1. Cross-Curricular Ideas
SMART Boards
Cross-Curricular Ideas

2. Where Can I use the SMART Board?
Math Class
Science Class
Language Arts
Mi’kmaq Language
Social Studies
Art Class
Technology Classes
And many more places

3. Connecting Your Smart Board
projector
Shine to the board
9 pin
9 pin video port
USB Port
Computer

4. Getting Started
Make sure your LCD Projector is shining on the board properly.
Lock wheels on stand so it doesn’t move.
Orient the SMART board.
You’re ready to go!

5. The SMART Board Notebook
This program is where you can do work and store it.
Comes with many built in tools and galleries.
Save images from other programs in here too.

6. Other Tools The Camera Tools Select a chosen area Select a section
Select the entire screen
Saves in the Notebook
Let’s try it!

7. Other tools The Shape Drawing Tool The Line Drawing Tool The Text Tool
Choose circles, rectangles, trapezoids and more
The Line Drawing Tool
Choose from a variety of lines with different ends
The Text Tool

8. Other tools The Pen Tool Funky Pens The Eraser Tool
Line & Fill Colours
Line Width Tool
Line Style Tool

9. Page Sorter Delete, move, and clone pages
Drag items from one page to another
Name pages
See all the pages in your document
Add a Page

10. The Gallery Use the gallery clip art to enhance your teaching
Save your own gallery items to use over and over again
Import pictures and clipart to your own created galleries

11. Add Items to the Gallery
Draw an item in your notebook
Drag it into your gallery
Now it’s saved there to use again and again.

12. Create Your Own Gallery
Click on my content
Click on Add / Import
Choose Add new Subcategory
Give it a name
Draw Items and drag them in or import items from somewhere else on your computer

13. Import items into a Gallery
To import pictures from somewhere else on your computer
Import picture
Find the file on your computer
Select all the pictures (CTRL-A) or select certain pictures (CTRL and Click to select more than one)
Click Open

14. Import items into a Gallery
To import a gallery collection from somewhere else (Ex. Internet)
Save file to your computer
Click on Add /Import
Choose Import Collection File
In open window, select file where it was saved
Click Open