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Tips and Ideas for Your IWB Software

Katie Wardrobe
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Using These Notes ....................................................................................................................... 4

General Skills to Learn ................................................................................................................. 4

Gathering and Organising Your Materials ..............................................................................................................4
Interactive Listening Project Composer Image .......................................................................... 4
Basic Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................4
Insert Images .......................................................................................................................................................................5
Link To A Website .............................................................................................................................................................5
Interactive Listening Project - Character Themes ......................................................................... 5
Basic Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................5
Notation .................................................................................................................................................................................6
Preparing Audio Files ......................................................................................................................................................6
Adding Audio .......................................................................................................................................................................6
Music Literacy Melodic and Rhythmic Dictation........................................................................ 6
Basic Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................6
Custom Made Staves.........................................................................................................................................................7
Song Shapes (Images for Noteheads) .......................................................................................................................7
Rhythmic Dictation ...........................................................................................................................................................7
Music Literacy Rain, Rain .......................................................................................................... 8
Basic Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................8
Stick Notation......................................................................................................................................................................8
Tempo Words The Magic Star ................................................................................................... 8
Basic Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................8
Help - The Words Keep Going Behind the Star!....................................................................................................9
Parts of the Guitar Erase to Reveal #1 ....................................................................................... 9
Basic Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................9
Starlight Starbright Erase to Reveal #2 ...................................................................................... 9
Basic Steps ............................................................................................................................................................................9
Soundscapes ..............................................................................................................................10
Basic Steps .........................................................................................................................................................................10
Record Drawing of Symbols ........................................................................................................10
Basic Steps .........................................................................................................................................................................10
Screen Recorders............................................................................................................................................................10
Score Markup .............................................................................................................................11
Basic Steps .........................................................................................................................................................................11
Younger Students Rhythmic Literacy.................................................................................................................11
Older Students: Score Analysis.................................................................................................................................11

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Puzzles: Word Search .................................................................................................................12
Basic Steps .........................................................................................................................................................................12
Contact me (Im happy to answer questions ) .........................................................................12

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Using These Notes

These notes refer to the IWBs in the Music Classroom slides from the presentation given in the workshop
and they give an explanation of how each slide was created. The instructions are general in nature so that
they can be applied to any type of IWB software, Powerpoint or Keynote. Not all techniques will be
achievable in all software programs.
Please consult your IWB software reference manual (or Google!) for instructions specific to the IWB used at
your school.

General Skills to Learn

When using your IWB software, the following skills will come in handy:
Duplicating objects
Ordering/arranging (change which object is on top)
Word translation: convert handwriting to typed text
Adding website links
Adding pictures
Adding music (audio) and video
Using sound effects, other special effects
Reveal answers by erasing
Animation
Record yourself drawing symbols
Using provided games (flash games)

Gathering and Organising Your Materials

Keep all the images, audio files, videos and anything else youre going to use to create your presentation in
a folder together on your hard drive. If there are items you think youll use repeatedly, save them to the
Gallery or Resources area of your IWB software program so theyre easy to find.

Interactive Listening Project Composer Image

Basic Steps
Set background colour (often in the Format or Edit menu)
Create text about composer
Insert an image of the composer
Resize it or move it if necessary
Create a link from the image to a website with more
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Insert Images
You can find a great selection of images online that are legal to use. Look for Creative Commons licensed
(the creator assigns a license which allows reuse) or royalty-free (which doesnt always mean cost-free)
images. See the Links section for a couple of suggestions

Download the image by right-clicking on it and choosing Save Image As or
similar. Save it somewhere useful and give it a descriptive title. I usually save
the name of the creator of the picture in the title so that I can attribute them
when necessary.

To add it to your presentation:
drag it from the Explorer window (PC) or from the Finder (Mac) straight on to the current slide
or insert it by going to the Insert menu and choosing Picture or Media

Link To A Website
You can link images, or text in your presentations to websites that provide more information about the
subject.

Select the image first (or text) and then choose
Link or Hyperlink from the Insert menu
You can often also right-click on the object and
choose the Link option there
A window will open and there will be a place to
insert a website address (URL)
Visit the website in your internet browser and
copy the address
Go back to your IWB software and paste the URL into the appropriate place
Click Insert link or OK to exit the window

Interactive Listening Project - Character Themes

Basic Steps
Set the background colour
Create text: title and description
Insert an image of the character/animal
(ie. Peter and the bird)
Insert an image of the notation
Create a link from the notation image to a
sound file

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Notation
To create an image of a snippet of notation from Sibelius:
Create a new score in Sibelius
Input the notes, dynamics and articulation
Press Alt+G (Option+G on Mac). Your mouse pointer will become a cross
Click and drag around the part of the score you want
Adjust the size of the box if necessary using the handles
Press Ctrl+C (Command+C)
Go back to your IWB software program and press Ctrl+V (Command+V) to paste
This works in Word (great for creating exam papers), IWB software, Powerpoint and Keynote

Preparing Audio Files
Its a good idea to prepare the audio before adding to a presentation. If the audio file is short, you may not
need to do anything at all. However, if you need just a small part of a longer audio file you can edit it in the
free audio editor Audacity first. Audacity allows you to chop off the beginning and/or end and create fade-
ins and fade-outs.

Adding Audio
You can attach an audio file to an image or text.
Select the image/text
Go to the Insert menu and choose insert sound/media/audio/music (called various names in
different programs)
Click on Choose File or From File
Find and select the audio file
Click Insert/OK

Music Literacy Melodic and Rhythmic Dictation

Basic Steps
Create custom-made staves or use provided
manuscript with your IWB software
Create the song title with the text tool
Insert an image of a snail (large) for the title
Duplicate or clone the large snail and make it
smaller so it can be used as noteheads
Duplicate the small snail (or use Infinite Cloner
on Smartboard or Drag A Copy on Promethean)
so there are many noteheads for students to use

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Custom Made Staves
IWB software usually comes with ready-made manuscript in varying sizes and styles, but sometimes you
might find that you need a custom-made stave for your classes.
Create one line using the line tool. Adjust the thickness, colour and length of the line if necessary
Duplicate the line 4 more times (shortcut is usually Ctrl+D or Command+D)
Position the 5 lines so that theyre evenly spaced
When youre happy with the way they look, lock the 5 lines in place. This
means that students wont accidentally drag them out of position
Save your stave to the Gallery or Resources area of the IWB software so
you can use it again in the future

Song Shapes (Images for Noteheads)

Find an image to use as a song shapes (ie. the pink snail for Snail, Snail)
Make them small so they fit nicely on the stave (test it out!)
Alternatively, you or your students can draw a an appropriate picture to use
Turn on Infinite Cloner (Smartboard) or Drag A Copy (Promethean you can also add it to your
Toolbox) to use the object many times on the same page

Rhythmic Dictation
Using a similar technique, you can use the IWB for rhythm (or melody) dictation exercises.
Set the background colour of the slide
See if your IWB software has any rhythmic elements as part of its gallery: note values, clefs, barlines
and time signatures
Set up some of the elements ahead of classtime: I set up the title, time signature and barlines and
locked them all in place
Drag one of each of the rhythmic elements to the bottom of the slide and turn on Infinite Cloner
(Smartboard) or Drag A Copy (Promethean). If your IWB doesnt have that function, have students
duplicate the item before they use it in the rhythm

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Music Literacy Rain, Rain

Basic Steps
Set the background colour, create the title and add
an image
Create the stick notation elements and move them to
the bottom of the page
Create a beat circle thats big enough to fit the joined
quavers
Duplicate the circle 3 more times and then position
the 4 circles evenly in a row
Then duplicate the group of 4 circles to create a
second line

Stick Notation
Create one crotchet stem using the Line tool
Duplicate the single stem two times and then add a horizontal line to make joined quavers
Group the 3 lines that make up the quavers so they can be moved around as a single unit
Duplicate the group and flip horizontally so you have stems up and stems down

Tempo Words The Magic Star

Basic Steps
Create the tempo words: type each term and the
matching definition next to each other, separated by
a space, like this: fast allegro
Change the colour of the text: make all the tempo
words one colour and all the definitions another
colour
Set the background colour, making sure that its the
same colour as the definitions
Create the Magic Star using the Shape tool. Fill it in
and make sure its the same colour as the tempo
words
Create a title and instructions using the text tool
When a tempo word is dragged on to the star, the definition will magically appear

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Help - The Words Keep Going Behind the Star!
If the text objects end up behind the star instead of on top of the star, youll need to rearrange the order of
objects that is, which object should remain on top (forward) and which one should remain behind
(backward).
Select the object (the text)
Right-click on it and choose Order/Reorder/Arrange
Select Bring to Front
Repeat for each text object

Parts of the Guitar Erase to Reveal #1

Basic Steps
Set the background colour
Add the guitar image (I used one of the provided
Smartboard images)
Use the Line tool to create the black lines that indicate
the different parts of the guitar
Type the answers next to the end of the black lines
Cover up the answers by choosing the Pen tool and
colouring over the answer with the same colour as the
background

Starlight Starbright Erase to Reveal #2

Basic Steps
Set the background image (starry sky)
Add the beat hearts and lock them in place
Add the correct rhythm (stick notation) in black and lock each
one in place
Colour over the answers with red
Students can write their guesses over the top and then erase
them to reveal the correct answers

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Soundscapes
Basic Steps
Optional: find a background that suits your soundscape
theme
Discuss with students which objects/creatures you might
find in your chosen scene
Draw each one using the IWB pens
Select the drawing (all parts of the picture) so that it
becomes an object that you can move around. If there
are lots of parts to the drawing, you may need to group
the parts together
Ask the students to decide on a sound for each one
Draw an object that will move around the scene visiting each item in the scene (ie. a submarine in
the under-the-sea theme). This object will act as the conductor
Perform the soundscape by conducting the piece with the submarine

Record Drawing of Symbols

Basic Steps
Create a custom stave as before
Activate the screen recorder (see note below)
Draw the symbol and narrate the steps
Stop the recording and play it back for students to watch

Screen Recorders
Some IWBs such as the Smartboard - come with a built in screen recorder. However, if your IWB software
doesnt have one you can use a free screencasting program such as Jing which is available for both Mac and
PC.
Jing can take screenshots (static photos of your screen) as well as screencasts (videos). Screencasts are
limited to 5 minutes.
Download Jing here:
http://www.techsmith.com/jing/

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Score Markup

Basic Steps
Drag a PDF or image of a score into your
presentation
Use the IWB pens to mark-up the score
Use the Eraser tool to remove
handwriting

Younger Students Rhythmic Literacy
Create a score in Sibelius and remove the stems from the notes:
Select all the bars (click in the first bar and shift-click in the last bar)
Open the Properties Window by going to Window > Properties
Click on the Notes tab
Choose notehead number 8 from the drop-down menu)
Select the section of score you need as an image (see earlier instructions), copy it and then paste it
into the IWB software
Alternatively, turn your score into a PDF (File > Print select PDF) and drag it into your IWB
software
Lock it in place

Older Students: Score Analysis
Use the same steps above to add a more complex score
to your IWB software.

You and/or the students can use the IWB pens to mark up
the score when discussing form, motifs and so on.

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Puzzles: Word Search

Basic Steps
Find or create a word search puzzle
Convert it into a PDF, or an image (PNG) and drag it
into your IWB software
Students can use the IWB highlighter and pen tools to
identify the words

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