Interactive Whiteboard Software

Instructions
for
Interactive Whiteboard
Software

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for Interactive Whiteboard Software

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 Contents
Lets start 3

General navigation 6

Tools 7

Presentations 10

Video 12

Vocabulary 15

Flashcards 17

Activities 19

Listening comprehension 20

Justifications 21

General tips 22

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Lets start
The contents screen is very easy to use and navigate. All you have to do is simply
use the stylus to press the button for the module you want to go to.

Press a button to go
to the corresponding
material.

Choose a lesson from the Students

Book by pressing a lesson button.

Choose a lesson from the Workbook

by pressing the WB button.

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interactive
e-Book
When you have the pages
of the book visible on the
screen, you can select any
activity by pressing on it.

Press the left and right arrows to quickly ip

through the pages of the Students Book or
the Workbook. You can move back and forth
between the pages of the selected unit.

You can choose another unit or module from

the contents menu.

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Extra
Material

Clicking on the yellow

boxes allows easy
access to listening
transcripts, speaking
activities, games, as well
as the relevant sections
of the writing and
grammar references.

You can easily navigate

your way to the different
components of each book
by pressing the relevant
buttons. Selecting the
tabs on the lesson
overview will direct to the
corresponding Students
Book, Workbook or
Glossary.

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General navigation

At the bottom of the

screen you can find
all the buttons you
need for navigation,
as well as the main
functions.

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1. Contents button
2. Tools button
3. Lesson Overview button
4. Previous and Next button
5. Vocabulary button
6. Show/Hide Text button
7. Video button
8. Play/Pause and Stop button

Listen button Vocabulary Index button

Justication button Glossary button

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Key button Back button
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Tools

The Tools bar is movable to any

place on the screen. You can grab
it by its TOOLS title and drag
it wherever it suits you. You can
also rotate the bar by pressing the
Rotate button.

Rotate button

Press the F1 button on the PCs keyboard or the Close

button on the Tools bar to hide the tools.
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Pen
Press on the pen tool
to write or draw lines
on the screen.
You can write
anywhere you want.
Pen width
Press on the pen width
tool to choose from
three different sizes for
the pen and the outlines
of boxes and circles.
Colour
Press on the colour tool
to choose the colour that
you will use for the pen,
the box or the circle.
Choose between black,
blue, red or yellow.
6 Yellow also performs as
a transparent marker.
Rectangle
Press the rectangle tool
and choose between
a transparent, opaque
or selecting rectangle.
Then press and drag to
create the rectangle.
Circle
Press the circle tool
and choose between a
transparent, opaque or
selecting circle. Then
press and drag to create
the circle.
Text
Press on the text tool to
open a small window for
typing notes.
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Browser Erase
Press on the browser Press on the rubber tool
tool to navigate through to choose between the
the Internet. You can rubber and the recycle
save, title and sort the bin. When you have the
links you visit on the My rubber you can press
links screen. on anything that you
created with the Tools
bar on the screen and
delete it. Choose the
recycle bin to erase
everything in just one
stroke.

Save Magnier
Press the save button Press on the magnifier
to save everything you tool and click anywhere
have written or drawn on on the screen to magnify
the screen. that area. Press again
on the magnifier tool to
return to normal view.

Open Screen
Press the open button Press the screen tool to
to view everything you hide everything on the
have written or drawn on screen. You can press
the screen. on this white screen and
drag it left, right, up or
down to reveal part of
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Presentations

The presentations appear without text. Before reading, students have the
opportunity to guess the context by looking at the pictures. In addition, they could
be asked to guess and write what the characters may be thinking. Students can
also develop their listening skills by listening to the recording.

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Press the Show/Hide text

button for the text to appear.

The text is highlighted while it is heard. When you are reading the text
you have the option to click on a specific phrase and hear it individually.

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Video

Some series include

video clips or
animations. Press
the Video button
to watch the video/
animation.

When you watch an

animation or video
clip, you can pause
the action with the
Pause button on the
left side at the bottom.

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You can press on the

duration bar while
playing the clip or in
pause mode to move to
any part of the animation
or the video clip.

In some series, the functionality differs. For example,

in Pioneer, video clips are found at the end of each
module. Each clip is accompanied by activities for the
students to complete before, during and after watching
the video.

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watch the video or animation.
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Subtitles

You can display

the subtitles of the
animation or video
clip by pressing the
Subtitles On button.

Press the same button

to hide them.

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Vocabulary

To view the vocabulary

for the lesson, press the
Vocabulary button.

Click on the picture to

access the ashcard in
the Vocabulary Index
for practice.

Click the Listen button

to hear the correct
pronunciation of each
word.

Click the Back button

to return to the activity.

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to reveal or conceal the words.
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In some books, instead

of the Vocabulary
button there is a Gl
button which directs
you to the interactive
glossary.

In the glossary, you can find the vocabulary presented in each lesson.
Click on a word to see the information about it (i.e. pronunciation,
example, definition).

Listen to the pronunciation

of the word
Listen to the example
for the word

Definition

List of the words Modules

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Flashcards

To access the full deck

of ashcards, press the
Vocabulary Index
button found on the
main menu.

Click on individual
words to open up the
relevant ashcards.

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Press the Play

button to listen to the
correct pronunciation
of the word. Press the
Show/Hide Text
button to reveal the text
and press the same
button again to hide it.

Here you can write your text.

Click on the rubber on the
right to erase.

When you have finished, you can press the

Return button and go back to the vocabulary of
the lesson to pick up another ashcard.

Press the Vocabulary Index button to go back

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Activities
All the activities include answers. To display the answers, click in the area
where the answer should be. If you click on the answer again, it will hide itself.
The answer could be a text, a shape (e.g. a circle), or a symbol.

Some (usually longer) For Match activities, click

answers may also be found on the small circles to
in Key buttons. display the answers.

The pencil symbol found at

the bottom of some exercises
indicates personal response
activities. Students can be
guided through these activities
by the teacher.

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Listening comprehension

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buttons. You can pause the sound or choose to listen to just a part of
the phrase by pressing on the bar.
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Justifications

In some activities, you

will see a button with
a question mark. This
is a Justication
button. Pressing it opens
a pop-up box which
contains the extract
from the text containing
the justification for the
answer (see highlighted
position).

Click on this box and drag

it wherever you want on the
screen or just click anywhere
outside the box to close it.

Press the Listen

button/buttons to listen
to the highlighted part of
the text, which contains
the justification for the
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General tips
The Interactive Whiteboard Software can be used to:

provide immediate feedback

access all components of the course instantly and easily

execute listening activities immediately without playing the class CD

play songs or videos

check the meaning and pronunciation of unknown words in the Glossary or


the Vocabulary Index

use the tools to highlight content and draw students attention to specific

points e.g. parts of speech, extracts from texts

save and print Interactive Whiteboard images along with your notes

complete charts

brainstorm ideas

save a list of relevant websites for reinforcing students skills

improve learning by giving students the opportunity to absorb information


in multiple formats (e.g. picture, text or audio)

motivate students and stimulate enthusiasm

encourage students participation and collaboration

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