February+23,+2010+Tuesday

=February 23, 2010 Meeting=

Proposed Agenda:
 * Bring a lesson or unit plan that you expect to use in mid-March and we’ll work together to incorporate SMART technologies with the goal of making it more effective or engaging.
 * Bring specific questions that you may have about SMART software or hardware. “How can I __on the SMART Board?, How do I get the SMART Board to...?” etc. and we can try to resolve and learn together.__ If you have time, please email us your questions in advance of the meeting so we can maximize our face to face time.__
 * Group sharing: Please bring a story or concrete example that you think others will benefit from hearing or seeing.

**Issues:**
Setting font defaults

**Interactive Possibilities:**
>> Gallery Tab --> LAT 2.0 Black Arrow, Scroll to Graphics folder, 3rd sub folder = Pull Tabs, Results View Below --> Pictures = 30 results >> Drag into work area, green rotate handle, how this may be used, clue on how and pull tab, group, hide information of screen, jam up to top or side
 * Drag to reveal
 * Windowshade (over screen or in a table)
 * Pull Tabs
 * Create Pull tabs
 * Adding sounds - record in Notebook
 * Pin Page

Tech Support Responses:
**From:** "support@smarttech.com" 
 * Date:** Mon, 15 Feb 2010 13:13:35 -0500
 * To:** Roger Sevilla 
 * Subject:** Incident #1629687: SB6, Notebook 10.6 default font and digital ink questions

Dear Jonathan DeSanctis and Roger Sevilla, Thank you for contacting us with questions about SMART Notebook™ software, SMART Response™ interactive response system and SMART Board™ interactive whiteboard technology. I repeated the questions in bold style, with my answer immediately below. **Should folks see Notebook Prefs or only if they have SMART Response loaded?** The "Preferences" tab in SMART Notebook for Apple Macintosh™ computers should only be there if SMART Response is installed.

For Apple Macintosh™ OSX 10.5 and 10.6 computers the current release of SMART Response version 2.5.67.0 works with SMART Notebook version 10.6.96.0 and SMART product drivers 10.6.48.0.
 * Does SMART Response work with 10.6?**

Mac: To change Tool Preferences and save them you must do the following: 1) Select the Desired Tool from the menu bar 2) Select the Appropriate choice from the drop down for that particular tool 3) Then click on the properties tab 4) Click on Line Style 5) Make the desired changes for line colour, style, start and end 6) Immediately save these selections by pressing Save Tool Properties Illustrated here: PC: On the teacher's computer go to the SMART Notebook toolbar and select Draw and Text. Then select View, Properties, Text Style and choose the desired Font, Size and any Style options. Now select the Save Tool Properties button to save them as default. Next time the teacher opens SMART Notebook and selects Text the inserted text should appear with the default settings.
 * How can you change the default font in Notebook to certain face and size?**

For this situation, we recommend connecting a dedicated computer with at least SMART Product Drivers installed to a SMART Board with Extended Control Panel (ECP) as Computer 1 and the teacher's laptop as Computer 2 (Guest computer). The teacher selects Computer 1. **We are having difficulty with this. We can get the laptop screen and SB screen to show what is desired, but when the kids pick up the pens and write, the ink shows up on the laptop screen, not on the projected Notebook file which is displaying on the SB.** Mac: Once you have that connected you will now see your desktop extended to the SMART Board. Once that happens you may find that you cannot draw on the Board and that the ink then appears on the Display. To change this you will need to orient the SMART Board by selecting Orient from the SMART Board Tools Menu ( + click the tools menu on the dock) and then press the Space Bar to move the Orientation screen to the SMART Board. Do the Orientation at this point. Now you will find that you can draw on the SMART Board.
 * Is it possible for a teacher to take attendance on their laptop screen while having students work on a Notebook file at the SB, marking it up?**


 * From:** "support@smarttech.com" 
 * Date:** Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:53:10 -0500
 * To:** Roger Sevilla 
 * Subject:** Incident #1629687: SB6, Notebook 10.6 default font and digital ink questions

Hello Roger, Thank you for contacting SMART Technologies Support. To change Tool Preferences and save them you must do the following: 1) Select the Desired Tool from the menu bar 2) Select the Appropriate choice from the drop down for that particular tool 3) Then click on the properties tab 4) Click on Line Style 5) Make the desired changes for line colour, style, start and end 6) Immediately save these selections by pressing Save Tool Properties These steps are illustrated below: Regarding the Two-Workstation hookup Since you are using MAC Books you can connect the Projector to the MAC using a 15 pin video cable (VGA cable). However you will need an adapter cable as the MAC Book may not have the appropriate 15 pin connector for this. This cable is shown below: Once you have that connected you will now see your desktop extended to the SMART Board. Once that happens you may find that you cannot draw on the Board and that the ink then appears on the Display. To change this you will need to orient the SMART Board by selecting Orient from the SMART Board Tools Menu ( + click the tools menu on the dock) and then press the Space Bar to move the Orientation screen to the SMART Board. Do the Orientation at this point. Now you will find that you can draw on the SMART Board. If you have any further questions or concerns, please let me know. **SMART Technologies** Mark Mina Technical Support Specialist