Promethean Basics By: Stephanie Wiley

Connection Connect the board and projector to computer before it is turned on. Plug board into the AC adapter first, then power up the computer and projector.

Connection on back of board Power cord and serial adapter into back of computer

Hold the active pen over the flame icon in the upper left corner of the board until the white calibration screen appears. Carefully click the center of each target that appears. Calibrate

Dashboard Following are explanations of the items found on the Dashboard of Promethean Version 3.5

New/Open  New-start a new flipchart here  Custom-refers to screen size, don’t need unless you are changing the size  Flipchart Builder-advanced feature for making professional pages  Assessment Quiz-used to create Activote questions-advanced feature  Activity-wizard for creating activities with flash and animation Contains a list of recently used flipcharts; these can be accessed at other places as well

New/Open These are the files that you create; they can also be accessed from the Resource Library  Activresource Manager-Advanced Session  Activmarker-Not used in our version  Powerpoint Converter-can import a powerpoint and change it to flipchart pages  Export-can export flipchart pages to other software like Word

Configure The board can be calibrated from here; the board must be connected for any interaction. After board is connected, you may calibrate the board. Before voting devices can be used, they must be registered; management tools are found here. Activslate is setup here

Configure It is possible to customize different profiles- example-if you teach Math and Science, you might want different items on your tool bars. You can make those changes here.

Online Useful links to resources found online.

Training Opportunities for training outside of school

Overview of Toolbar Menu Flip Chart Size of pen, highlighter, and eraser Color picker Selection Tool Highlighter Text Tool Undo Reveal Tool Power Tools Camera Pen Tool Eraser Clear Tool Redo Spotlight Tool Zoom Recognition Tool

Menu Selections include:  Design Mode-used when you design at the computer; has more editing tools and a Menu bar  Studio Settings-clicking here takes you too another big selection box that will allow you to make many kinds of changes-refer to help if you are unsure of any of these  Show Dashboard-brings the dashboard back to the screen  List of recently used flipcharts- clicking on any of them will open that flipchart  Exit-ends the program session

Flipchart Menu You go here to save, print and open flipcharts. Other options are to embed actions, such as hyperlinks and tickertapes, import and export documents (this is also accessible from the dash board).

Customize You can change the icons on your tool bars here.  Profile and screen size (dashboard also)  Orientation refers to the area where the tool bar appears  Add more colors to toolbar Other options are items or features that can be added or deleted as desired.

Activextras Most of these were also accessed from the Dashboard. Some that are not:  Activcataloger- allows you to import entire groups of items to the resource library  Activannotation Upgrader-not used in this version

Help Before you go nuts, check out the Help guide. It is very through and easy to follow. Both websites listed have great information. There are free tutorials that explain things step-by-step.

Activote Students can interact directly with the board using Activotes. Each student is assigned an “egg” to record answers to multiple choice, yes/no, or True/False questions. The eggs must be registered before use. This process can be accessed from the Dashboard. Questions can be teacher-made, spur of the moment (ad-hoc) or taken from a question bank. Promethean has a question library, but you can use any test database.

Activote How to register activotes Make sure the board is turned on and attached to the computer Click on register devices from the Configure Tab on the Dashboard Be sure to choose USA Point each “egg” towards the board and hold down the flame button in the center until the green light flashes A letter and number are automatically assigned to each egg You can assign each egg a student name or assign a student to a particular egg number

Activote Questions You can create questions on your flipchart page, in the assessment wizard or cut and copy from a question database Questions can be edited The correct answer must be communicated to the board at some point The Activote icon must be turned on before each question and turned off to turn the page