SMART Board Interactive Whiteboard For Dummies

Introducing the Interactive Whiteboard Tools

There are a number of different types of navigation tools and menus that enable you to interact with the interactive whiteboard and the software. All these tools have one thing in common: They give you quick access to work with the interactive whiteboard effectively and efficiently. In this section, I give you an overview of the tools, explain their functionality, and show you what they look like.

The Floating Tools toolbar

Part of SMART Board Tools, the Floating Tools toolbar (shown in Figure 1-4) is fully customizable. By default, it appears on the left edge of your screen (when SMART Product Drivers are installed). You can move it to other areas of your screen if you want.

To access the Floating Tools toolbar on a PC, choose Start⇒All Programs⇒SMART Technologies⇒SMART Board Tools. To access the Floating Tools toolbar on a Mac, right-click the SMART Board icon in the Dock and select Open Floating Tools to launch the toolbar. Or click the SMART Board icon and select Show Floating Tools.

For much more on the Floating Tools toolbar, turn to Chapter 3.

SMART Tools

SMART Tools (see Figure 1-5) are additional administration, presentation, and collaboration tools and utilities. Magnifier, Spotlight, and Orientation are just a few of the SMART Tools.

To access the SMART Tools on a PC, choose Start⇒All Programs⇒SMART Technologies⇒SMART Tools. To access them on a Mac, Control-click the SMART Board icon in the Dock. The SMART Tools menu appears. ...