Instructions for

Interactive
Whiteboard
Software
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for Interactive Whiteboard Software

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 Contents
Let’s start 4

General navigation 7

Split Screen 9

Tools 10

Presentations 13

Vocabulary List 14

Activities 15

Listening comprehension 16

Justifications for the answers 17

General tips 18

System requirements 19
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Let’s start
The contents screen is very easy to use and navigate. All you have to do is
simply press the button for the component you want to view.

Press a button
to go to the
corresponding
component.

Select module
and then the
page you
want to view
in the relevant
component.

Another way to navigate

through the contents of the
Interactive Whiteboard (IWB)
is to select the Modules and
more bar at the bottom of
the screen. It allows users to
flick through each module
and access its components

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Interactive e-Book

Press the left and When you have

right arrows to the pages of the
quickly flip through book visible on the
the pages of the screen, you can
Student’s Book, select any activity
Workbook and the by pressing on it.
Vocabulary List. You
can move back and
forth between the
pages of the selected
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lesson.
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Tabs

You can easily navigate your way to the different components of

the course by pressing the relevant buttons. Selecting the tabs
on the lesson overview will direct to the corresponding material.

Workbook

Vocabular y
List

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General navigation
At the bottom of the screen you can find all the buttons
you need for navigation, as well as the main functions.

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1. Main menu button 5. Previous and Next buttons

2. Tool button 6. Vocabulary List button

3. Lesson overview button 7. Show/Hide text button

4. Show/Hide answers button 8. Attachment button

9. Extra activity button

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Other buttons

Show/Hide
subtitles
button
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1:40

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Play/Pause Stop audio
audio buttons button

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Justification Key Audio
button button button

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Split screen
The split screen feature has been designed to facilitate
your lesson.

All texts and activities appear on the left side of the screen.
Some activities are accompanied by relevant material
which appears on the right side of the screen after pressing
the attachment button . This material includes reading
texts, listening transcripts, grammar references, writing
references, answer key and justifications for the listening
and reading activities.

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Tools
On the side of the screen you can find a tool bar including a
variety of tools which are useful for your lessons.

Tool bar

Press on the Tool button

to show or hide the tool bar.

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Pen
Press on the pen to
write or draw lines on
the screen. You can Color
write anywhere you Press on the color tool
want. to choose the color that
you will use for the pen,
the highlighter, the box
or the circle. Choose
among black, blue, red,
yellow, white, green or
purple.

Highlighter Notes
Press on the Select the notes
highlighter to tool to open a small
highlight specific window for typing
words or phrases. notes. Click on the
program to open
multiple windows and
drag them anywhere
it suits you.

Pen width Rectangle

Press on the pen Press on the
width tool to choose rectangle tool and
from three different choose among a
sizes for the pen, the transparent, opaque
highlighter and the or selecting rectangle.
outlines of boxes and Then press and
circles. drag to create the
rectangle.

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Circle Magnifier
Press on the Press on the
circle tool and magnifier and click
choose between a anywhere on the
transparent, opaque screen to magnify
or selecting circle. that area. Press again
Then press and drag on the magnifier tool
to create the circle. to return to normal
view.

Screen
Press on the screen
tool to quickly hide
Erase content on the
Press on the eraser program. You can
to choose among drag it left, right,
the eraser, the undo up or down to
or the recycle bin. reveal part of the
Select the eraser to whiteboard content.
delete anything you Press on the lower-
created with the Tool right corner to adjust
bar. Select the undo the size of the box.
button to erase the
last change made
with the tools, or use
the recycling bin to
erase everything in
just one stroke.

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Presentations
The presentations appear without text. Before reading,
students have the opportunity to guess the context by looking
at the pictures. In addition, they could be asked to guess and
write what the characters may be thinking. Students can also
develop their listening skills by listening to the recording.

Press the Show/Hide text

button for the text to
appear.

The text is highlighted

while it is heard. When
you are reading the text
you have the option to
select a specific phrase
and hear it individually.

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Vocabulary List
In the Vocabulary List, you can find a list of the words
presented in each lesson.

To view the vocabulary

for the lesson, press
the Vocabulary List
button .

Click the Listen

Press on a word to see the information about it. button to
hear the correct
pronunciation
of each word.

Definition.

Click the Listen

button to
You can easily
hear the example
look up a
for the word.
word using the
search box.

Click the Close

button to
return to the
There are two ways to access the vocabulary:
activity.
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Activities
Most activities include answers. To display the answers, click in the area
where the answer should be. If you click on the answer again, it will disappear.
The answer could be a text, a shape (e.g. a circle), or a symbol.

Text Shape Symbol

For ‘Match’
Some (usually longer) activities, press
answers may also be on the small
found in Key buttons. circles to display
the answers.

The marker symbol

found at the top of
some exercises
indicates personal
response activities.
Students can be
guided through
these activities by
the teacher.

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Listening comprehension
For the listening activities, an audio bar is displayed at the
bottom of the screen. You can pause the sound or choose
to listen to just a part of the phrase by pressing on the bar.

Audio Bar

1:40

Play/Pause Press to listen to a Stop audio

audio buttons. part of a phrase. button.

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Justifications for the answers

In some activities,
you will see a button
with a question mark.
This is a Justification
button . Press
on this button to
view the justification
for the answer (see
highlighted parts).

Press on the Listen button to listen to the highlighted part of

the text, which contains the justification for the selected question.

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General tips
The Interactive Whiteboard Software can be used to:

provide immediate feedback

access all components of the course instantly and easily

do listening activities immediately without playing the class CD

play songs

find the meaning and pronunciation of unknown words in the

Vocabulary List as well as example sentences

use the tools to highlight content and draw students’ attention to


specific points, e.g. parts of speech, extracts from texts

save and print Interactive Whiteboard images along with your notes

brainstorm ideas

save a list of relevant websites for reinforcing students’ skills

improve learning by giving students the opportunity to deal with


information in multiple formats (e.g. picture, text or audio)

motivate students and stimulate enthusiasm

encourage students’ participation and collaboration

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Warning
We strongly recommend that you upgrade
your browser to its most recent version to
prevent errors that may arise while using the
IWB if an outdated browser is used.
The IWB has been designed and created with
the latest technology and HTML5 in mind.
HTML5 is the most recent version of the
standard HTML technology.
Therefore, it can be used with any operating
system (Windows, Linux and Mac) that
supports HTML compatible browsers, such as
Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge etc.

Recommended requirements
Browser: 
Chrome 52+ or Firefox 47+ or
Internet Explorer 11+ or Edge 12+

Operating
Systems: Windows 7 and later

CPU Speed: Dual Core 2.0 GHz or equivalent

processor and higher

RAM: 2GB+

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