ActivInspire

[|ActivInspire: Using the on-screen keyboard with websites]
Submitted by amy.boehman on Thu, 01/14/2010 - 11:16 If you are using a website that requires you to type in information (such as a math drill and practice game), how do you do this at the Promethean board? The answer is to use "desktop tools" and utilize the on-screen keyboard. Here is how you can do this: 1. Make sure your website is already launched in your Internet browser. 2. Bring up ActivInspire. On the toolbar click the "desktop tools" icon. 3. You will see the flipchart disappear and the website will appear with a small icon showing the desktop tools available. Hover your mouse over the icon to reveal the tools you can use with the desktop applications. Click the "on-screen keyboard" icon to bring up your keyboard. 4. When you are finished and want to return to the flipchart, click the flipchart icon from your desktop tools.

[|ActivInspire: Using the on-screen calculator for multi-step problems]
Submitted by amy.boehman on Mon, 11/23/2009 - 11:46 I found a cool new trick in Promethean ActivInspire quite by accident. First, activate the on-screen calculator. Click on **Tools** > **Math Tools** > **Calculator.** Type in your problem and click "equal". Once the answer is displayed, you will also see the math problem typed out in small font along the top of the calculator. Click on this problem and drag it off onto the flipchart. You can now display the problem automatically that you entered into the calculator this way. This is //**great**// for recording multiple steps as you arrive at your answer.



[|ActivInspire: Changing the Default Tool within Flipcharts]
Submitted by amy.boehman on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 11:18 Posted in If you use flipcharts in ActivInspire, you may notice that when you open the flipchart, it defaults to pen tool. Some teachers find this frustrating since they usually do not want to write on the title page of the flipchart. Changing the default tool to the selector (arrow) may make things easier for you. To do this, follow these steps (see picture below). 1. Click **File** on the main menu and choose **Settings**. 2. Choose the **Settings tab**. 3. Choose **Tools** on the left menu. 4. Under default tool, pull down the window and choose **Select**. (Select is the same as the arrow.) 5. Click **Done** at the bottom of the page. Now when you open a flipchart, the select tool will appear by default instead of the pen tool.
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[|ActivInspire: Increase the size of your toolbar]
Submitted by amy.boehman on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 18:30 Posted in If you use an ActivSlate with your Promethean software, you may find that it's hard to see the tools on your main toolbar as you walk around the room. I find that increasing the size of the toolbar helps a lot with this. How do you do this? Within ActivInspire, go to **FILE** > **SETTINGS**. Within the setting window, click the **layout** tab. You will see a label for "icon size". Slide the slider to the right to make the toolbar bigger. Click "**Done**" to save your settings.
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