Creating a Flip Out flashcard activity

Flip Out flashcards teach one to one correspondence, memory and vocabulary. When you create a Flip Out flip card activity, you can use as many cards as you like and choose from different themes, such as Space, Jungle or Monsters.

To create a Flip Out flashcard activity

1. Tap Activities in the SMART Notebook toolbar.

   The Select an Activity dialog box opens.

   

2. Select Flip Out.

   The activity’s Add Content dialog box opens.

3. Enter text or tap to add an image in both the Facing Up and Facing Down boxes.

   Create as many cards as you need. If you create more than 12 cards, the additional cards appear in the middle of the page, along with a Discard pile. To use the additional cards during play, discard any of the cards in play and replace them with cards from the stack in the middle.

4. When you’re done creating cards, click Next.

   The Select a Theme dialog box opens.

5. Select a theme for your activity and click Finish.

   The activity loads and then appears on a new lesson page.

Tip 

If you’re delivering the activity at the classroom display, you can add a buzzer, timer, or randomizer game element to facilitate group play. Tap to open the game element selector, and select the game element you want to add.

To play a Flip Out flashcard activity

1. Navigate to the lesson page that contains the activity.

   Tip 

   To enable your students to play the activity or to make contributions from their own devices, see Connecting student devices.

2. Have students flip cards over to reveal what’s on the other side. For example, the face of the card may be labelled “jump,” while the back of a card may be labelled “verb.”

   If you have more than 12 cards, after a card has been flipped and the answer discussed, you can drag it to the discard pile.

   Tip 

   The activity controls appear in the top right corner of the page:

   • Use to turn activity sound on or off.

   • Use to restart the activity.

   • Use to modify the activity.