GOU SPO Sakhalin State College of Business and Informatics

IT and TSO laboratory

INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE

INTERACTIVE BOARD

Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, 2009

Instructions for using the interactive whiteboard / Ignatova E.N.

The instructions provide detailed information about the settings and capabilities of the interactive whiteboard, and consider the recommended algorithm for working with the whiteboard in different modes. There are a lot of illustrations.

Recommended for teachers, masters and heads of educational departments to use the interactive whiteboard when conducting training sessions and extracurricular activities in disciplines of any specialty, accompanied by the speaker's report.

© Sakhalin State College of Business and Informatics, 2009.

1.Connecting and configuring your interactive whiteboard to your personal computer 4

2.Installing your interactive whiteboard software 5

3 Calibrating Your Interactive Whiteboard 5

1. Interactive mode 7

2.Office 7 Mode

3. Toolbar 8

PREPARING TO USE THE INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARD

1. Connecting and Configuring Your Interactive Whiteboard to Your Personal Computer

The interactive whiteboard can be connected to a personal computer using USB and RS-232 (COM) cables, or using a radio channel (Bluetooth).

If your interactive whiteboard is already connected to your personal computer with a cable, it will automatically connect to it.

Bluetooth connection requires establishing a connection through the "InterWrite Device Manager".

To connect the board, follow these steps:

Insert the square USB-B connector into the USB port on your interactive whiteboard. (see fig. 1). If you are using a serial cable to connect, plug it into the COM port of your interactive whiteboard.

Insert the USB-A connector of the cable into the USB port (or RS-232 connector of the cable to the COM port) of the personal computer.

Connect the power adapter to your interactive whiteboard.

Plug the marker charger power cable into the optional power connector on your interactive whiteboard.

Turn on your interactive whiteboard. The power indicator, battery charging indicators in electronic markers will light up and you will hear a four-time beep.

Turn on your personal computer (laptop). The interactive whiteboard will be found automatically.

Turn on the multimedia projector.

Bluetooth connection port

Picture 1.Interactive whiteboard control module

1. Installing your interactive whiteboard software

The software is installed once on the PC to which the interactive whiteboard is connected. Typically, the software is already installed before using your interactive whiteboard.

If the software is not installed, follow these steps:

Figure 2.Taskbar after installation

interactive whiteboard software

1. Calibrating Your Interactive Whiteboard

The board must be calibrated to synchronize the position of the electronic marker tip with the cursor position on the screen. Calibration is required every time your interactive whiteboard or projector has been moved or accidentally misplaced. It takes a few seconds to calibrate your interactive whiteboard:

Make sure all cables are connected and power to your interactive whiteboard, multimedia projector, and PC is turned on.

Using an electronic marker, press the "Calibrate" button on the hotkey bar on the interactive whiteboard (see (1) in Figure 3). A blue screen will appear with a white dot in the upper left corner (see Figure 4).

Figure 3.Whiteboard Hot Key Bar

Press successively on the appearing white dots. A beep will sound after each press. Press the left button on the electronic marker to return to the previous point, if necessary. Click the right mouse button or ESC to cancel the calibration.

After calibration is complete, your interactive whiteboard is ready to use.

Calibration button

Figure 4.Interactive Whiteboard Calibration Screen

WORKING WITH THE INTERACTIVE BOARD SOFTWARE

After all the preparatory work is completed, the interactive whiteboard and its software are installed, all devices are turned on, the Interwrite icon will appear on the taskbar, symbolizing the operation of the Device Manager.

D the Device Manager lets you switch between modes of operation for your interactive whiteboard software.

To start working with the interactive whiteboard, left-click on the icon and select the desired operating mode from the menu that appears (see Fig. 3).

Your interactive whiteboard software allows you to work in the following modes:

Figure 5.Basic menu for your interactive whiteboard software

Hedgehog Interactive - BASIC OPERATING MODE OF THE TEACHER

ModeOffice

1. Interactive mode

There are two ways to get started in Interactive mode:

Select Interactive mode in the Device Manager menu (see Fig. 5);

Press the corresponding button on the Interactive Whiteboard (see Fig. 3)

Interactive mode allows you to control your computer directly from the interactive whiteboard surface. In interactive mode, the Interwrite Toolbar appears on the right side of the screen.

1. Office Mode

This mode is designed to work with MS Office documents: MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint. All changes made in this mode are saved in the original document file. You have the opportunity to work directly with documents, and not with screenshots.

To start working in Office mode, select Office Mode from the Device Manager menu (see Figure 5)

Toolbar - The main control for the interactive whiteboard software. The toolbar is always on the screen and provides access to the software menu. The toolbar contains icons for the most used tools.

The interactive whiteboard software is easy to use. To get the desired result, you need to remember simple rules:

Select the required tool (if the purpose of the tool is not clear, just move the mouse pointer over its image and read the hint);

Perform the desired action (get the result);

The toolbar can be moved around the screen, as well as resized. To do this, you need to perform the desired operations with the mouse, "grabbing" the borders of the Toolbar. For a description of the tools, see Appendix 1. The Toolbar contains the Toolbar icon (Figure 7). It contains icons of those tools that are used less frequently than the tools on the Toolbar. P

Figure 7. Toolbox

The rules for working with the Toolbar are standard for all tools. Clicking on the image of the tool launches its function. For example, when you click on the pen, you can make your own notes.

Let's look at a few of the most important tools in the Toolbox.

Screen keyboard

When working with your interactive whiteboard, you often need to use typed text rather than handwritten text. For example, when entering a large amount of text, creating captions for figures, etc. If you are directly at the board, it is more convenient to use the so-called “On-Screen Keyboard” (Figure 8). It fully provides the functionality of a conventional keyboard.

The onscreen keyboard icon is located in the Toolbox.

In order to switch the layout of the on-screen keyboard from Russian to English and vice versa, first press Alt, then Shift with a marker.

Figure 8.Screen keyboard

Filming

The Capture tool is used to take a screenshot of the entire screen or part of the screen. The tool is in the toolbox.

Surveying is necessary to add notes to the desktop, application windows, open documents, or Internet sites. The part of the screen selected with this tool will become available for editing and adding notes. You can choose from four possibilities of using this tool (Fig. 9):

Figure 9.Survey tool

In Partial mode, using the Survey cursor, select the area of \u200b\u200bthe screen, the snapshot of which is to be saved;

In Freehand mode, using a marker, you need to select an arbitrary area of \u200b\u200bthe screen, the screenshot of which you want to save;

In the Window mode, a snapshot of each open window is saved when you hover the Survey cursor over it;

Screen mode saves a screenshot of the entire screen. Snapshots in this mode are always added to a new blank page.

Spotlight

The Spotlight tool is used to show a small area of \u200b\u200bthe screen and hide the rest. When the tool is selected, the screen turns black (by default) and a circle appears on it, behind which you can see the contents of the page.

The circle cursor can be moved around the screen to display different parts of the page. An instrument setup button appears at the bottom of the screen. By clicking on it, you can change the shape of the spotlight, as well as the color and transparency of the curtain covering the rest of the screen.

A spotlight is convenient to use to grab the audience's attention. When there are several objects on the screen at the same time, you can select the object in question at the moment and hide the rest.

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The Curtain tool is used to hide a specific part of the screen. A shutter is a rectangular area beyond which the page content is not visible. "Handles" on the four sides of the Curtain allow you to open it to reveal a portion of a hidden page.

When a tool is selected, its settings panel appears at the bottom of the page.

On it you can select the color and transparency of the curtain, as well as expand the curtain to full screen or close it.

ATTACHMENT 1

Toolbar icons

In an educational institution, the ActivBoard and the projector are recommended to be installed permanently - the projector is mounted under the ceiling, and

The interactive ActivBoard is mounted on a wall at a height of 80 - 95 cm from the floor - so that it is convenient for the teacher and students to work with it. When installing the projector, you must take into account that the projected image must completely fit into the active area of \u200b\u200bthe interactive whiteboard, without leaving it.

The projector connects to a computer via a VGA cable and is powered from an electrical outlet. The Interactive ActivBoard connects to your computer via a USB port. It also provides power to the board.

To start working with the ActivBoard Interactive Whiteboard, you need to install the ActivInspire software distribution kit (installation file), ActivBoard Interactive Whiteboard drivers and a systematized set of elements - the "resource library" on your computer.

ActivInspire software runs on Windows, Macintosh and Linux operating systems, including Alt Linux School.

The ActivInspire software menu contains extensive cataloged help. Watch for regular program updates. To do this, go to the "Help" → "Check for updates" menu. If the computer is connected to the Internet, you can download the latest update file and then install it on all other computers.

The ActivBoard is operated using the cordless ActivPen, which has no batteries inside. The pencil replaces the functions of a computer mouse: the tip of the pencil corresponds to the left mouse button, and the button on the edge of the pencil corresponds to the right mouse button. With a pencil, you can control your computer - launch software applications, open folders, browse Internet sites, etc.

Before starting work with the interactive whiteboard, you need to conduct it - correlate the projected image with the electromagnetic coordinate grid built into the whiteboard. When properly calibrated, the mouse cursor and the tip of the pencil when brought to the surface of the ActivBoard should match.

Calibration on the Interactive ActivBoard is performed using five control points. In order to start the calibration procedure, you must bring the tip of the ActivPen to the “beacon” in the upper left corner of the ActivBoard and slide over it without pressing. The whiteboard calibration feature is also available in the ActivManager utility, minimized in the taskbar as a thumbnail image of the whiteboard in the lower right corner of the desktop. Click on the ActivManager shortcut with the tip of your pencil and start the calibration process. For interactive whiteboards of the Touch, 6Touch and 10Touch series (Infrared technology) - calibration is possible only by starting the Calibration item via ActivManager.

Promethean activboard interactive whiteboards are the embodiment of a modern approach to learning. The equipment allows you to conduct spectacular lessons using photos, videos, audio, create your own interactive content and save the recordings made in the lesson in a separate file on a personal computer.

To place an order, you need to add the desired model to the cart and fill in the fields provided. Delivery times in Moscow are within one day. In Russia - depending on your location and the selected transport company.

Promethean ActivBoard Interactive Whiteboard Features and Specifications

It all starts with the size of the board. The manufacturer offers modifications with a diagonal of 1.27m, 1.62m or 1.99m - depending on the area of \u200b\u200bthe classroom.

Next, you need to figure out if you need additional equipment? If you don't buy a whiteboard complete with a projector, then yes - you do. The equipment will require a projector and a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer.

The proprietary software is included in the delivery set along with the Russified instructions. The capabilities of the Prometheus Active Board interactive whiteboard are revealed precisely thanks to it. Working in the program, you will get access to a whole database of resources on Promethean Planet, where you, together with other teachers, can share experience, take other people's work as a basis, or create your own content on a given topic.

Refers to:

This article is intended for IT personnel and specially trained Promethean installers. Anyone who uses Promethean equipment can refer to this manual, but only those with sufficient experience are recommended to move the equipment or operate the most important components of the operating system.

If your computer is connected to the ActivBoard using USB and the ActivPen is not working, it is most likely that the ActivBoard was not detected.

Make sure to install the latest version of the ActivDriver driver. When the installation is complete, the ActivManager icon appears in the notification area or taskbar (depending on the operating system). Click the icon ActivManager and select Control Panel.

In the tab Equipment You can check the version of the ActivDriver installed on your computer and compare it with the version in the download ActivDriver page. If you have an earlier version of the ActivDriver installed on your computer, update it by downloading the appropriate file from the ActivDriver download page. If you are using Linux, see the article for more information.

After updating the ActivDriver, make sure the ActivBoard appears in the Equipment... If the ActivBoard is not detected by the computer, make sure the cables are securely connected and that power is connected to the ActivBoard. Try using other USB ports on your computer.

If the ActivBoard is detected by the computer but the ActivPen is not working, go to the tab Pens and make sure the option is selected Mouse.

Close the window and click the ActivManager icon in the notification area. Please select Calibrationthen Fast or Accurate... Follow the instructions displayed on the ActivBoard. To close the windows, click on the cross with the ActivPen. If the ActivPen is inactive, use another ActivPen.

If you see a red X (X) on the ActivManager icon, the ActivBoard was not detected by the computer. Make sure all cables are connected correctly, including the USB cable plugged into the upper left corner of the back of the ActivBoard. Come back on ActivManager Control Panel and check the tab Equipment... If there is no ActivBoard on the tab, check for a wall box or any adapters.

Restart the ActivBoard by unplugging the board and unplugging the USB cable. If you have a Promethean ActivBoard system, turn off the projector using the remote control, wait for the fans to stop, then unplug the device.

Connect the device to the network and connect the USB cable. Click the icon ActivManager and select Control Panel... If the ActivBoard appears on the tab Equipment, the board has been recognized by the computer and you can use the ActivPen.

If the ActivBoard was not recognized, Windows users should right-click the icon My computer and choose Control... Open up device Managerthen select User interface devices... If any device has an error status (yellow exclamation mark), see the article for more information on how to manually update a device driver.

If none of the devices in this section have an error status and you cannot see the Promethean ActivBoard, follow these steps.

Unplug any adapters or extension cords from the ActivBoard and computer, and connect only the cables that came with the ActivBoard. Promethean devices do not support the use of third-party cables, including USB extension cables or adapters. For more information, see the article. Select again device Managerto check if the computer detects the ActivBoard.

If you are using a wall box for the ActivBoard, provide a workaround by disconnecting the USB cable and connecting the ActivBoard directly to your computer using a 5 m (16 ft) USB cable. Also try using all USB ports on your computer.

If there is an error status, update the ActivDriver manually by following the instructions in the article. If you see Promethean ActivBoard, close device Manager and click the icon ActivManager in the notification area. Please select Control Panel and make sure the ActivBoard appears in the tab Equipment.

If the ActivManager does not detect the ActivBoard, connect another computer that works well with other ActivBoards. Alternatively, you can connect this computer to another working ActivBoard to ensure that it is working properly.

If the problem still persists, contact Promethean Technical Support.