1. Boardmaker Dynamic Boards
Creating interactive activities for Students

2. Contents Boardmaker Basics (reviewed) Dynamic Buttons Movable Buttons
Using Dynamic Boards
Alternative Access Methods

3. Boardmaker Basics Reviewed
Start Boardmaker from the SEA (SG) folder or from disk
Create the buttons you will need and add content to them
Use symbol finder or text tool
Right click the button to center text

4. Boardmaker Basics Reviewed
Add content to your buttons
Use symbol finder or text tool
Right click the button to center text
You may want to delete button text labels

5. Dynamic Buttons
Double Click a button to see options for Button Actions
Tabs along the top show the various types of actions available
Choices of actions are shown in the left box
Description is shown in the right box
Actions assigned to the button are shown below

6. Dynamic Buttons Some button actions Basics tab Settings tab
Speak Message – Computer voice speaks the button label or other text typed in
Play Recorded Message – Plays a recorded message from the sound library, a saved sound file or a recording
Change Board – Can be used to link a series of boards together
Settings tab
Design Mode – Exits an activity and goes to design mode
Quit – Exits an activity and closes the program

7. Movable Buttons Click the Rubber Duck icon
Click on the button you want to move
Name the movable button
Drag the movable button to the other button it matches
Name the destination button
Assign an action
For example ‘Play Recorded Message’ and choose a reward sound

8. Movable Buttons
First make sure the movable button tool is showing on your tool bar
If not, click Dynamic Boards>Show>Moveable button
The Rubber Duck icon will appear in the toolbar

9. Saving Dynamic Boards When you’ve finished creating an activity, save
Recommended saving in T:\Student Assignments
A file and a folder of related materials
(e.g. your sounds) will be created
If you need to move a file to another location, make sure the related folder moves too

10. Opening Dynamic Boards
When you launch the program choose Open a Saved Board or Add-on
Navigate to the Board’s location
Open
Click on Dynamic Boards
Choose ‘Use’

11. Using Dynamic Boards
Students will select one of the movable buttons and move it to a destination button
If they match correctly, the reward sound will play
Press the Escape key on the keyboard to end an activity and return to the program

12. Alternate Access Methods
Under Dynamic Boards click Access Method
Direct Pointer – Click and drag with mouse, touch screen or smartboard
Direct touch – click the moveable button and click the destination
Auto scan – 1 switch scanning
Step Scan – 2 switch scanning
Use the switch settings that your switch controller uses (likely space and enter)