Writing, drawing, interacting with page objects, and resetting lesson pages

Use your interactive display’s pens to draw digital ink on a presentation page. You can also use the Delivery mode pen tools. When you add digital ink to a page, your changes appear in the student’s copy of the lesson. You can reset the lesson page before leaving the lesson.

The following pen tools are available:

Icon

Name

Description

Select

Select

Use the Select tool to select digital ink objects and manipulate them by rotating, stretching, and moving them around the page.

Pen

Pen

Use the Pen tool to create freehand objects using different line widths and colors of ink.

Eraser

Eraser

Use the Eraser tool to erase the digital ink.

Add Text

Text

Use the Text tool to add text to the presentation page

Note 

The pen tools are not available on activity pages. See Delivery mode.

  1. Tap Pen tool to open the ink menu.

  2. Select a color from the menu, or add a custom color by tapping More and selecting from the color wheel.

  3. Use your finger or a pen to draw on the page.

Note 

Any annotations you make are also visible in your student’s copy.

  1. Tap Eraser tool and then choose an eraser size.

  2. Move the eraser over digital ink to erase.

Note 

This tool is not available on pages that contain a YouTube video or interactive activity.

  1. Tap Add Text and then tap the page where you want add new text.

    A text box and the text editor opens.

  2. Type or paste text into the box. You can use the panel above the text box to adjust text properties.

    Add Text

  3. Tap outside the text box when you’re done.

    A text object and its controls.

    Tip 

    To edit the text, tap Add Text and select the text.

Select an object, such as an image, text, or ink that you added to the page. After you've selected an object, you can copy, move, rotate, or resize it.

To select and manipulate an object

  1. Tap Select.

  2. Select an object.

    A selection rectangle appears around the object.

  3. Drag the object to move it.

    OR

    Use the rotation handles to rotate or resize the object.

You can reset a lesson page before ending a lesson to clear the annotations made during a class.

Tip 

Create a Master Copy of your lesson so you'll always have a copy available for each class.

To reset a lesson page

Note 

This option appears only if changes have been made to the lesson page after the lesson has started.

  1. Before ending the lesson, go to the lesson page(s) you want to clear.

  2. Tap the Reset icon.

    The Reset Page? dialog appears.

  3. Tap Reset to remove all the changes made to the page since the lesson started.

    OR

    Manually erase ink and delete objects from lesson pages at any time.