Importing resources

1. From My Library, click Import.

   Tip 

   You can also click Import and enhance my files from the What would you like to do today? menu, or drag the file directly into your My Library or into your shared library.

2. Select how you want to import your file:

   Note 

   Imported files must be 200 MB or less. Files with fewer than 50 pages are recommended.

   Option	Description
   Import from your device	Choose this option to import a file saved locally on your device. Browse to the file’s location on your device, select it, and click Open, or drag and drop the file directly into the dialog.
   Import from Google Drive	Choose this option to import a file saved to your Google Drive. Important  You must have Lumio connected to your Google Drive to see this option. Learn more about using Google Drive with Lumio.
   Reuse a Lumio lesson	Choose this option to reuse a file already saved in My Library and shared libraries.
   Make it editable	Turn on this toggle to convert the content in your imported file into editable objects. This lets you modify text, images, and layout after import. Imported text also works with Immersive Reader. Note  Formatting may shift slightly after conversion. Select an object or piece of text to reveal controls for unlocking, moving, rotating, resizing, duplicating, or deleting it.

   Tip

   You can select multiple files at once. Lumio processes each file individually. When each file finishes importing, click Edit file to open it, or Start new to begin a session with it. Imported files must be 200 MB or less. Files with fewer than 50 pages are recommended.

3. Once you've selected your file and Lumio finishes importing and processing the file, click Add all pages to import the entire file or Select pages to choose specific pages to import.

   After you add all pages or selected pages, the lesson opens in Editing mode. From Editing mode, you can modify, edit, add content, or combine the lesson you just imported, with other resources.

   Tip 

   For large files, click Import in background to continue working in Lumio while Lumio processes the file. When the import is complete, click Edit file to open the lesson in Editing mode.

   

4. Click Finish Editing to go back to My Library, where you can start a new session with the newly imported lesson.

1. From My Library, click New.

   OR

   Open a lesson in Editing mode, browse to the page you want the imported file to follow, and click Add page

   The Add page window appears.

   

2. Click Import resource to open its drop-down menu.

3. Select one of the following options:

   Option	Description
   My computer	Choose this option to import a file saved locally on your computer. When you select this option, the Browse window opens where you can navigate to the file’s location on your computer, select it, and click Open.
   Google Drive	Choose this option to import a file saved to your Google Drive. Important  You must have Lumio connected to your Google Drive to see this option. Learn more about using Google Drive with Lumio. When you select this option, the Select a file window opens showing your Google Drive files. Navigate to the file you want, select it, and click Select.
   My Library	Choose this option to import a file already saved in your files (the files in your My Library tab). This is useful if there are pages from an existing file that you want to use in a new lesson without having to duplicate the whole lesson. When you select this option, a window opens showing all your existing Lumio lessons. Choose the lesson you want and then click Select. Tip  Find the resource you want quickly by organizing the list of lessons by date added or by name. You can also use the search bar to make finding a specific lesson even easier.
   Shared Libraries	Choose this option to import a resource from a shared library that you belong to.
   Import editable files
   My computer (editable)	Choose this option to import a PDF or PowerPoint and have all the content from those files become editable objects.
   Google Drive (editable)	Choose this option to import a Google Slide or Google Docs file saved to your drive and have all the content in those files become editable objects. Important  You must have Lumio connected to your Google Drive to see this option. Learn more about using Google Drive with Lumio.

   Note 

   When you use the editable import option for Google, PowerPoint, or PDF files, or when you import a SMART Notebook file, each page is imported with editable objects. Select an object or piece of text to reveal controls for unlocking, moving, rotating, resizing, duplicating, or deleting it.

4. Once you've selected your file and Lumio finishes importing and processing the file, click Add all pages to import the entire file or Select pages to choose specific pages to import.

   After you add all pages or selected pages, the lesson opens in Editing mode. From Editing mode, you can modify, edit, add content, or combine the lesson you just imported, with other resources.

   Tip

   For large files, click Import in background to continue working in Lumio while Lumio processes the file. When the import is complete, click Edit file to open the lesson in Editing mode.

   

5. Click Finish Editing to go back to My Library, where you can start a new session with the newly imported lesson.

When creating Lumio or SMART Notebook files, keep in mind that some features are not compatible between software platforms. Also, some formatting doesn’t transfer perfectly from SMART Notebook to Lumio and vice versa.

Select an object or piece of text to reveal controls for unlocking, moving, rotating, resizing, duplicating, or deleting it. Double-click within a text box to add or remove text, and use the text editing toolbar to change properties, such as font, size, and color.

Manipulating text, lines, shapes, and other objects

When you tap an imported object (such as text, images, shapes, or lines) using the selection tool, a rectangle appears around it.

For most objects, such as images, text, and shapes, you can rotate and resize the object using the circular handles.

For lines you can adjust the line’s length or orientation by clicking and dragging one of the line’s end points.

For text, lines, and shapes, you can also change properties using the object’s toolbar that appears when you select the object.

Click to reveal more options including locking the object in place, duplicating it, converting it to an Infinite Cloner The Infinite Cloner locks an object in place and transforms it so that students can select and drag to continue pulling out infinite copies of the object., or deleting it. See Editing presentation pages for more on how to manipulate objects.

Unlocking objects

If the object you select was locked in place by the person who created the lesson, a lock appears in place of the delete and duplicate buttons.

Tap the lock to unlock the text.

Editing text

1. Double-click within the text’s selection rectangle.

   If the text is editable, the text editing toolbar appears along with a pop-up at the bottom of the screen that explains how to undo changes.

   

   Note 

   The ability to edit text in a SMART Notebook lesson depends on how the text was added by the person who created the lesson. Text that was typed directly into the lesson can be edited, but text that was added as an image can only be moved, rotated, resized, locked, duplicated, cloned, or deleted.

2. Make the changes that you want.

   Note 

   Some formatting doesn’t transfer perfectly from SMART Notebook to Lumio. When you begin editing text, the spacing and alignment of the original text might change.

3. Tap outside the text selection box to make your changes permanent.

   OR

   Press the Esc key on the keyboard or click Cancel in the pop-up to undo the changes.