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Capturing an image of a student’s desktop – Smart Technologies Smart Sync 2010 User Manual

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To write over a student’s

desktop using an

interactive whiteboard

1. Observe or take control of a student’s desktop (see Observing a Student’s

Desktop on page 20 or Controlling a Student’s Desktop on page 22).

2. Pick up a pen tray pen and write on the interactive whiteboard.

3. Put the pen tray pen back in its slot when you’re finished.

When you next make contact with the interactive whiteboard, your notes

disappear.

To write over a student’s

desktop using the toolbar

1. Observe or take control of a student’s desktop (see Observing a Student’s

Desktop on page 20 or Controlling a Student’s Desktop on page 22).

2. Click Pen

.

3. Click and drag your mouse across your desktop to write in digital ink.

4. Click Select

when you’re finished.

Your notes disappear.

Capturing an Image of a Student’s Desktop

When you’re observing a student, you can capture an image of the student’s desktop and

save it as a graphics file for your records.

To capture an image of a

student’s desktop

1. Click Thumbnails

.

The Thumbnails view appears.

2. Select the thumbnail of the student whose desktop you want to capture.

3. Click Capture

.

The Save As dialog box appears.

4. Type a new name for the file in the File name box if you don’t want to use the

default file name.

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The default file name contains the student’s name, followed by the date

and the time of the screen capture.

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