Smart Board Tricks and TipsAnn Zier & Jen Miller

October 13, 2014

How to Create a Link

Go to the Top Menu

Click on the Star and pull down for picture to create link

Right click on the picture

Select Link on drop down menu

Options are webpage, page in file, file on this computer, current attachment

We’ll do webpage

Open the Internet browser

Type in website address

Example: www.starfall.com

How to Create a Link (continued)

Select address and copy

Go back to opened SmartBoard file

Paste address

Click object (it’s easier to touch the entire object/picture rather than touching the corner.)

Click OK

How to Link a YouTube Song

Do a YouTube search

We’re doing “The Learning Station”

Select song

Right click and copy on picture

Go to the SmartBoard file

Right click and paste picture

Right click on picture

Link and back to YouTube video.

Click on video to open, copy address, back to SmartBoard file and paste in address box

Click on Object icon and click OK

How Do I Put a Video in a SmartBoard Lesson?

First you have to convert the videos to a file in order to use it for the SmartBoard!

Open the video (you need to use Chrome)

Right click on the menu bar

Save video as

Choose the folder you want (My document videos, tech fair)

You can create your own folder

Create title and click save

Inserting Video (continued) Your file saves as a MPEG-4 file and we need to change it!

Change to FLV file and save

Go to Format Factory on Desk Top (or search for it) and open

Video is on top

Click on icon FLV

Right click add file

Go to My Videos where you saved it

Select video and open

Click OK at the top right

Click to start at bottom

Inserting Video (continued) You will see the conversion

Click Output folder on top Left

It should look like a cone next to original video

Go back to the SmartBoard file

Go to the insert menu at top

Select video

Go to the folder you selected and you should see the orange cone with the file

Select file and open

And now it’s in the SmartBoard file! It’s ready to play!

Color Sort SmartBoard Project Open a Word document

We are creating a Word table, which makes it easier for students to manipulate rather than creating a SmartBoard table. Another option is to google a blank table and copy and paste it into SmartBoard.

Insert table

We sorted 4 colors, so it’s a 4x6 table

Right click on the table

Click on Table properties

Highlight row and change to .7 inches

Highlight cell and click on bottom

Color Sort (continued)

Type in words, change the font and size to meet your needs

Save the document as a template

Highlight and copy the table

Open the SmartBoard file

Paste the table on the SmartBoard page

Click on Shapes at the top menu

Highlight and click on triangle

Color Sort (continued)

Right click on the triangle

Click on the infinite cloner

Left click on the triangle and you’ll see the infinity sign Left click and pull off triangles

Repeat for other shapes (we used circles and squares)

Right click on triangle and highlight properties

Click on fill effects on menu on left

Select solid fill and pick colors you’ve highlights in the table

Repeat for other shapes

Save the SmartBoard document and now you’re ready to sort!

Animal sorting Open a Smartboard document.

Using the menu bar at the top of the page select the shape tools.

Click on the circle now the color tab appears. We are going to use the fill color. Select green.

Now go now to the page of the Smartboard and using your mouse create a green circle for the zoo animals.

Repeat and use the color red for farm animals.

We are going to place the circles next to each other.

So the circles do not move during the activity we are going to lock them.

Select the object and click on the arrow and choose lock and then lock in place.

repeat

Animal sorting (continued)

Open a Word document

We are going to insert pictures of animals.

Go to the insert tab and choose online pictures.

Type in different types of animals. I am going to choose zoo and farm animals.

Animal Sorting (Continued) Once you have the pictures you want. We are going to right click

each picture.

Select one picture at a time. Right click the picture and select cut.

Select your Smartboard file and right click the page and select paste.

Repeat for all.

Move the animals to side so they are not on the circles.

You will have to resize the animals.

Select the object and go to lower right hand corner and place you courser there decrease the size of the picture.

Now right click the pictures one at a time and select infinite cloner.

Now each picture will copy each time a person selects the item.

Now you are ready to model how to sort animals by were they live. The zoo or the farm!