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Step-By-Step
Tech May 1, 2007
Volume 1 Issue 4
Kathe Santillo. Instructional Technology Coach

ActivStudio Flipchart Activity:


Create & Display Sentences or Questions While Hiding
Another to Reveal Answer
What is ActivStudio? ActivStudio is the software that runs your interactive
Promethean whiteboard. You can use the software to
create presentations, or to display and interact with
documents, such as Word documents, Excel
spreadsheets, and PowerPoint shows.
How can I use the skill explained Display an incorrect sentence with a corrected one
below? hidden under a moveable box; display a question with
the answer written under a moveable box.
What should I know first? You will need to open ActivStudio software on your
laptop, create a simple Flipchart, and save it to your
flashdrive.
How does this benefit my 9 Addresses differentiated learning
teaching/students? 9 Promotes student participation

HOW TO BEGIN

1) Open the ActivStudio PE software from the icon on your desktop. The main
toolbox for the ActivStudio software will appear.
2) To make corrections, use the undo button to clear the last change, or the

clear button to remove a group of changes.


3) Click on the icon for a new Flipchart. It’s #2 on the illustration below.

4) Tap your Activpen (stylus pen) on the “T” icon on the toolbar to change to the
textbox tools.

5) Tap the Activpen on the blank Flipchart page. A Text Edit Toolbox will appear.

6) You can change the size, color, and style of the font from the Text Edit Toolbox.
Make sure there is no checkmark in the box for background if you want the text
box to be white.
7) Begin typing your text. It will appear on the Flipchart.
8) Close the Text Edit Toolbox when you have finished entering text.

TO MOVE THE TEXT ON THE SCREEN/FLIPCHART PAGE –

1) Tap the text area you typed once with the Activpen. The text box will be
surrounded by little squares. There is a little square that appears above the text
box that looks like a five die. If you place your Activpen on this box, you can drag
the text box without changing its shape.
TO ADD A BOX OR SHAPE TO COVER A QUESTION OR SENTENCE YOU WANT
REVEALED DURING THE LESSON –

2) Click the Resource Library icon from the smaller toolbar. It’s the one that has the
gold directional arrows you can click to navigate through your Flipchart. The

resource library icon looks like a stack of books and is at the bottom of this
toolbar.
3) When the Resource Library opens to the left of the Flipchart, there is a row of
images. Select the 6th one down, which is the “shared shapes” collection.
4) Select which shape you want to use as a cover for your text. Drag it to the Flipchart
using your Activpen.
5) You can use the little squares that appear around the border of your shape to
stretch or change the shape of the box so that it covers your text.
6) If you want to change the color of your shape, go back to the main toolbar and tap
your Activpen on the color you want it to be. The box should change colors.
7) Drag the shape over the sentence you want to cover. You will always be able to
move the shape unless you “lock” it, which will be covered later.

8) Save your Flipchart by clicking on the Promethean icon on the toolbar and
saving your file to “other location.....” and selecting your flashdrive.

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