Using presentation tools

While presenting lesson activities to students, you can use the following tools:

  • Screen Shade

  • Cell shades

  • Magic Pen

  • Text Pen (to write editable ink)

  • Standard pen type (to create fading objects)

  • SMART Blocks

  • Concept Mapping

  • Measurement tools

    • Ruler

    • Protractor

    • Geodreieck protractor

    • Compass

If you want to cover information and reveal it slowly during a presentation, you can add a Screen Shade to a page. You can also change the color of your screen shade to enhance your presentation.

If you add a Screen Shade to a page and save the file, the Screen Shade appears over the page the next time you open the file.

To add a Screen Shade to a page

  1. Press Show/Hide Screen Shade.

    A Screen Shade appears over the entire page.

  2. Press the screen shade to automatically change it to a different color.

To reveal part of the page

  1. Drag one of the Screen Shade’s resize handles (the small circles at the edges of the Screen Shade).

To remove the Screen Shade from a page

  1. Press Show/Hide Screen Shade.

    OR

    Press Close in the upper-right corner of the Screen Shade.

You can add a cell shade to a table cell. This enables you to reveal the information in the cells during a presentation.

Notes 

  • You must remove the cell shade if you want to change the cell’s properties; insert columns or rows; remove columns, rows or cells; or split or merge cells.

  • You can also add a screen shade to cover an entire page (see Using the Screen Shade).

To add a cell shade

  1. Select the cell.

  2. Press the cell’s menu arrow, and then select Add Cell Shade.

To show and hide the contents of a cell

  1. Press the cell shade.

    The cell shade disappears, showing the contents of the cell.

  2. Press in the top-left corner of the cell.

    The cell shade appears, hiding the contents of the cell.

To remove a cell shade

  1. Select the cell.

  2. Press the cell’s menu arrow, and then select Remove Cell Shade.

The Magic Pen enables you to do the following:

The Text Pen enables you to do the following:

  • Write notes that automatically convert into editable text

  • Edit the text as you work without touching a keyboard

See Using the Text Pen Using the Text Pen for complete information.

SMART Blocks is an add-on that enables you to perform math activities with your class by writing numbers on the page, and then connecting them to a SMART Block. You can choose from seven different equation types to work with. You can learn how to use SMART Blocks through the pop-up guide.

Important 

SMART Blocks will perform the computation inside the blocks. Do not ink inside the blocks. See the examples below.

The following SMART Block activities are available:

SMART Block

Function

Example

Addition blocks accept up to two inputs. The output is the sum of the inputs.

Subtraction blocks accept up to two inputs. The output is the difference of the inputs.

Multiplication blocks accept up to two inputs. The output is the product of the inputs.

Division blocks accept up to two inputs. The output is the quotient of the inputs.

Power blocks accept up to two inputs. The output is the first input to the power of the second input.

Square root blocks accept one input. The output is the square root of the input.

Unknown blocks accept two inputs. The output is a random operation applied to the inputs.

To access SMART Blocks

  1. Press Add-ons, and then select SMART Blocks.

To access the SMART Blocks pop-up guide

  1. Press Add-ons, and then select SMART Blocks.

  2. Press Learn More.

Using the SMART Notebook software measurement tools, you can insert a ruler, protractor, Geodreieck protractor or compass into a page.

Use Concept Mapping to quickly create concept maps that encourage dynamic participation from students. You can use ink gestures along with traditional interactions to build concept maps.

To begin using Concept Mapping, open it from the toolbar. A root node appears automatically. You then use additional nodes to create the concept map.

To create a root node

  1. Press Start a new concept map in the Add-ons menu.

    A root node opens.

  2. Double press within the root node to edit the text. Press Propertiesor Text to open the Text menu, where you can select text size, font and color.

To create additional nodes

  1. Press the + button in the root node. A new node appears with a line connecting it to the root node.

  2. Double press within the node to edit the text.

To use an image as a node

  1. Open Concept Mapping and drag or paste an image, Ink or text to the Notebook page.

  2. Use a Notebook pen to draw a circle around the image.

  3. The image appears within a new node. Move the node to wherever you like on the Notebook page.

  4. Now use the pen to draw a regular ink line from the new node to another node. The line turns into a segment and joins the two nodes.

    Tips

    • Use the Undo and Redo buttons to undo or redo your Concept Mapping work.
    • If you delete a root node, all other nodes are also deleted.
    • You can re-size the node by pressing the re-size handle and moving it to make the node larger or smaller.

By default, the ruler, protractor and Geodreieck protractor in SMART Notebook software are blue and display best with light-colored backgrounds.

You can change these measurement tools’ color to yellow if you want to use them with dark-colored backgrounds.

Note 

Completing the following procedure affects the appearance of measurement tools in .notebook files when viewed on your copy of SMART Notebook software only. If you open the same .notebook files on another copy of SMART Notebook software, the measurement tools could display in a different color.

To change the measurement tools’ color (Windows operating systems)

  1. Select Edit > Preferences.

    The SMART Notebook Preferences dialog box appears.

To change the measurement tools’ color (OS X operating systems)

  1. Select Notebook > Preferences.

    A dialog box appears.

  2. Press Defaults.

  3. Select Blue tint (recommended for light backgrounds) in the Measurement tool color drop‑down list to set the measurement tools’ color to blue.

    OR

    Select Yellow tint (recommended for dark backgrounds) in the Measurement tool color drop-down list to set the measurement tools’ color to yellow.

  4. Press OK.

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