Broadway Academy ActivInspire

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TODAY'S TIP!

to find the older activStudio backgrounds, clipart etc, look in the Resuorce browser and then open the ActivStudio folder.

 

 

To see our Tips Achive, click here

 

 

 

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Promethean Planet (now known as "The Planet")

www.prometheanplanet.com

Create a free account

Resources offer free resources such as teacher made flipcharts, pictures, sounds and backgrounds for you to download and use in your flipcharts.  You can download ActivInspire at home for free. The free edition is a ‘personal’ license that can be used by anyone.

Login to Promethean Planet, click Download ActivInspire, http://www.prometheanplanet.com/server.php?show=nav.19251

click: U.S. English, Follow screen directions and fill out the form. New to Planet? user guide here:

 

 

 

Support

 

• Gail LaJoie  is a GSTBOCES employee assigned to Elmira secondary schools to provide software support, including ActivInspire. She will be in our Building one day a week, currently that day is Tuesday. Email her questions or to schedule a time to meet with her.
• Promethean Planet also provides support and free resources for Educations. Access that here. 

 

 

 

What's new in this version?

 

 

• Dual Pens: this requires an add on modual that costs around $100. Elmira does not have this option
• BROWSERS
• PROFILES
• Desktop tools lets you hide your flipchart while using tools like camera and tickertape
• My favorite, the eraser actually erases instead of just covering what you want to erase!
• Magic ink works like the eraser used to
• What's new
• Promethean Movie
• New Look/tools 
• resource packs

 

 

Getting Started

 

YIKES! I have great Powerpoints, do I have to start over? No, your existing powerpoints, ActivStudio flipcharts and websites can still be used. Just press Annotate over desktop to use your existing files and or websites with the ActivInspire tools. Additional sites to use with your board can be found at the bottom of this page.

• Calibrate your board-hover your pen over the light on the left top corner of your board, follow the directions that pop up on your board.
•  Click your ActivInspire desktop icon 
• The Toolbars
• Let's start!
• Desktop Tools provided from The Whiteboard Blog/Interactive technology in the classroom

• Promethean movie Flipchart Practice will only open in Inspire

  This resource is the accompanying flipchart to the recently published ActivInspire video that demonstrates some of the best features of ActivInspire. The flipchart is the actual one used in the video so you can experiment with the features for yourself

 

 

TOP 10 Tips

 

10 Minute Tutorials

 

 

Quick Reference

 

• Camera Tool 
• Customize Backgrounds
• Using fill too to reveal answers
• Erasers
• Adding multimedia
• Working with actions
• Using restrictors
• Grouping Items and moving them with restrictors
• Importing Resource Packs into My Resources
• Using the Fill Tool to Change Font Color
• Magic Ink and Magic Revealers
• Inserting Media
• Insert Video Frame into Flipchart
• Insert Link to Video File
• Translucency Around Images
• Actions to Make Interactive Graphs
• Choose Your Own Adventure Style Flipcharts
• Making Flipcharts
• Changing the Spell Check to Different Languages
• Spanish Characters on the On-Screen Keyboard
• XY Origin
• Actions to make Interactive Graphs
• recorder
• Changing the Spell Check to Different Languages
• Rotate Freely
• Creating Captions as Tooltips

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Practice:

 

• ActivTips Flipchart-Step by steps directions to use new features

• Flipchart

This resource is the accompanying flipchart to the recently published ActivInspire video that demonstrates some of the best features of ActivInspire. The flipchart is the actual one used in the video so you can experiment with the features for yourself

 

 

 

 

Troubleshooting

 

 

 

 Additional Resources to use with your board:

 

Jeopardy for the Promethean

 

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

 

 

You can use the FIND box in these .pdf files to find topics quickly

 

• The ActivInspire Manual

      refer to page 7 for a visual of the browsers

•  Manual 2  
•  Video Tutorials to come soon!
• Promethean Planet Resources 

 

 

 

Copyright

Attribution Non-commercial

 

 All Materials used with permission

Thanks to my Twitter PLN-I SO appreciate the help! Sept. 2009