Easy Paint Tutorial

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Easy Paint TutorialNote: This tutorial requires that you have installed IntelliPics Studio 3. Authoring featuresnecessary to complete this tutorial are not available when using IntelliPics Studio 3 Player.Copyright 2003, IntelliTools, Inc.Copyright Notice© 2003, IntelliTools, Inc. All rights reserved. The distribution and sale of this software and manual are authorized forthe original purchaser only. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of federal copyright law. Images that appear inClassroom Suite may not be used in any commercial application without the prior consent of IntelliTools, Inc.Trademarks and AcknowledgmentsIntelliTools (and logo), IntelliKeys, IntelliMathics, IntelliPics, IntelliTalk (and logo), Overlay Maker (and logo),SwitchIt!, and ClickIt! are registered trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. All other IntelliTools product names and logosare trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. Other companies’ brand names, product names (including Windows, Macintosh,QuickTime, and Adobe Reader), and logos mentioned herein are registered trademarks, trademarks, or brandnames of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.CreditsClassroom Suite was produced through the collaborative efforts of many staff members at IntelliTools, including(alphabetically): Kacey Arnold, Jeremy Bolan, Ann Brundige, Virginia Burt, Ben Cushman, Beth Davis, Erik Eisen,Suzanne Feit, Chris Finley, Linda Finley, Dale Goetsch, Michelle Graham, Sean Hamilton, Paula Irons, Bobbi ...

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• Publié par: Shean
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Easy Paint Tutorial

Copyright 2003, IntelliTools, Inc.

Note

: This tutorial requires that you have installed

IntelliPics Studio 3

. Authoring features

necessary to complete this tutorial are not available when using

IntelliPics Studio 3 Player

.

Easy Paint Tutorial

Copyright Notice

© 2003, IntelliTools, Inc. All rights reserved. The distribution and sale of this software and manual are authorized for

the original purchaser only. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of federal copyright law. Images that appear in

Classroom Suite may not be used in any commercial application without the prior consent of IntelliTools, Inc.

Trademarks and Acknowledgments

IntelliTools (and logo), IntelliKeys, IntelliMathics, IntelliPics, IntelliTalk (and logo), Overlay Maker (and logo),

SwitchIt!, and ClickIt! are registered trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. All other IntelliTools product names and logos

are trademarks of IntelliTools, Inc. Other companies’ brand names, product names (including Windows, Macintosh,

QuickTime, and Adobe Reader), and logos mentioned herein are registered trademarks, trademarks, or brand

names of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged.

Credits

Classroom Suite

was produced through the collaborative efforts of many staff members at IntelliTools, including

(alphabetically): Kacey Arnold, Jeremy Bolan, Ann Brundige, Virginia Burt, Ben Cushman, Beth Davis, Erik Eisen,

Suzanne Feit, Chris Finley, Linda Finley, Dale Goetsch, Michelle Graham, Sean Hamilton, Paula Irons, Bobbi Keene,

Arjan Khalsa, Patty Kilroy, Jez Lickter, Dave Magliocco, Kathie Maltby, Ed Murphy, Philip Nittenberg, Ann Olsen,

Meida Pang, Aakash Patel, Kathleen Post, Jennifer Ray, Lucinda Ray, Alan Rhody, David Robertshaw, Fred Ross-

Perry, Chris Santeramo, Scott Schafer, Lisa Sheean, Karen Sheehan, Michelle Shelfer, Caroline Van Howe, John Van

Straalen, Byron Wilkes, Mary Ann Zapalac.

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Instant-Activity Kits

Classroom Suite

includes 30 instant-activity kits. Each

kit includes an Activity ready for students to use, a

Template ready for teachers to create additional similar

activities quickly, and a PDF file of this tutorial.

Easy Paint

The Easy Paint instant-activity kit includes the Easy

Paint Underwater activity, the Easy Paint Template, and

a PDF file of this tutorial. You can find these

components by opening the Productivity Templates

folder and then the Easy Paint folder in the New area of

Classroom Suite

.

The Easy Paint Template enables you to create simple

coloring activities for students. The activities are

suitable for young students, including switch users.

The template includes six different backgrounds

(Desert, Mountain, River, Space, Seashore, City street)

and a variety of clip art for animations, so you can

create many customized

coloring diagram activities for

your students.

In this tutorial, you will start by exploring the Easy

Paint Underwater activity. Later in the tutorial, you will

learn to create customized coloring diagram activities,

using the Easy Paint template.

Universal Design

The activities you create using the Easy Paint Template

and

Classroom Suite

are designed for all students,

including those with physical or cognitive disabilities.

Easy Paint Tutorial

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Introduction

Create a Folder for Your New

Activities

When you use this template, you will be creating new

activities for your students to use. To organize these

activities, you will want to create your own folder in the

Activities area of

Classroom Suite.

1. At the Navigation Screen, click the Activities

button. Click the New Folder button on the right

side of the screen. A dialog box will ask you to

name the folder. Give it the name of one of your

classes (e.g., Mrs. Smith’s Class).

2. Open the Easy Paint Template (page 3).

3. When you complete your work with the template

and click the Finish Activity button, the Save As

Activity dialog box appears. Name your new

activity, select the folder in which you want to place

your work, and click OK. Your new activity will now

be available for you to assign to students.

This tutorial requires that you have installed

IntelliPics Studio 3

. Authoring features

necessary to complete this tutorial are not available

when using the

IntelliPics Studio 3 Player

.

Note

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Part 1: Exploring the Easy Paint Underwater Activity

Opening Coloring Ant Colony

1. Sign in to

Classroom Suite

as a Teacher (see

Getting Started in the

Classroom Suite

binder). The

Navigation Screen displays.

2. Click the New button, if it is not already selected.

Open the Productivity Templates folder.

3. Open the Easy Paint folder and open Easy Paint

Underwater.

Exploring Easy Paint Underwater

Students use the paint tools of

IntelliPics Studio 3

to

color a diagram of an underwater scene. Easy Paint

Underwater is a simple cause and effect coloring

activity that is suitable for young students, including

switch users.

1. The Easy Paint Underwater activity opens with a

line drawing of an underwater scene, ready for a

student to fill it with color.

2. Click the picture of the underwater scene once.

Notice that the sea floor is painted.

3. Click the picture of the underwater scene again.

The kelp in the center is filled with green.

4. Click the picture again. A plant is painted blue.

5. Continue clicking until the whole underwater

scene is filled with color.

6. A final click causes a stingray to appear in the

background and swim to the front of the painting.

7. Click the Play IntelliMation item to see the

animation again.

8. Select the yellow Repeat Activity button to start the

activity over again from page 1.

9. Close this activity without saving it.

The Coloring Science Diagrams instant-activity

kit provides similar coloring activities. It

contains the Coloring Ant Colony activity and the

Coloring Diagrams Template. This instant-activity

kit is found in the Science Templates folder in the

New area of

Classroom Suite

.

In the next part of this tutorial, you will use the Easy

Paint Template to create additional coloring activities.

Note

The Easy Paint Template enables you to create simple

coloring activities that feature science diagrams. The

activities are suitable for young students, including

switch users. The template includes six different

diagrams and a variety of clip art for animations, so you

can create many customized coloring activities for your

students.

Using this template, you will choose a background,

make individual pages with the background

progressively colored in, and create a simple animation

for the completed picture.

Opening the Easy Paint Template

1. At the Navigation Screen, click the New button.

Open the Productivity Templates folder.

2. Open the Easy Paint folder. Open the Easy Paint

Template.

3. The Easy Paint Template displays. Notice the tool-

bar at the top, the maroon instructions below the

toolbar, and the diagram toolbar at the right.

Selecting a Diagram

1. Select one of the backgrounds in the toolbar at the

right of the page. Click the Beach background to

insert it on the page.

2. If you want to change your selection, click another

background on the toolbar to replace the

previously selected background.

3. See the instructions on page 1 of this tutorial to

learn how to create a special folder to store the new

activities you make with this and other templates in

Classroom Suite

.

4. From the File menu, select Save As Activity. Save

your activity with a unique name, like Easy Paint

Beach. It will be saved into the Activities folder.

5. Click the Paint Button in the upper left corner of

the screen to access the paint tools in

IntelliPics

Studio 3

. Notice that the toolbar of backgrounds

disappears and two new painting toolbars display

on the left and bottom of the screen.

6. You have just created the opening page for your

coloring activity. Because it is the first page a

student will see, leave it empty of color.

In the next part of the tutorial, you will create a series

of partially colored versions of this picture.

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Part 2: Using the Easy Paint Template

Easy Paint Tutorial

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Duplicating a Page

Now you will create a series of pages that are

progressively more filled with color.

1. Duplicate Page 1 by clicking the orange Duplicate

Page button at the top of the page.

2. Notice that the status bar in the bottom right now

says Page #2 of 2.

Adding Color to a Page

In order to make this template easier for you to use, the

Fill tool is preselected for you.

1. Choose a color from the toolbar of colors displayed

at the bottom of the page.

2. Notice that your cursor looks like a paint bucket.

Move your cursor to a section of the picture that

you want to fill with this color.

3. Click the area of the picture you have chosen, and

that area will fill with the color you selected.

Making More Pages

1. Duplicate Page 2 by clicking the orange Duplicate

Page button at the top of the page.

2. Notice that the status bar at the bottom right now

says Page #3 of 3.

3. Choose a different color from the toolbar of colors

displayed at the bottom of the page.

4. Move your cursor to a new section of the picture

that you want to fill with this color. Click the area

you have chosen and that area will fill with color.

5. Continue duplicating pages and filling areas with

color until the picture has been completely filled

with color.

Note: remember to duplicate the page every

time you finish adding a new color to your

activity.

6. When you have completely filled the picture,

duplicate the completely colored page.

In the next section of this tutorial, you will add an

IntelliMation to this duplicated page for the finale of the

activity.

If you are using the full version of

IntelliPics Studio 3

(not the

Player

version)

,

you can add an IntelliMation

(an animation sequence) to this activity.

Part 2: Using the Easy Paint

Template

Note

5

Using the Animation Time Line

1. Click the Design button at the top left of the page

to return to Design mode.

2. The Create IntelliMation button will display at the

top right of the page. Click this button. The

IntelliMation time line displays. You will use this

time line as you create an animation sequence.

Notice that two new toolbars display.

3. On the right is a toolbar of objects appropriate to

the chosen background. The specific items in this

toolbar will vary, depending on which background

you have chosen.

4. Click one of these objects (the hermit crab, in this

example) to place it on the page.

5. On the left is a toolbar of Transform tools that

enable you to rotate, shrink, enlarge, or flip the

object(s) you have chosen to animate.

6. With the object selected, click one of the

Transform tools. In this example, click Flip

Horizontally to change the direction the hermit

crab is facing. If you like, you may also change the

size of the object, to make it fit better in the picture.

7. Next, click the 0.5 second mark on the time line.

Move the object to a new position on the page.

8. Click the 2 second mark on the time line. Move the

object to a new position on the page. Change the

size or direction, if you wish.

9. Continue to click new time points and move the

object.

10. If you want to add more time to your animation,

select Next 5 Seconds from the IntelliPics Studio.

Then continue your animation.

11. Click the arrow at the end of the time line to

preview your animation.

12. If you want to remove time line points or change

your animation, click the Erase button at the right

of the time line. It will remove the points one at a

time, starting from the end of your sequence.

13. When you are satisfied with your animation, click

the Create IntelliMation button again to remove the

time line.

In the next section of the tutorial, you will prepare the

activity for student use.

Part 2: Using the Easy Paint Template

Easy Paint Tutorial

Note

Simplify the Page for Student Use

You have just created an activity that will work as if by

magic. Good magicians always hide their tricks. In this

case you will want to hide the toolbars of tools you used

to create the activity, so students can focus on coloring

the picture.

1. Click the purple Finish Activity button at the top

right of the page.

2. Click Replace when you are prompted to replace

the existing version of the activity.

3. Finish Activity will remove the authoring toolbars,

returning your new activity to Page #1.

4. Notice that a new toolbar displays at the top of the

page. The yellow Repeat Activity button enables

students to repeat the Easy Paint activity as many

times as they wish. Clicking this Repeat Activity

button returns the student to Page #1 and restarts

the activity.

5. Upon arriving at the the final page of the diagram,

the Play IntelliMation button allows students to re-

play the animation as many times as they wish.

6. Close the activity.

Congratulations! Your

activity is ready for students to

use. You can repeat the steps on pages 2–5 of this

tutorial to create a large variety of additional coloring

activities.

The next two pages of this tutorial provide additional

information about how this template was constructed.

They also include tips on customizing the template

even further.

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Part 2: Using the Easy Paint Template

Adding a New Diagram

You can use different pictures than the ones provided

in this template.

1. Open the Easy Paint Template again (see page 3).

2, Press

[Ctrl]

and simultaneously click any button

on the toolbar (

[Ctrl]+click

). The Button

Properties dialog box displays.

3. To add a picture from the Picture Library, click

the Insert Picture From Library button. Use the

Category drop down list to locate a different

diagram in the Picture Library.

4. Select the Coloring Book category and then

select a new picture. Click Insert and OK to put

your selected picture into the toolbar.

5. Alternatively, click the Insert Picture from File

button. Then navigate to a picture you wish to use

that you may have stored elsewhere on your

computer, or on another CD.

6. When you locate the picture you want, select it

and click OK. It will insert in the toolbar.

Adding New Objects to Animate

It is possible to use your own pictures of objects to

animate, rather than using those provided.

1. Click the Create IntelliMation button. The toolbar

of objects available to animate will appear at the

right of the page.

2.

[Ctrl]+click

one of the objects provided. Do NOT

select any animated object (see the Tooltips to

identify animated objects). The Button Properties

dialog box displays.

3. Use steps 2–5 above to add new pictures.

4. Proceed with the steps in on pages 3, 4, and 5 to

create your custom coloring page. Be sure to save

each new activity with a distinctive name.

Important!

Be sure that any picture you select

has only a small number of areas to fill, to keep

the activity short. The areas should be large

enough to be easy for you to fill with the paint

bucket. Also, test any picture you select for

breaks in the lines, as the color will “leak”

through an area that is not completely closed.

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Part 3: Customizing the Easy Paint Template

Note

Transparent Buttons

Part of the magic that makes this template work for

students is the use of transparent buttons. The

following section of this tutorial will explain how this

works, in case you want to use this technique in other

activities you create.

1.

IntelliPics Studio 3

includes the capability of

placing Page Buttons on the page. Buttons can

perform a variety of actions, such as causing a

sound to play, navigating to a new page in an

activity, or even opening an Internet browser and

going to a specific Web site.

In this activity, all pages are completely

covered with a transparent button. The action

assigned to the button is to go to the next page.

2. Open the Easy Paint Template (see page 3).

3. Press

[Ctrl]

and click any of the pages of any

completed Easy Paint activity.

4. The Properties of Page Button dialog box

displays, opened to the Picture tab. Notice that

the button has no picture.

5. Click the Appearance tab and you will see that the

Transparent Button Style has been selected. This

means that the student using the activity does not

see that a large, transparent button is covering

the whole page.

6. Click the Actions tab. Notice that the action

assigned is to go to the Next Page. In other

words, by clicking the transparent button,

students are actually navigating to the next page

(which has more of the diagram filled in).

A Play Sound action has also been assigned,

but no sounds have been added to this activity.

(You could do this at a later time. Click the Sound

tab to add sound.)

7. These buttons are already set up to respond to

scanning or to the Intellikeys keyboard, for

students who will be using these input devices.

Congratulations! You have learned to customize the

Easy Paint Template, enabling you to make a wide

variety of coloring activities for your students.

Easy Paint Tutorial

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Part 3: Customizing the Easy Paint

Template

Note

Note