shapes button in the Main toolbox. Click on the yellowcolour. Click on rectangle to add it to the page.

Move the rectangle to its own space.

Add two more rectangles to the page, changing the colour each time.Place the rectangles on the horizontal axis, changing its length if necessary.

You’ve nished the bar chart!Now we’ll show you some colour options when working withActivstudio.

5. V rtical Lin toolClick on the Vertical Line tool. Draw the vertical axis for the bar chart.

Close the Pen Modi er toolbox.





7. Fill toolThe Fill tool lets you add blocks of colour to the page. We will use theFill tool to change the colour of one of the rectangles.

Click on the Fill/Colour Picker tool in the Main toolbox.

Click on blue in the Colour Palette.

Click inside one of the shapes to ll it with colour. IN THe CLAssROOM: Students enjoy usingthe Fill tool to addblocks of colour instantly to a page. Thiscan make any lesson instantly

more creative. You can alwaysuse the Undo tool if you don’tlike the result.

8. Mor colour optionFor more colour options, right-click on one of the blank colour swatches.

Select a colour from the box which appears.

The colour in the Colour Palette will change to show the colour youhave chosen.

The Fill tool is still active. Click on one of the rectangles to change itscolour to your chosen colour.




Working with images

Using the Resource Tree:

Click on the arrow next to Shared Images to view all the availablefolders.

Open the Animals subfolder and click on the ‘Mammals’ folder.

1. stackingClick on any image to add it to the page.

Add two other animals to the page. Place the animals roughly on topof each other, as shown in the image. Note how the last image youadd to the page appears on top of the other images.


There are three layers in Activprimary: bottom, middle and top. Allimages – such as the animals in this case – are initially placed on themiddle layer.

You can change this order of these images:

NOTe: Different versions of Activprimary contain differentResource Tree structures.




Working with images

NOTe: You can also use the Object To Front and Object To Backbutton, in the Object Edit toolbox, to change the stacking order of images.

Right-click on the last animal you added to the page.

Select To Back.

The image will now appear beneath the other animal images.

Note that you’ve changed the order of the images, but they allremain on the middle layer. Working with images in this way is calledstacking. It becomes important when arranging lots of images andtexts on a page.

2. Lay rClick on the Shapes button.

Click on the Categories button to open the Categories browser.

Click on Shared Shapes in the Resource Tree.

Click on the rectangle in the Tool Tray to add it to the page threetimes. Give each rectangle its own space.





Working with images

When shapes are placed on the page, they are also put on the middlelayer. As we create this exercise, we want to be sure that the shapeswill all be above any animals on the page.

Right-click on a rectangle.

Select Top Layer.

Repeat for the other two rectangles.

Using pick-up boxes, change the images’ size and move each one intoits own space. Cover each image with a rectangle.

You’ve used layers to create a basic ‘guess what?’ exercise. IN THe CLAssROOM: This technique is thebasis of a huge rangeof interactive exercises.You can hide theanswers to questions, or hidethe next part of an exercise,letting you choose the momentwhen students are given theanswers.

When you want to show a student an animal as part of a classroomexercise you could just move the rectangle, or you could use thefollowing technique:

Right-click on a rectangle.

From the menus, select Bottom Layer.




Working with images

The rectangle will now appear behind the animal.


Click on the Backgrounds button.

Click on the Categories button to open the Categories browser.

Select the Shared icon.

Use the Resource Tree to nd any background you like.

Add it to the page.

Such backgrounds appear on a layer of their own, and always appear behind everything else on a page.

Click on the Resource Library button. The previous folder you usedshould still be selected.

Add one animal to the page. Place it in the centre of the page.

NOTe: Backgrounds cannotbe selected. To delete them,use the Delete button in theBackgrounds Tool tray.




Working with images

3. Incr a Obj ct siz button and D cr a Obj ct siz buttonYou can change an item’s size using the Increase Object Size buttonand the Decrease Object Size button.

Double-click on the animal to open the Object Edit toolbox.

Click on the Duplicate button two times to create a total of threecopies of the image.

Move each animal into its own space. Open the the Object Edittoolbox again on one of the animals.

Click on the Increase Object Size button. The size of the object willincrease by 10%.

Click on the Decrease Object Size button three times.

Change the size of the other images so they are all different.

Close the Object Edit toolbox.

Note how stacking makes each copy appear on top of the previousone.

Using pick-up boxes, create a group of images similar to the oneshown here.




Working with images

4. Mirror We want a copy of the animal to face the other way.

Right-click on an image. Select Mirror in Y Axi .

Using the Marquee Select tool, place the image neatly on the page. NOTE: Other right-clickoptions help you create ippedimages of your pictures.




Working with images

6. U ing imag from th int rn tClick on the Next Page button.

Until now we’ve shown you how to use images from the ResourceLibrary. The internet is always available, however, if you can’t nd animage you want in the Resource Library. If you nd an image you likeon the internet, store it in your part of the Resource Library so you canuse the image as often as you want.

Click on the Teacher Tools Menu button.

Select the Web Browser icon.

In the Address bar, type ‘ www.google.co.uk’ . Click Enter on your keyboard.

In the Google web page, click on Images.

5. GroupingCurrently, all the images appear as individual items. We want themall to exist as one item, so it is easier to move and manipulate them infuture. To do this we will group the images.

Using the Marquee Select tool, click and drag to select all four images.

Click on the Grouped icon.

Now you can click and drag on the images as one item, making theneasier to manipulate.

IN THe CLAssROOM: When you’ve nishedany diagram whichincludes manyresources, group it andsave it to the Resource Libraryso you don’t have to create itagain.




Working with images

Click on Search Images. As you will see, whilst the Resource Librarycontains many images, the internet in nitely increases the number of images you have available.

Click on an image you like.

Select ‘See full-size image’ to see the full image.

In the search eld, type ‘ elephant’ .

7. Cam ra toolWhen you’ve found an image you like, click on the Special Tools icon.

Select the Camera tool in the Tool Tray.

A Camera toolbox appears on the page.

Click on the De ne Rectangular Area button.

A marquee and a set of pick-up boxes appear on the page along witha Photograph toolbox.

NOTe: You can use the arrowkeys on your keyboard tomove the marquee.




Working with images

Click and drag on the boxes to surround your chosen photo.

When ready, click on the To Current Flipchart Page button.

The image will be sent to the current page of your ipchart.

Close the Web Browser. Close the Camera toolbox.

The elephant image should be on the page.

Using the Marquee Select tool, place the image neatly on the page. NOTe: You can use theCamera tool to snapshotany image on your screen,including images from your own digital camera.




8. Drag a copyMake sure you are in Design Mode

Right-click on the image.

Select ‘Drag a copy’.

Working with Images

Enter Presentation Mode.

Now when you hover the cursor over the image a ‘Drag a copy’ cursor appears.

Click and drag on the image.

A copy of the image will appear.

Click and drag a number of times on the original image. IN THe CLAssROOM: With this technique youcan create countersfor games or coins for counting.

NOTe: The ‘Drag a copy’ feature is only available in Activprimary version 3.0.54and above.




Working with images

10. Pag R t buttonClick on the Teacher Tools Menu button.

Click on the Page Reset button.

The ipchart will return to how it was when it was last saved.

IN THe CLAssROOM: The Page Reset buttonis the teacher’s life-saver. As long as youhave saved the ipchartat the appropriate moment,you can always click on theReset Page button to restartan exercise or to have another go at explaining something.

11. Lock on BackgroundEnter Design Mode.

So far we have worked with two of the rectangles. Right-click on theremaining rectangle.

Select Lock on Background.

The rectangle will be placed on the bottom layer, making the imagevisible.

You won’t be able to move the rectangle in either Design Mode or Presentation Mode, but you will be able to move the animal.




Working with images

To move the rectangle, right-click and select Unlock BackgroundObjects.

IN THe CLAssROOM: When preparing lessons, use Lock on Background on any images or texts you won’t be moving in the lesson. This makes it easier to work withyour ipchart in lessons, so you won’t accidentally move the item whilstteaching.

Save the ipchart, overwriting the previous ‘ Activprimary 6’ .

Close Activprimary.

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1. Rul r toolClick on the Special Tools button.

Click on the Ruler tool in the Tool Tray.

A menu will open with a range of graduations.

Select cm.

7. Working with numbersActivprimary contain a numb r of tool to h lp you work with numb r . W ’vbeen very broad in our de nition of number tools, however, so the tools in thistutorial can b u ful for t aching many ubj ct .

Launch Activprimary. On the dashboard, click New Flipchart.

Using the Pen tool, write ‘ Working with numbers’ at the top of theipchart.


Using the Pen tool, write: ‘ Rulers and protractors’ at the top of thepage.

A ruler appears on the ipchart.




Working with numbers

Click on the Marquee Select tool.

Hover your cursor over the ruler just below the measurements.

The cursor will change to include a cross.

This means that you can move the ruler. Move the ruler to the bottomof the screen.

Rotate the ruler.

Move the cursor towards the top of the calibrated area and the cursor will change again. This means you can rotate the ruler.

The degree of rotation is displayed in the centre of the ruler.

Rotate the ruler back to 0º.

IN THe CLAssROOM: The Ruler tool, andsimilar tools, offer anideal way for teachersto model mathematicalconcepts.





2. Math toolboxDouble-click on the ruler to open the Maths toolbox.

Click on the Increase Object Size button until the ruler is over 16centimetres long.

Close the Maths toolbox.

3. U ing th rul r Click on the Pens, Highlighters and Erasers tool, and select a thin penwidth. Move the cursor to just above the top ruler line. The pen cursor should change to include a line. This means any line you draw willfollow the edge of the ruler.

Move the cursor to the zero point on the ruler, then click and drag tothe right. Draw a line 16 centimetres long.

Hover the cursor towards the top of the calibrated area and rotate theruler to 40º above the rst line.





From zero, draw another 16 centimetre line.

Drag the zero point of the ruler to the end of the second line.

Rotate the ruler so you can complete the triangle.

Draw another line with the ruler to make a triangle.

Double-click on the ruler to open the Maths toolbox.

Click on the Delete button to delete the ruler from the page.

NOTe: Experiment with the Point to Point tool, in the Pen Modi er toolbox,for another way to create triangles.





4. Protractor toolSelect the Special Tools icon.

Click on the Protractor icon in the Tool Tray.

Select Half Protractor.

A protractor will appear on the page.

As with the ruler, the protractor has several regions which do differentthings.

If you hover the cursor over the inner area of the protractor, thecursor will change signifying that you can click and drag it around the

ipchart.

Move the protractor so you can measure one of the angles.





Like the ruler, you can also rotate the protractor by clicking on theouter areas and dragging. Rotate the protractor and measure the topangle.

5. Creating lled segmentsDouble-click on the protractor to open the Maths toolbox.

Click on the Decrease Object Size button until the protractor is smallenough just to ll one corner of the triangle.

Close the Maths toolbox.

Click on the Pens, Highlighters and Erasers tool. Select a thin penwidth.

Now, with the pen, draw a line around the curved edge of theprotractor as you did with the ruler.

When you have nished, however, a lled segment will be created.

Move the protractor and draw two more segments in the other angles,changing the pen colour each time.





When you have nished, delete the protractor from the page using theMaths toolbox.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Teachers like to create lled segments in this way in numeracy lessons sothey can move the segments together to show how the three angles of thetriangle add up to 180º. Similar techniques can be used to demonstratethat alternate angles or opposite angles are equal.


Using the Pen tool, write ‘ Compasses and the XY Origin Tool’ on thepage.

6. Compa toolClick on the Special Tools icon.

In the Tool Tray, click on the Compass tool.

A compass appears on the page.





Click and drag on the top of the compass or the point arm to move thecompass to the centre of the page.

Click and drag the pen arm, but not the pen, to rotate the compasswithout drawing a circle.

Click on the pen holder to open and close the compass points.

Click and drag on the pen and draw a full circle.

Double-click on the compass to open the Maths toolbox.

Click on the Delete icon to delete the compass from the page.

IN THe CLAssROOM: If you ever need acircle on the page, thecompass is the tool touse.





7. XY Origin toolClick on the Marquee Select tool and click on the circle to select it.

Click and drag on the Rotate Object pick-up box.

Note how the circle rotates on the spot.

Next we will show you how you can change the rotation point of anitem on the page.

The Special Tools icon should still be selected.

Click on the XY Origin icon in the Tool Tray

An icon appears on the page. This is the page’s centre of rotation.Everything will now rotate around this point.

Move the XY Origin towards the left of the page.





Using the Marquee Select tool, select the circle and click on theRotate Object pick-up box.

Rotate the circle and note how the circle now rotates around the icon.

IN THe CLAssROOM: The XY Origin tool isparticularly useful whendemonstrating rotationin maths lessons.

Click on the XY Origin icon in the Tool Tray to switch the tool off.


8. Dic tool

Using the Pen tool write on the page ‘ Dice, the oating calculator and fractions’ .


Click on the Dice tool.

The Dice Roller box appears.

Select the number of dice you want to roll using the drop-down arrow.





Click on the Roll the Dice button.

An animation will show the dice rolling.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Whilst the Dice tool ismost obviously used inthe place of real dice, itis also, more generally,a useful random number generator. Teachers, for example, use the dice to helpthem decide who will answer the next question, or to decidewhich question should beanswered next. Put a studentin charge of the Roll the Dicebutton.

Close the Dice Roller before moving on.

9. Floating calculator Click on the Floating Calculator button.

The oating calculator works just like the oating keyboard.

Click on the Add Dice Total to Flipchart Page button to put the totalnumber on the page.

Right-click on the calculator for a menu showing an option to displayan adult calculator.

Another option lets you add the calculation to the ipchart.

Close the oating calculator before moving on.

IN THe CLAssROOM: The ‘Add Calculation to Flipchart Page’ feature is great when used with apage of equations - for example multiplications and number boards.





10. Fraction Cr ator toolboxThe last number tool in this tutorial is the Fraction Creator toolbox.

With the Special Tools icon selected, click on the Fraction Creator Toolbox icon

The Fraction Creator toolbox offers a way to put fractions on the page.

You can create fractions comprising numbers, letters or both numbersand letters.

Write the number ‘ 1’ in the top box and the number ‘ 2’ in the lower box.

Click on the Add to Flipchart Page button and the fraction will appear on the ipchart – you might have to move the Fraction Creator toolboxto see it.

Close the Fraction Creator toolbox when you have nished.

Save the ipchart with the name ‘ Activprimary 7’ .

Close Activprimary.

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1. Transparent ipchartsClick on the Desktop Mode button.

The ipchart disappears and Activprimary’s Desktop toolbox appearson the desktop.

8. Working with other applicationsWhen using Activprimary, you don’t have to work with ipcharts. Activprimaryl t you work dir ctly with oth r application at th int ractiv whit board. Inthi tutorial w will how you thr way in which you can int ract with oth r program .

Launch Activprimary. Close the dashboard.

Click on the Pen tool and write ‘ Working with other applications’ onyour desktop.

In this way you can annotate any item on your display.




Working with other applications

Click on the Marquee Select tool.

Now you can click on the text and move it around the display.

With the Marquee Select tool, however, you can click through the

transparent ipchart onto the display. Click on your desktop and openany application.

The application will open. Your text will stay on the invisible ipchart,on top of the application.

You can use the application whilst the transparent ipchart coversyour screen.

Before moving on, close any windows.

Click on the Clear Screen button in the Desktop toolbox. IN THe CLAssROOM: This technique is mostuseful showing livedemonstrations of thesoftware. Use it toannotate an image of your students’ work or to introducestudents to a computer program.





2. Using the oating keyboardIn this example, we will show you how to use Activprimary with Word ®.The same technique can be used with many programs.

Launch Word ®, open a blank page.

Click on the Floating Keyboard tool.

Click in the Word ® document to activate it. You can now use theoating keyboard to type in the Word ® document.

Write: ‘ Typing in a document’ .

Press Enter on the oating keyboard.

Close the oating keyboard when you have nished.





3. U ing th R cognition toolYou can use the Recognition tool, also, to work with other applicationsSet the Recognition tool:

1. Click on the Recognition icon.

2. In the Recognition toolbox, click on the Recognition Mode iconuntil you see the icon for recognising letters.

3. Click on the Add Space button in the Recognition toolbox.

Write the word ‘ Writing’ . Wait for it to be recognised. It will be placedin the document and a space will automatically added so you can addthe next word.

Use the Alternatives button if the word is not recognised correctly.

Write: ‘ in’

Write: ‘ a’

Write: ‘ Word’

Write: ‘ document’ .

When you have nished, close Word ® and close Activprimary withoutsaving any changes.

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and th R cognition tool to writ in oth r program .

NOTe: This tool will onlywork if a board or slate areconnected to your computer




9. Finishing your flipchartsIn the rst part of this tutorial we will look at the page organiser, showing youhow it can b u d to copy or d l t pag . Lat r in thi tutorial w will focuon links, which are another useful nal touch to add to a ipchart. You can linkto videos, sound les, Word ® or exc l ® docum nt and to many oth r typ of

le.

We’ll then demonstrate how you can print your ipchart, so students performth am x rci on th ir d k that th y on th int ractiv whit board.Finally, we will show you how to add page notes to a ipchart.

NOTe: You need to be connected to the internet for some of this tutorial.


Click on New Flipchart.

We will use Design Mode in this tutorial: if the Teacher Tools Menubutton is yellow, click on the Teacher Tools Menu button and selectDesign Mode.

Using the Pen tool, write the following headings over four pages.

‘Page Organiser’

‘Create Links’

‘Printing’




Finishing your ipcharts

‘Page Notes’

Make sure you are on page 1 of your ipchart before moving on.

1. In rting pagClick on the Marquee Select tool.

Right-click on the page and select Insert Page Before Current Page.

On this page, use the Pen tool to write ‘ Inserting pages’ .

IN THe CLAssROOM: This is useful when you are using your ipchart at the board. You maywant to insert an extra page to give further explanation of a subject. Note,however, that right-click menus are only available in Design Mode.





2. Pag organi r Click on the Page Selector button.

In the Tool Tray, click on the Page Organiser button.

You will now be able to see thumbnails of all your pages. A PageOrganiser toolbox is also available.

Select a page and click on the Duplicate button in the Page Organiser toolbox.

You can rearrange the order of the pages by clicking and dragging thepage into the place you want.

Drag the new page so that it is the third page in the sequence.





IN THe CLAssROOM: If you create a pagelayout that’s going tobe used on severalpages, create it oncethen duplicate the page in the

page organiser.

When you have nished, click on the third page: Create links.

Click on the button called: ‘Close and go to selected page’.

Select this page and click on the Delete button to delete it.

3. Cr at a linkRight-click on the page.

From the menu, select Insert Link Object.

From the menu, select Web Site Link.





A box will open called the Create a Link Object box. Type ‘ www. prometheanworld.com’ in the box headed: ‘Enter a Web Site link to’.

Click on OK.

Select the Marquee Select tool. You are in Design Mode, so the link isnot active. Click on the text. Move it to the centre of the page.

Click again and change the the text to: Promethean .

Enter Presentation Mode.

Now when you hover the cursor over the link, an arrow will appear showing that it is active.

Click on the link to launch the website.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Creating links in thisway means you candisplay the exact webpage you want at theprecise part of the lesson youwant.

Close the web browser before moving on.

NOTe: This is just one way to create links. For other ways to create links to

documents, or links to other pages in your ipchart, consult the help les.





4. PrintingClick on the Next Page button to get to the page headed: ‘ Printing ’.

When you have nished a ipchart, containing interactive exercisesfor your students, you may want to print out some pages, to createhandouts.


Select the Print button.

A range of options are available here. When you have decided howyou want to print your ipchart, click on the Print button if you want toprint the ipchart. Otherwise select Cancel.

Click on the Next Page button. IN THe CLAssROOM: Print out your ipchartsto create handouts for exercises, homework or revision.





5. Pag Not toolPage notes are an essential nal touch for any ipchart if you intendto reuse or share it. When you’ve carefully prepared a ipchart andthen returned to it a few months later, you’ll soon nd out why they areessential! The same applies when you want to nd out how someoneelse’s ipchart works.

You can add page notes to every page of a ipchart. We recommendthat you, at least, add page notes to the rst page of a ipchart.


Click on the Page Notes button.

The Page Notes box appears.

Write notes for this ipchart here, such as:‘This ipchart can be used to introduce some important fnal touchesto ipcharts’ .

When you close the box your page notes will automatically be savedwith the ipchart. An icon will be placed on the page so you knownotes are available. Click on the icon to open your Page Notes.

Save the ipchart as ‘ Activprimary 9’ .

Exit Activprimary.

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10. Working with presentation toolsActivprimary contains many tools which help you to make your ipcharts moreint r ting and int ractiv wh n you ar t aching with your tud nt .

In thi tutorial w will how you om of Activprimary’ pr ntation tool ,d mon trating how you could u th tool to giv focu and pac to your l on .

Launch Activprimary. Open a new ipchart.

Using the Pen tool, write ‘ Presentation tools’ on the ipchart.

1. G tur toolActivprimary’s gesture tools are designed to help make working atan interactive whiteboard easier. We will show you one useful optionhere but you will need to experiment with the settings to make gesturetools t with your style of working with an Activpen and an interactivewhiteboard.


Click on the Menu button and select Settings. The ActivprimarySettings box will open.




Working with presentation tools

Click on Gesture Wheel in the left-hand section.

Tick the box headed Enable Gestures. This switches on the gesturetools.

In the Gesture list you can currently see three of the default gestures:10 Pen Tool On/Off 30 Next Page50 Colour Selector

IN THe CLAssROOM: Many gestures andactions are availablehere. You could use agesture to turn the pageor to open Page Notes.

Click OK to return to the ipchart.

Now, if you look carefully at your cursor, you’ll see it’s surrounded bydots. This is a guide to show you how to perform the gesture:

Scroll down the list and you will see one further set gesture:70 Previous Page

NOTe: You can assign any action in the Action list to gestures in the Gesture list.





Whilst doing the gesture you should hold the Activpen close to theboard. Don’t touch the board with the Activpen.

1. Hold the cursor still.2. Move your Activpen to the top dot and back to its star ting point.

When you perform the gesture correctly the pen will be selected.

Try experimenting with the gesture tool using the other three dotsbefore moving on.


Click on the Menu button and select Settings. The ActivprimarySettings box will open.

Click on Gesture Wheel in the left-hand section. Untick the EnableGestures box.

Click OK.





3. Pag turn ff ctRight-click on either the Next Page or the Previous Page button.

The Page Turn Effect box opens.

In this box you can tell Activprimary how you want your pages to turn.

Various effects are available.

Click on the Effect drop-down arrow and select Random.

2. Pag Zoom toolThe Page Zoom tool can be used to magnify parts of your page.


Select the Page Zoom tool in the Tool Tray.

Click on the word ‘Presentation’ to magnify it. Hold the pen on theboard as it increases in size.

Double-click on the page to return to the page’s original size.

Close the Page Turn Effect box.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Use the Page Zoomtool to focus in on aparticular part of the

ipchart. When thePage Zoom tool is selected,

you can also move the pageby clicking and dragging.






The page turn effect will be applied. You might like to ll the pageswith different colours whilst you are experimenting with the effects, tosee the transition from one page to another more clearly.

When you nish, return to the rst page of your ipchart.

4. R v al toolClick on the Special Tools icon.

In the Tool Tray, click on the Reveal tool.

Your page should become blank.





Click on the Reveal icon to cancel the reveal function.

Return to the rst page of the ipchart.

Click on the Next Page button on the Main toolbox.

You are now on page two, even though you can’t see it.

As you move the cursor around the page you’ll see that it is shapedlike a pull-tag.

Click towards the top of the page and drag down. The blank area willbe pulled away to show the ipchart beneath.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Use this tool to showtext one line at a time,helping your studentsto focus on the text lineby line.

NOTe: The Reveal tool alsoworks from left-to-right, right-to-left and bottom-to-top.





Click on the Pens, Highlighters and Erasers button.

Choose a thick pen and write over the word Madrid, to hide it.

Now click on an Eraser tool.

Rub over the hidden word to reveal the answer.

IN THe CLAssROOM: This technique is thestarting point for ahuge range of ‘rub andreveal’ exercises, oneof the most useful features of Activprimary when creatinglessons. Such techniques letteachers control when andhow their students discover the answers to questions.

5. era r toolUsing the Text tool, type the following sentence in the centre of thepage.

‘The capital of Spain is Madrid’ .

Select all the text, if necessary, and change the font size, so that thetext can clearly be seen.





6. Und r tanding th ra r The Eraser tool works by pasting an eraser image on the page. Thisimage makes anything on the top layer invisible. It doesn’t makeanything on other layers invisible. This is why the line you drew withthe pen tool (on the top layer) became invisible but the typed text (onthe middle layer) remained visible.

The eraser image can be moved around the page.

To illustrate this:

Select the Marquee Select tool and click the area you have justerased.

When it is selected, click and drag on the eraser image to move it.The Pen tool’s lines will become visible again.

Move the eraser shape back over the pen line.

It will become invisible again.

NOTe: Move any item, such as a photo, onto the top layer and it can be madeinvisible using the Eraser tool. Using this technique you can erase a photo fromthe page to reveal something beneath.

7. spotlight toolClick on the Special Tools icon.

Click on the Spotlight tool in the Tool Tray.

Four options are available for you to explore.

In this case, select Circular Spotlight.

The page should become black, except for one circle showing theipchart beneath.





Move the pen around the page without pushing in the nib. In this wayyou can show parts of the ipchart page.

Click and drag on the page to increase or decrease the size of thespotlight.

Decrease the size of the spotlight to show just one word on this page. IN THe CLAssROOM: On this page, youcould use the spotlightto encourage your students to read thequestion one word at atime. The Spotlight tool letsstudents build up conceptsfrom individual fragments,ideal for starter exercises.

Click on the Spotlight icon to switch off the spotlight.

NOTe: As with the Reveal tool, you can turn the page after switching on thespotlight, so students don’t see the full screen until you choose.

IN THe CLAssROOM: Spotlights areparticulary useful for odd-one-out exercisesor memory games.





8. Mak tick rtap IN THe CLAssROOM: Tickertapes are aneasy way to makea sentence morememorable.

Make sure you are in Design Mode.

Right-click on the text you just wrote: ‘The capital of Spain is Madrid’.

Select Make Tickertape.

The Text will begin to scroll across the top of your page.

You can change the speed of the tickertape using the scroll bar.

Click on the cross to close the tickertape. IN THe CLAssROOM: Use tickertapes todisplay instructions asstudents come in tothe lesson, so studentsknow what they should bedoing straight away.





9. Tick rtap toolMore options are available if you create tickertapes in another way.

Make sure you are in Design Mode.


Click on the Tickertape tool.

Select New>De ne .

The Tickertape De ner box will appear on the screen.

In the box headed ‘Enter the Tickertape message’, type:‘ Activprimary’s presentation tools’ . Experiment with the optionsavailable using the text.

Close the tickertape and the Tickertape De ner box when you havenished.

Don’t save any changes.





10. Clock toolClick on the Special Tools icon.

Click on the Clock tool in the Power Tools toolbox.

Five clock options will become available.

The top three options display a range of standard clocks.

The other two options display different stopwatches.

Select the Count Down button. The Count Down From box appears onthe screen.

There are many settings to explore here.

Type ‘ 10’ in the Second box.

Click on the drop-down box headed ‘After timeout, play the followingsound’. Select ‘bong.wav’.





Click on the drop-down box headed ‘After timeout perform thefollowing action’. Select ‘Start Reveal Tool’.

Click on OK.

A Clock box will appear on the screen, showing the count down.

When the count down reaches zero, you will hear the sound and theReveal tool will be switched on.

IN THe CLAssROOM: This is an ideal wayof creating timedexercises on the board.

Click on the Reveal tool icon to see your screen again.

Close the Clock box and the Sound Control box.

IN THe CLAssROOM: When doing tests put a question on a page. Setthe clock to count down and set the action to turn the page. This is a verygood way of showing students how long they should take to answer eachquestion.






Click on the Notes and Pointers button and select Close.

Click on the cross when asked if you want to save the Note. You canalso remove the Note from the display by right-clicking or barrel-clicking on the screen and selecting Remove.

Save the ipchart with the name ‘ Activprimary 10’ .

Exit Activprimary.

summaryW how d you that Activprimary contain a numb r of presentation tools that can be used to make your ipchartsmor ngaging and int ractiv .




Bonus tutorial: ActivoteThi tutorial i a bri f introduction to Activot , th on-th - pot a m nt

y t m that work along id Activprimary. With Activot , t ach r a kqu tion and tud nt l ct th ir an w r u ing an Activot d vic . If your organi ation ha Activot d vic , try thi tutorial to g t you tart d.

W a um that your hardwar i t up and r ady to u Activot . Wa um , in particular, that you ar working at an Activboard. If you ar not atan Activboard, you mu t hav a d vic call d an Activhub conn ct d to your comput r for Activot to work. For mor d tail d in truction on tting upActivot , pl a r f r to th Activote Quick Start Guide which wa uppli d withyour voting t.

For this tutorial we will use the Activote devices numbered one to ve, so have themready on your desk. If your devices are not numbered, you can number the back of thedevices using a pen.

1. R gi t ring th d vicBefore voting devices can be used, the computer needs to know theyexist.

Open Activprimary.

In the dashboard, click on the Con gure tab.

Under the heading Setup Activote, click on Register Devices.




Activote

This will open a Device Registration box. This is used to tell thecomputer that your devices exist.

NOTe: We are assuming that no devices are registered. If some devices arelisted under the Device Name heading, click Remove All and con rm that youwant to remove them. Check with whoever registered them before doing this!

Click on the drop-down arrow under the heading ‘Select the country inwhich you are to use Activote’. Select United Kingdom.




Activote

Device registration is a timed process, so read through the followingsteps before trying them out:

1. Click on the Register button in the Device Registration program.

2. Take the device labelled 1.

a) Press the central Register button on your device. Hold thebutton down for a few seconds.

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b) On screen, the voting device will be added to the RegisteredDevices list and given a name (A1, A2 etc).

3. Now registered the other devices, in order, using steps 2a-2b.

4. When you have nished, click on the Device Registrationprogram’s Stop button, which will have replaced the Register button on the display.

Close the box when you have nished. This will save the devices wehave registered.

The devices will remain registered until you remove them.

TROUBLesHOOTeR: You can tell the device is communicating with thecomputer if the red, then the green button on the device ashes. If only the redbutton ashes, your device is not able to communicate with the Activboard or Activhub for some reason. This could be because the device’s batteries arerunning low or your Activboard isn’t switched on. If you are using an Activhub,make sure it is plugged in and the central button is lit.




Activote

3. Make sure that 5 is selected in the menu next to the heading:‘Select the number of devices to be used in this session’.

4. Click on OK.

4. Conducting th votNow we will conduct the vote:

The next ve steps are a timed process, so read them through beforegiving them a try.

1. Click on the Activote button.

2. A bar will appear at the top of the ipchart page, showing a boxfor each device.

3. Answer the question by pressing either a letter on all vedevices.

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4. On the display, the boxes turn yellow when an answer isreceived from a device.

5. When answers have been received from all the devices, clickon the Activote icon to end the vote.




Activote

The Activote Results box will then appear with the results from thevote. Various views of the results are available for you to explore.

Close the Activote Results box when you have nished. It will besaved with the ipchart.

Close Activprimary.

An icon will appear on the page letting you access the results directly.

Save the ipchart to My Flipcharts, calling it ‘ Activprimary bonus’ .




Well done! You’ve nished Activprimary Training Manual !

In thi manual w hav introduc d you to om of th mo timportant f atur of Activprimary. W ’v hown you to th

oftwar ’ principal toolbox and w ’v d mon trat d om of the tools you may nd most useful in your lessons.

Good luck with your futur l on – w hop you njoy u ingActivprimary.




Ten quick tipsWe’ve shown you the basics, now try to create your rst

ipchart for a lesson. Activprimary helps you include images,colour and int ractivity into your l on . H r ar om id aon how to mak th mo t of th oftwar :

1. Mak th mo t of th colour , font and imag availabl . Keep the creativity owing by constantly changing the fonts andcolours that you use.

2. U many pag . Spread exercises over a number of pages tohelp you control the pace of lessons.

3. Re-save your ipcharts. When you teach your ipcharts youwill customise them for each class. Resave the ipchart with adifferent name when you have nished teaching the lesson anddistribute the ipchart to students.

4. Print your ipcharts. Use the pages as handouts.

5. U pr ntation tool . Take advantage of Activprimary’spresentation features to make lessons more creative andengaging. Dice add an element of chance; clocks add pace;spotlights add focus.

6. Make your ipcharts relevant to your students. Includephotos of favourite celebrities and of your students’ local area.

7. Prepare your ipcharts well. A well-prepared ipchart is

easier to teach. You can also reuse and share a well-structuredipchart.

8. Make your ipchart interactive. Encourage students to dopresentations at the board; let them create their own pages; letthem take control of tools.

9. Incorporate your current resources into the ipchart. If you already use CD-ROMs, use them with your ipcharts.Use scanners to copy handouts you’ve already created – butremember to take advantage of Activprimary’s opportunities for interactivity.

10. K p th focu on what i b ing l arn d. Activprimary offersexcellent opportunities for exible teaching, making it look likeyou’re being spontaneous whilst sticking strictly to the script laiddown in the ipchart.




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