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Basics of
ActivInspire
Course Instructor:
Ashley Witman
witman@wlake.org
Handbook by Heather Hamker
Flipchart by: Ashley Witman
1 credit class
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Table of Contents
Topics
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Module 1: “Breaking it Down”
Dashboard Breakdown
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Inspire Settings
Layout Tab
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Commands Tab
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User Defined Buttons
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Settings Tab
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Module 2: “Where Did it Go?!”
Design Mode vs. Presentation Mode
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Menu Bar
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Browsers
Page
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Resource
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Object
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Notes
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Properties
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Action
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Drag and Drop
Voting
Object Edit Box
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Topics
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Module 3: “Actions And Other Ideas”
ToolTip
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Hide & Show
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Grouping
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Group & Pulley
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Magic Ink
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Using Colors
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Layering Objects
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Module 4:
Inserting Media
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Inserting Sound
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Inserting a Weblink
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Course Objective: By attending this course, you will have learned the basics to
ActivInspire and be able to use the software in your classroom and be able to
create flipcharts.
Course Requirements: In order to earn a credit for the class, you must attend
class each day and have a flipchart to show by the end of the week. Your
flipchart can be as basic or elaborate as you choose.
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Module 1: “Breaking It Down”
Dashboard
ActivStudio 3 Dashboard
ActivInspire Dashboard
Click this box if you want the dashboard to pop open on start up
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To open up Inspire in Primary, click here.
The dashboard breakdown:
Quick links to flipcharts
Immediately opens desktop flipchart
Immediately opens the ExpressPoll
Goes directly to Promethean Planet
Quick links for Profiles, device registration, and
updating software
Opens Promethean’s Web Support
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Unless you are getting
lessons from a Smartboard
website, you won’t use this
link.
Import a Powerpoint
presentation from this link.
Actions from your
powerpoint s are disabled
in a flipchart.
Open a flipchart already
saved from this link.
If you are creating a new
flipchart, you can click on
this link to open a blank
flipchart page.
Settings
This is the section that used to be the Studio Settings, Toolstore, and Customize
in ActivStudio 3. All sections have been condensed into one area found under
File.
LAYOUT Tab
You may use already created toolbars or customize toolbars for different
content areas by clicking on the Profiles drop down menu.
How large do you want the icons on your toolbar?
The main toolbox can be docked at the bottom,
top, left, or right of your program. It can also be
floating as in ActivStudio3.
You can easily switch between profiles by
clicking this icon on your toolbar.
What are the different Profiles created already?
“At The Board”
“Authoring”
This profile was
created with
the basic tools
that you would
need while
using a
flipchart during
a lesson. If you
write and erase
and use a few
basic tools, this
is the profile to
use.
This toolbox has
been expanded
to include the
Text tool, along
with some user
defined buttons
in the third
column. When
creating
flipcharts, this is
a quick toolbox
to use.
“Language
Arts”
The language
arts profile
includes more
writing tools
like the Text,
Handwriting
Recognition,
Tickertape, on
screen
keyboard,
and spell
check.
“Math”
The math
profile
switches to
include more
math tools
such as the
ruler,
protractor,
calculator,
dice, and XY
origin.
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COMMANDS TAB
The Command Tab used to be called the “Toolstore.”
To create a profile, start with any created profile.
Open a
profile
Save a
changed
profile
Save a
new profile
1.
Delete a
profile
2.
3.
4.
Undo
changes
Adding tools to your toolbox:
1. Click on the tool that you want to add.
2. Click on “Add” at the bottom of the menu box.
3. IF you want to move the tool on the toolbox, click “move up” or “move
down.”
4. Don’t forget to click “Done” when you have made your changes.
** When creating a new profile, click “Save As” before changing your
toolbox and change the name of the profile. That way you won’t change
an already created toolbox when clicking “Done.”
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Some of the basic tools:
Old
Look
New
Look
Old
Look
Desktop Annotate
New
Look
Tools
Previous Page, Next Page
Start/Stop Voting & Express Poll
Pen
Old: eraser
New: Magic Ink
Highlighter
Text Tool
Page Reset
Fill Tool
Clear Tool
Tickertape
Undo/ Redo
Page Zoom
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New Tools
Desktop Tools – You will use this wheel when working on a program other than Inspire or
if you want to take snapshots of pictures online.
Promethean Planet
Keyboard
Go back to Inspire
flipchart
ExpressPoll
Screen Recorder
Camera
More Tools
New Tools:
Eraser- it actually erases!
Shapes Tool- This replaces the pen modifier (right clicking on the pen)
Connector
Insert Media from file
Page Browser (The “old” page selector and organizer combined.)
Math Tools
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USER DEFINED BUTTONS Tab
User defined buttons are programs that you use along with a flipchart (Word,
Excel, pdf file, etc). These programs will show up in the third column on your
toolbox.
To add a User defined button, go to the settings and click “User defined
buttons.” You will probably get nothing showing in Button properties, so click
“Program/File” in the Type box and then click “add,” you should then be
looking at the screen below.
Step 1: Make sure the Type
selected is “Program/File”
1.
2.
Step 2: Search your computer
for the file you want to select.
3.
Step 3: Label the file in “Tooltip”
In order for your User Defined File to show up in the third column, make sure the “roll
in” box for main toolbox is unchecked in the Layout tab.
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SETTINGS Tab
The setting tab is similar to the Studio Settings in AS3. What can you do in
“Settings”?
 Apply settings to ActiVote or Expression questions. (Learner Response System)
 Set the clock tool to analog or digital. (Clock Tool)
 Set the Spotlight and Reveal tool colors. (Effects)
 Set the Resource Library to display as a grid or list. (Flipchart Objects)
 Change the default web browser page. (Online Settings)
 Enable the spell checker (spell checker)
 Set the colors for your math tools, select a calculator, or set dice speed. (Tools)
 Choose to use the system keyboard or Inspire keyboard. (User Input)
 Change recording settings when making flipchart recordings. (Recordings)
 Set the World color and default page scale. (Flipchart)
 Show or hide the sound controller. (Multimedia)
 Set visible objects in Design Mode. (Design Mode)
“Profile and Resources”
will most likely be set by
the district tech office.
This area tells Inspire
where your resources
are located.
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MODULE 2: Where did it go?
Design MODE vs. Presentation MODE
Some people created flipcharts in design mode in ActivStudio. Design mode
would turn off all actions while you worked. In Inspire, you can toggle between
design mode and presentation mode with one click.
Presentation Mode- Blue Star
Design Mode- Red Star
If your actions are not working on the page, check the upper right hand corner
of your screen to make sure you are working in Presentation Mode.
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Show Desktop
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Menu Bar
Flipchart
Sizing
BE CAREFUL! The red X in the upper
right hand corner will close down
Inspire and will not ask you if you are
sure you want to exit.
Multiple flipcharts
can be opened
at once and
tabbed along
the top. To close
the flipchart,
click the x on the
tab.
Toggles between
full screen and
Windows mode.
Keeps track
of all open
flipcharts.
RESOURCE BROWSER
The “Resource Library”
is no longer called a library and no longer
contains only your resources. It is now called a Resource Browser and contains
EVERYTHING!
Object
Browser
Page Browser
(Page Selector &
Organizer)
Properties
Browser
New Item!
Resource
Browser
Page Notes
Browser
Voting
Browser
New Item!
Actions Browser
(Resource Library)
On the next pages, we’ll go through each browser and how what it contains.
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Page Browser
The Page Selector and Page Organizer in ActivStudio are now called the Page
Browser. In this browser you can maneuver through your flipchart or rearrange
flipchart pages.
You can
shrink or
enlarge the
size of the
browser by
grabbing the
side of the
browser and
dragging.
Move the slider up to
create smaller
thumbnails or to use the
browser as a page
organizer.
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Within your page browser, is another drop down menu for each flipchart page.
This menu will allow you to alter the flipchart page or flipchart with ease.
Adding a blank page
between pages in easy
by clicking on “Insert
Page”
If you need to
duplicate a
flipchart page,
click here.
Delete a flipchart
page.
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Resource Browser
The Resource Library from ActivStudio is now called the Resource Brower.
My
Resources
Shared
Resources
Other
Resource
Folder
Browse to
another
folder
Search
The view shown above is in List View. See the next page to view it in Grid View.
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In Grid View, you can see more of your resources. Let’s look at the items on this
browser more closely.
This button will Roll Up the
top half of the browser, so
you can view more
resources at once.
Toggles Transparency
or
In ActivStudio
this was a box at
the bottom of
the library.
Rubber Stamp
Select an image and
stamp it on your page
multiple times.
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Here’s how to change the view mode to grid each time you open up Inspire.
First, go to File and then Settings
Then follow the steps below.
1
2
3
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You can also change the view directly from you Resource Browser.
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OBJECT BROWSER
The Object Browser is new to Inspire. In the Object Browser you can actually see
which objects are located on which layer of the flipchart. You can then easily
move an object to a different layer while in the Object Browser.
Here’s a screen shot of a flipchart page with the Object Browser
open.
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Here’s an up close look at the Object Browser for the previous page.
These objects are
locked on the flipchart
page. To unlock, click
on the lock next to the
object. You can also
lock all objects on the
page by clicking
“Locked” once.
These objects are hidden
on the page and set to
be revealed at a later
time.
Notice that all the layers are separated in the Object Browser along with each
object on that layer. Any object that is locked on the page shows up with a
lock next to it. Any hidden objects show an eye with a red X.
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Notes BROWSER
By clicking on the
“Format Toolbar” you
will open up the text
formatting options such
as font, size, color, and
alignment.
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Property broWser
The Property Browser can be overwhelming when it is first opened. Here’s the
breakdown of each section:
The Identification tag contains the
name, any keywords associated
with that object, and whether it is a
question, option, or label.
The Appearance tag shows you
which layer the object is on and its
level of visibility.
The Position Tag basically
tells you where the object
is located on the flipchart
page as well as its size.
From this menu, you can
invert, angle, reflect, or
lock down the object.
Continued….
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You can add labels to your
objects from this tag. Labels
allow you to name an object
and have the label be attached
to that object without grouping.
This is also where you can
create a ToolTip (see Actions).
Containers can now be
made in one window!
The Rotate Tag allows you
to set mobility preferences
to an object. You can set
the object to rotate in a
certain direction and also to
rotate around other objects.
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Restrictors allow you to set
an object to move on a
certain path, block other
objects, or set sizing
preferences.
Miscellaneous contains the background
properties of the object. Do you want a
certain color or background of the
object to be transparent? You can also
set Drag a Copy to be “True” and make
infinite clone of that object.
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Action Browser
You can set an object to contain
an action by selecting an image
and clicking on the action you
want it to contain.
Once you’ve set an action to
an object, don’t forget to
click “Apply Changes”
otherwise your action will not
be set.
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New! Drag and Drop Feature
You can now drag an action
out of the Drag and Drop
menu right on top of an image
and the image will contain that
action. Or just drag the action
out of the Drag and Drop
menu right onto your flipchart
and the action will be there
ready to click.
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VOTING BROWSER
In this box you can register your voting devices and keep track of the results.
Switch to ActiVotes
Use Expressions
Toggle to anonymous voting
Device Registration
Assign students to
devices. This is also
where you can
create multiple
classes using one set
of devices.
After voting, results will show up
under this heading.
Vote Settingsclick the box if
you want the
results shown
after each
question.
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Object Edit
ActivStudio 3 Object Edit Box
3.
9. 10. 8. 6. 7.
4.
Inspire Object Edit Strip
1. Freely
Move
3. Object
Edit
Menu
2. Rotate
Object
5.
Group
4.
Transparency
Slider
7. Send
Backward
6.
Send
Forward
9. Increase
Object
Size
8.
Duplicate
10.
Decrease
Object
Size
The highlighted numbers on the ActivStudio 3 object edit box correspond to
their new icons in Inspire.
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What’s New?
 The Freely Move icon is now on your object edit strip instead of on the
object itself.
 The Rotate Object is also on the object edit strip instead of located on the
object.
 All of the editing tools (cut, paste, copy, delete) and the properties icon
are now located in the Object Edit Menu.
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Module 3: “ACTIONS and other Ideas”
ToolTip
In this section, I’ll walk you through how to add an action on to an object.
Here’s a cool new feature called a Tooltip. When you hover over an object a
label will open on the object. Here’s how to set a Tooltip:
Step 1: Go into the Properties Browser
Step 2: Go to the Label section
Step 3: Type in a caption
Step 4: Fix the font name, size, and color.
Step 5: In the “Behaviour” box, change it to Tooltip. That’s it!
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Hide and Show
In ActivStudio 3 there was an action to hide an object and then one to show
an object. Inspire has the same action, but it’s created differently.
Step One: Put all of your objects on the flipchart page
Step Two: Click on the object that you want to use to reveal the hidden object.
In this case I want the speech bubble to reveal the words that I will eventually
hide. Once I click on the speech bubble, Open up the Action Browser and
scroll to Object Actions.
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After following these
steps, you will be able
to click on the speech
bubble to hide and
show the text.
Step Three:
Find Hidden on your
menu and click it.
Step Four: Click this button to
open up the Select Object
box (below). Select the item
to hide.
After clicking OK in the
Select Object Box, click
“Apply Changes.” If you
do not click this bar, your
action will not take.
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Grouping
When you want to move two objects around on the page together you will
need to group those objects. Here’s how to do it in Inspire.
Step 1: Choose two objects to group. I used an apple and typed the word
APPLE on top of the image.
Step 2: Highlight both images by clicking and dragging over both images to
open you object edit icons.
Step 3: Click on the group icon and you are done!
You can go even further and create a text box to pull from the side of your
page. This is very helpful if you tend to run out of space on your flipchart page.
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Group & Pulley
In this case I am going to make a flipchart about the geography of the United
States. I want the map visible at all times, but I have no room for questions. AH!
But I can put questions on the page by pulling them in from the sides. Here’s
how to do it.
Step 1: Create your flipchart page. I used an image of the United States from
the Resource Browser.
Step 2: Click on your Shapes Tool
and pull out an arrow.
Step 3: Create the arrow on your flipchart page by dragging the shape.
Step 4: Create text (I used a green background from the format toolbar) that
goes along with the arrow and group them together.
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Step 5: After you group the two objects together, drag the arrow to the place
on the flipchart where you want to drag it from.
If you want your arrows to move in a certain direction and not float all over
your flipchart page, you can use a restrictor. Do you remember which browser
Restrictors are in? Hint:
To set the direction the arrow can move, click on it. Then open your Properties
Browser.
Go to the Restrictors
section, pull down the
“Can Move” menu and
click “Horizontally”. This
will allow your arrow to
only move horizontally
across your page.
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Magic Ink
Magic Ink is the old “Magic Revealer” that you could make in ActivStudio 3
that would look through objects. In AS3, when you used the eraser it wouldn’t
erase a mark, it would put a transparent object over whatever you were
“erasing.” You could move the eraser mark and have your writing still be on the
flipchart page. Your marks would not be erased. The eraser
in Inspire will
erase anything on the top layer, completely.
If you want to be able to look through the Top Layer, but not erase it, use
Magic Ink!
Here is an object using Magic Ink.
First I dragged a dinosaur and a red box from the Resource Browser.
Then, I moved the red box to top layer.
I clicked on Magic Ink and made a box. It is looking through the red box to see
the dinosaur. I can also move the mark made by the Magic Ink tool to reveal
anything else under the red box.
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Using Colors
Here’s a fun way to spice up your flipchart. Use colors! This seems like magic,
but it’s not…just an illusion! 
Look at the flipchart page below. When I drag the text to the green box, new
text magically appears. Actually it’s there the whole time but is revealed when
you use different colors.
Here’s how to do it:
First, use the paint bucket and drop a color onto your flipchart.
Then click a rectangle from your Shapes Tool and create a rectangle on ½ of
your flipchart page.
When working in my blue section I used the same color green as my box when
typing “i maid a mistak” then I clicked enter and in the same text box I typed “I
made a mistake” in the blue color. (You may not see the text so I would use a
different color first and then change the font color when you are happy with
what you wrote.)
Then drag your text box into the green field and the top text disappears while
revealing the blue text.
If you don’t want your original text to hide, you can change whichever text you
want to hide in the blue (or whatever color you choose) and then when you
drag it into the green, the original and new text will be revealed. (See the math
problems)
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Layering Objects
You can hide objects on your page and reveal them whenever you want by
using layers.
For example I want all of the coins to be hidden behind the treasure chest on
this flipchart page, so students can pull the coins out for an activity.
Right now all the objects are on the middle layer and since the treasure chest
was the first object I put on the flipchart, all the coins will sit on top of the chest.
To fix this, move the treasure chest to the top of the middle layer or move it to
the top layer by opening up the Object Browser and dragging the treasure
chest to the top.
Now all you need to do is right click
on the treasure chest and lock it in
place and drag all the coins behind
the chest.
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Module 4
Adding video clips
Inspire will embed Windows Media files. All Quicktime videos will open in a
separate window.
There are 2 ways to add video to your flipcharts.
First Way
Go to Insert
Media
then find the file to insert
Use this way if you do not want to embed the video to be used by others.
You can always change the media’s characteristics by going into the browser.
Click on the video and then open the Properties Browser
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Second Way
Go to Insert
Link
File
Then find your file on your computer.
When you click on a file you will then see the box on the next page.
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Filename of media
Store your file in the
flipchart to make it
transferable to other
computers.
When inserting your media, how do you want it to look on your flipchart
page?
Text
Image Icon
Action Object
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Existing Object
You will be asked to locate an object on the flipchart page by pushing
the button with the three dots.
Placeholder – The video placeholder will contain your video and embed it
onto your flipchart page. Make sure you check the controller in the “Insert File”
menu box to keep the controller on the bottom of the video clip.
Your video will
begin playing
when you turn to
the flipchart
page.
Your video will
play over and
over until stop it.
Use this for
animations.
Keeping the
controller checked
will make it easier
to start and stop
the video.
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Adding Sound to an OBJECT
There are a few different ways to add sound to an object depending on your
comfort level with your computer. Let’s start with an easier way.
Step 1: Choose an object from your Resource Browser.
Step 2: Open up the Sounds folder in your Resource Browser and find the sound
for the object.
Step 3: Drag the sound out of the resource library and stretch it to cover your
image.
Step 4: Use the transparency slider to make the
sound image transparent.
Step 5: Click and drag over the image and the
now transparent sound and group them together.
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Now every time you click the image the sound will
play.
If you are a little more daring and more comfortable with finding files on your
computer, then you can embed the sound right onto the object.
As in the previous way, pull an object from the Resource Browser.
Click on the object and go to the Actions Browser and then Document/Media
Actions.
Click “Open Document, File or Sound”
AddING A WEBLINK
Click this button to search for your sound files.
Don’t forget to “Apply Changes”
When searching, I usually find my sound files in this location:
Desktop
Public
Public Documents
Activ Software
Activstudio3
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
Helpful Hint: copy your sound file to your desktop, so when searching for
sounds, you only have to navigate to your desktop. 
There’s one more way to add a sound!
Step 1: Choose your object.
Step 2: Right Click on the
Object and select “Insert link
to file”
Step 3: Find where the sound
file is located. (See the path
on the previous page)
Step 4: Once you find the file, click it open. Then the Insert File box will open.
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This is where your
sound file will be
found.
Always store your file
in your flipchart. It
makes traveling with
your flipchart easier.
For sounds, you do not
have to have any of
these boxes checked.
Don’t forget to click “OK”
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Inserting Web links
When creating flipcharts, you may want to insert a website that correlates to
the lesson. Here’s how to do it.
Step 1: On the Menu Bar, go to Insert
Link
Website
The following box will pop open.
Type your web address in this box
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www.google.com
After typing in the web address, how do you want to add the link? Here’s what
your choices will look like.
Text:
Image Icon:
Action Object:
Drag this box over a part of your flipchart to open the
website.
Existing Object:
When clicking “Existing
Object” you will be prompted
to find an object on the
flipchart page to attach your
file to.
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