Justification

The flipchart concept comes from the idea of flipchart paper found on an easel. After each page is used, turned over and a new appears. This allows the presenter to return when necessary to review a concept in a previous page. The use basic work a flipchart is a quick brainstorm and organize as a group. This same concept is used with flip charts. As a presenter, do not fall into the assumption you have to create an elaborate, flipchart cutesy with lots of shares and bonds. Let the computer programmers. Â

Pop-up Dashboard

When the program starts, a "dashboard" screen appears. Â As blogs, which contains a wealth of menus, screens, secondary, and links things that you can use throughout their time designing flipcharts. As you become familiar with the use of flip charts, you might decide to avoid the dashboard to show self-deactivation in the tab to configure the dashboard. Â

Deciding where to save

Before starting work with flip charts, deciding where to store your flipcharts. The dashboard offers a number of options, "Shared Flipcharts" to My Flipcharts "to" another location. " Because there are many folders and resources provided by the website, you must be very clear about where to save your letters. At home, they tend to keep them in the "other", which defaults to a folder on my desktop for easy storage and access. At school, usually stored in "My flip." Â

Tools and toolbars

There is a "bar tools "that appears immediately after opening the program. This toolbar can be customized in the future to include tools that you like and that you need to teach or present your topic. The toolbar can be configured to remain in one position or float on the screen if you set it in preferences. Also There are other buttons that look like "tool" button. These are distributed around the screen. Some are displayed at the top of the screen only in the "design" Similarly, some are added to the standard toolbar that only certain slides, and some are typically displayed on the right side of the flipchart in what looks like a margin area. Â

Where is my flipchart?

As a flipchart paper, can have many flip open on your desktop, at the same time. You can forget that you have an open or closed thinks that unless you follow one of two methods. Or use the buttons on the area at the right of the flipchart to "flip" through the different tables, and / or set preferences on the panel to display the "Windows" design, instead of the "slate" design. This allows you to see and click on each flipchart file at the bottom of the screen in the menu Home. Â

Use or design

There are two main ways you can view and use flipcharts: presentation and design mode. Look at the icon for "Main Menu" at the top left of the toolbar. If the icon is not selected, is in presentation mode. The presentation is for students, teachers, and presenters to use on the board. If there is a "design" defect or problem on the flipchart, displays! Do not try to fix anything, while presenting or teaching, work around it and remember to fix later.

If the icon in the top left of the toolbar is selected and orang-ish, then you are in design mode. This is the way you use when you want to edit, correct, change or billboards. Make sure you are not in design mode in the presentation or teaching, because the flipchart not act the way they are supposed to, you or other users accidentally delete items and special "action" does not usually work in design mode. To switch between the two modes, place the mouse over the main menu icon in the toolbar and left click on it. A dropdown menu will show. The first point says that "mode design. "If a brand is next, and is currently being used. If there is no check mark, which is inactive. To activate, click it. Â

Final Words

Start with a few practice flipcharts and don’t work on anything important so you won’t have to worry or get upset if you make mistakes along the way. Check out NBCTeacher for practice flipcharts to work with. It takes time to learn how to use the program and it is best to start with pre-made flipcharts or to create easy ones. Be patient and as you gain experience your confidence, and quality of work, will improve.

Leyton Roberts
Main website: http://sites.google.com/site/nbctteacher/
Main blog: http://editinghelpsite.blogspot.com/

I am a Professional Educator and English teacher in Northern Virginia. Visit NBCTeacher for materials, links, and ideas.

3 useful “Show” options in the Tools menu – SL TuTORial