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Broadcasting a student’s desktop – Smart Technologies Smart Sync 2010 User Manual

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4. Click Yes.

Your desktop appears on the selected students’ computers. The My Desktop

toolbar appears on your computer.

N O T E S

o

Your desktop is surrounded by a blue border for the duration of the

broadcast.

o

If you’re broadcasting from a SMART Board interactive whiteboard,

you can write using a pen tray pen and your notes appear on the

students’ desktops. You can also write over the students’ desktops

using the My Desktop toolbar (see Writing Over a Broadcast on page

35).

5. Select Menu > Stop Broadcasting when you’re finished.

Broadcasting a Student’s Desktop

You can broadcast a student’s desktop to the entire class or to a group. You can take

control of the student’s mouse and keyboard, share control with the student or let the

student keep control.

You can broadcast in either Full Screen or Window mode. In Full Screen mode, your

broadcast fills the students’ screens, and they can’t view or use other applications during

the broadcast. In Window mode, your desktop appears in a window on the students’

desktops and they can switch between this window and other applications.

To broadcast a student’s

desktop

1. Click Thumbnails

.

The Thumbnails view appears.

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

3. Click Broadcast

.

A message appears, asking to broadcast the selected desktop.

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