Touchscreens and ActivInspire Annotation Tools

If you are using a touchscreen monitor (not a Promethean Board) with ActivInspire and are having trouble using the annotation tools (e.g. to have students write on a flipchart), you need to change a setting in ActivInspire to make this work well:

1. "File"
2. "Settings"
3. "Dual Mode ActivBoards"
4. Under "Touch Input Handling", change to "Full Touch Support"

Now when you use the touchscreen, you can select the annotation tools and they will work on the flip chart with the touchscreen or mouse.

ActivInspire - How To Expand Your Writing Space

original source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY8xHzjr5wc

Using the ELMO with ActivInspire

You can insert images from the ELMO directly into an ActivInspire flipchart without having to use the Image Mate software.  To pull an image directly from a document camera:

1. Launch ActivInspire.
2. From the main menu, select "Insert" --> "From Scanner/ Camera."
3. If the document camera is set up correctly, a list of devices to use will appear; it should default to the correct device. 
4. Select "OK."  A live window of the document camera feed will appear. 
5. Position the object as necessary under the camera and then click on the camera icon.  This will import the image directly into the flipchart.