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1. Set up ActivBoard/Projector.
2. Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.
3. Calibrate the board: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circled
flame emblem in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have to
touch the pen to the button. The button color will become “orangish” and the
board display will change to white with written instructions. Follow the
instructions.
4. The display now changes to a blank flipchart page. You can switch from
design mode to presentation mode if you want a cleaner-looking page with
fewer tools on it. To do this, select the Main Menu icon from the Main
6. Select the color you want from the color palette , and modify the width
of the pen stroke by sliding the width selector.
7. Begin writing!
Use a Graphic Organizer Template
5. To access the collections that came with the software, click on the Shared
appear.
10. Click on the text edit icon in the object edit toolbox.
14. Select the pen tool and begin writing (or students begin writing) on the
template.
Hide Vocabulary Words or Questions Behind an Image to Pull Out
One at a Time
1. Set up ActivBoard/projector.
2. Open the ActivStudio software.
3. Calibrate the board: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circled
flame emblem in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have to
touch the pen to the button. The button color will become “orangish” and the
board display will change to white with written instructions. Follow the
instructions.
***Remember to check out our Backflip page for LOTS of great interactive or
multimedia sites. Go to http://www.backflip.com/members/CFFButler and
select the curriculum area folder you need.****
Complete a Group Crossword Puzzle, Word Search, or Worksheet
The document should already be saved to your wireless network folder or a flash
drive. If it is on a textbook CD, open the document and select the SAVE option to
save it to your flash drive in advance.
1. Set up ActivBoard/Projector (only if you are creating the page on the board,
and not from your laptop.)
2. Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.
3. Calibrate the board if you will be working at the board instead of your
laptop: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circled flame emblem
in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have to touch the pen to
the button. The button color will become “orangish” and the board display
will change to white with written instructions. Follow the instructions.
4. Open a blank (new) flipchart page by clicking on the hide/show flipchart icon
located under the main menu icon on the main toolbox. Minimize the
flipchart page so you can see your computer desktop, but keep the main
toolbox visible.
5. Open the document containing the puzzle, word search or activity. Make sure
the part of the document you will be using is fully displayed.
If it isn’t, there are VIEW options in both Word and Adobe (.pdf document)
to change how much of the document is displayed.
6. Select the camera tool from the ActivStudio main toolbox. A drop-down
menu will appear when you click on it. Select area.
7. A blue outline box with handles will appear on your document page. Stretch
the box to fit around the puzzle or area of your document you want to
capture and display on a flipchart page. If you are planning to display a
crossword puzzle or word search, you may want to outline the puzzle area
only so that it is a larger display on the ActivBoard and has more “writing
area” in the crossword boxes.
8. You will also see the camera toolbox on your page. Click
on the first camera image icon in the toolbox to send a “snapshot” of your
document to the current (minimized) flipchart page.
9. Maximize the blank flipchart page. You should see the image somewhere on
the page. It usually places the image near the upper-left corner.
10. Use the “handles” around the image to resize it for better visibility. If the
handles are not visible, click ONCE on the image and they will appear. The
bottom-right handle will enlarge or reduce the size of the image without
distorting it.
11. Once you have the puzzle/worksheet area placed where you want it, right-
click your mouse (or click on the barrel button on the ActivPen if you are at
the board) and select EDIT – LAYER – LOCK ON BACKGROUND to
permanently lock it to the flipchart page background, or select EDIT – LOCK
to lock it without making it the background. If you select the EDIT-LOCK
option, it will still move when you are in the DESIGN MODE.
12. Save the flipchart to your flash drive by clicking on the main menu icon
1. Set up ActivBoard/Projector.
2. Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.
3. Calibrate the board: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circled
flame emblem in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have to
touch the pen to the button. The button color will become “orangish” and the
board display will change to white with written instructions. Follow the
instructions.
4. Close the dashboard, but leave the main toolbox open and visible.
5. Open the saved flipchart containing the puzzle/worksheet. Go to the main
the Main Menu icon from the Main Toolbox. If there is a checkmark
next to Design Mode, highlight the text and click on it to remove the
checkmark. No checkmark means the software is in presentation mode.
7. Select the pen tool and begin writing (or students begin writing) on the
puzzle/worksheet. You can change the “ink” color and width of the pen
stroke by selecting a different color from the color palette, and sliding the
If you plan to use images in your interactive timeline, you should locate and
save the images first to your flash drive for later use.
1. Set up ActivBoard/Projector (only if you are creating the page on the board,
and not from your laptop.)
2. Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.
3. Calibrate the board if you will be working at the board instead of your
laptop: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circled flame emblem
in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have to touch the pen to
the button. The button color will become “orangish” and the board display
will change to white with written instructions. Follow the instructions.
4. Open a blank (new) flipchart page by clicking on the hide/show flipchart icon
7. To access the collections that came with the software, click on the Shared
1. Set up ActivBoard/Projector (only if you are creating the page on the board,
and not from your laptop.)
2. Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.
3. Calibrate the board if you will be working at the board instead of your
laptop: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circled flame emblem
in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have to touch the pen to
the button. The button color will become “orangish” and the board display
will change to white with written instructions. Follow the instructions.
4. Open a blank (new) flipchart page by clicking on the hide/show flipchart icon
13. Because the correct answers should go ON TOP of the image, right-click on
each correct answer and select EDIT – LAYER – TOP. Do this for each
correct answer.
14. The incorrect answers will go behind your image and not be visible. To do
this, right-click on each incorrect answer and select EDIT – LAYER –
BOTTOM. These answers will go behind the image when they are dragged
over, and will NOT be visible.
1. Set up ActivBoard/Projector.
2. Open the ActivStudio software from the desktop icon.
3. Calibrate the board: From the board, hover your ActivPen over the circled flame
emblem in the upper-left corner of the board. You DO NOT have to touch the pen
to the button. The button color will become “orangish” and the board display will
change to white with written instructions. Follow the instructions.
4. Close the dashboard, but leave the main toolbox open and visible.
5. Open the saved flipchart containing the page. Go to the main menu icon
and select FLIPCHART – OPEN FROM – OTHER LOCATION.
8. Change the ActivStudio mode to PRESENTATION MODE. To do this, select
the Main Menu icon from the Main Toolbox. If there is a checkmark
next to Design Mode, highlight the text and click on it to remove the
checkmark. No checkmark means the software is in presentation mode.
You can discuss/debate each answer, then take a vote on who thinks it’s
correct/incorrect. Either you or a student can drag the “answer” over to the
image to see if it remains (correct) or disappears (incorrect).
Use the Eraser to Rub and Reveal Answers
eraser tool to erase the pen mark and uncover the answers.