1. Creating Annotated Learning Objects from Your PowerPoint
Open Notebook
Click on the Notebook button at the bottom of the Smart Podium
The button that looks like a notebook with a pen just above the camera button

2. Creating Annotated Learning Objects from Your PowerPoint
Once Notebook opens
A blue dialog box may appear over Notebook
Close the dialog box by clicking the red X

3. Creating Annotated Learning Objects from Your PowerPoint
Once you have
Notebook
open, minimize it to the taskbar by clicking the minimize button

4. Creating Annotated Learning Objects from Your PowerPoint
Now open PowerPoint
Start>Academic Applications>Microsoft Office>PowerPoint
Start your slideshow in presentation mode, e.g., SlideShow>From Beginning
Once the slide show opens you can pick up the pen and annotate

5. Creating Annotated Learning Objects from Your PowerPoint
Saving annotations for your students
In the lower left hand corner of your PowerPoint you will see a three button selection
Click on the middle button and select ‘Save ink drawings’ before you move to the next slide
Then use the right arrow button to move to the next slide

6. Creating Annotated Learning Objects from Your PowerPoint
Saving annotations for your students
Do this with each and every slide
At the end of your PowerPoint presentation select NO when asked if you want to save the drawings on your PowerPoint presentation

7. Creating Annotated Learning Objects from Your PowerPoint
Creating the learning object
Maximize Notebook from the taskbar of your computer
You will find all of your slides with annotation in the notebook file
Select File>Export>As PowerPoint
Save the file to your flash drive and insert it as an item in your blackboard course site

8. Understanding Smart Notebook
Pages Tab
Toolbar
ClipArt Gallery Tab
Notebook
pages
Import files to Notebook Tab
Object color and fill Tab

9. Notebook Toolbar Explained

10. The ClipArt Gallery
Click here to view more tutorials on the Notebook ClipArt Gallery