Notebook 11.2 Tutorial including New Features & Tips

Tutorial for SMART Notebook 11.2.notebook
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Welcome to the SMART NotebookTM 11.2
collaborative learning software tutorial
To access this tutorial later, go to
Review features and
get started quickly.

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Introducing SMART Notebook 11.2
SMART Notebook software is now faster and better than ever, with an
intuitive SMART Ink™ experience and support for more operating systems.

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New features in SMART Notebook 11.2
Toggle the zoom level
Switch quickly between the two most common zoom levels,
Entire Page and Page Width, by adding this button to your
toolbar.
This button is also available on the Full Screen toolbar.
How to customize your toolbar
Change the default page background color
You can change the default page background
color in SMART Notebook Preferences.
How to edit your Preferences

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New features in SMART Notebook 11.2
Turn off Extend Page
Prevent your pages from becoming longer by
turning off Extend Page.
Access this option from View > Extend Page.
Customize ink fade times
You can type in a custom value for ink fade time.
Remember to press Save Tool Properties to save
your changes as a default ink style on the toolbar.

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Write and draw
Pick up a pen and write
Press a pen color button on the pen tray to change the pen color.
Rightclick
Onscreen keyboard
Press the Keyboard button to launch the
onscreen keyboard.
To make your next touch a right click, press
the RightClick button on the pen tray.
Writing on your SMART Board® interactive whiteboard

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SMART Notebook software menus have
been reorganized to make them easier to
use and more consistent across
operating systems.
The toolbar provides shortcuts to
commonly used actions, tools and
properties. When you use the Select
tool to select an object in the work
area, its properties appear to the
right of the tools group.
You can still find additional
properties in the Properties
tab and in the object’s
dropdown menu.
Adaptive toolbar
Remember
Actions
Tools
Properties
Press to reveal

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Customize the toolbar so that the buttons you use frequently are only one click away.
Improved toolbar customization
Drag to add

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Pages
See and sort your pages
Use the Page Sorter tab to jump to a page by
selecting its thumbnail, or reorganize your pages
by dragging them into a different order.
Reset Page
Easily reset your page to its last saved state, without
reopening your lesson file.

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Move objects
Resize and rotate
Press the leaf to select.
To rotate, use the green handle.
To resize, use the white handle.
Press the leaf and drag it to
move it around the page.
To select an object, switch back to Select mode by
putting down the pen and then pressing the Select icon.
Objects
Remember

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Text objects
Edit text
Doubleclick the text box to edit text.
Resizing the text box
Add text
Click the Text button on the toolbar,
and then click the work area to create
a text box. Start typing.
You can format text using the buttons
in the toolbar or the options in the
Properties tab or the Format menu.
• Text boxes resize automatically
when you open .notebook files
created with SMART Notebook
Publisher Tools.
• Improved compatibility with older
files and those created with
SMART Notebook Publisher Tools.
Drag the white handle to adjust the
length of the text box and reflow the
text inside.
Try it here! Doubleclick the text
to the left and use the white
handle to adjust the text box.
Press to reveal

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Find content in the Gallery
Find images, videos, sound files, interactive activities, backgrounds
and SMART Notebook pages in the Gallery. Just drag and drop to
add them to your page.
Add interactivity with the Lesson Activity Toolkit
The Gallery tab also contains templates to help
you create your own activities and engage your
students with interaction.
Gallery content

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Testdrive the Notebook Gallery 2.0 Beta and search both online and offline Gallery
resources with ease.
Click the link in the Gallery to visit the
Notebook Gallery 2.0 Beta channel,
where you can learn more about the
beta program and how to participate.
Notebook Gallery 2.0 Beta
Click here
to download
Preview

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Record a short sound clip to attach to an object on the page.
Sound recorder

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Create interactive lesson activities easily by using the Activity Builder. To
start, click the Addons tab, and then click the Activity Builder thumbnail.
What do horses eat?
Drag and drop foods over the horse to feed it.
Activity Builder
Need some inspiration? There are many
more activity examples in the Gallery.
Try it
Use it in your class today

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Browse the Internet without leaving
your SMART Notebook file.
Browser
Web pages are now automatically
scaled to fit the SMART Notebook
Internet browser.
No need to scroll horizontally!
Press to reveal

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SMART Notebook Preferences gives you detailed
control over your user experience.
The customizable settings include the following:
• Enabling or disabling the shake gesture
and the pressandhold gesture.
• Enabling or disabling hardware
acceleration (disable it if your content
doesn’t display correctly and SMART
Notebook software isn’t responding).
• Changing the measurement tools’
color.
• Adding or removing cell padding in
tables.
Preferences
Access SMART Notebook Preferences from Edit > Preferences
(Windows) or Notebook > Preferences (Mac).
Now more preferences
to customize!
• Changing the default page background
color.
Press to reveal

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Download lessons
Download teachercreated lessons from the SMART ExchangeTM website
exchange.smarttech.com
Open the SMART Exchange website
in your web browser or click the
toolbar icon to go there directly.
Search by subject and grade. See what other teachers are trying and
loving. Download and modify lessons to suit your teaching style.

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SMART Board interactive whiteboard
For additional resources related to your SMART hardware product,
visit                                    .smarttech.com/training
On the following pages, features with this         symbol
are available only on SMART Board 800 series
interactive whiteboards or certain other SMART
hardware products.
Refer to your interactive product’s specifications
(available from                                     ) to
determine which features it supports.
smarttech.com/support
800

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Gestures
Click the buttons to view the gestures.

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Using object awareness
Work more naturally
Click the box below to view object awareness in action.
Use the pen to write, your finger to drag and
your palm to erase.
The interactive whiteboard’s cameras detect the size of your touch and assign different
tools accordingly. This enables you to use your finger or pen to write or select, and your
palm or fist to erase.
800
A video has been created to further explain the concept of object awareness and
touch recognition here: http://youtu.be/IBMdi1XM9mc
Try it here

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Lockable pen option
Press another pen color button to disable the Lockable pen
option and go back to using your pen, finger and palm.
Play the video file to view the gesture.
If you want to use your SMART Board interactive whiteboard
with a rolled up sock, Koosh® ball, tennis ball or pointer, enable
the Lockable pen option.
Press and hold a pen color button until it flashes. This
locks the interactive whiteboard so you can use any tool,
not just your finger or pen, with the interactive
whiteboard. Use your tool of choice to write, or press any
toolbar tool to change the tool’s function.
800

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SMART Sync™ classroom
management software
Explore other SMART products
Click the products below to learn what’s new and more!
SMART Ink
Introducing SMART Ink!
SMART Notebook Math Tools
SMART Document Camera™
SMART Table® collaborative
learning center
SMART Response interactive
response software
What's new in SMART Response 2013

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Now try it yourself
Start exploring and creating.
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