Easy Storybook Tutorial

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Easy Storybook 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 and individuals atIntelliTools, 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 ...

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Easy Storybook 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 Storybook 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 and individuals 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 Storybook

The Easy Storybook instant-activity kit includes the

Easy Storybook Aquarium activity, the Easy Storybook

Template, and a PDF file of this tutorial. You can find

these components by opening the Language Arts

Templates folder and then the Storybooks folder in the

New area of

Classroom Suite

.

The Easy Storybook Template can be used to create a

storybook or student picture journal. Students use the

pictures on each page as a stimulus for writing. The

text they type on the page can be read aloud by the

computer or students can record their own voices

reading the text. Completed storybooks can be printed

or played as slide shows. Three sets of pictures have

been provided, or you can import your own.

In this tutorial, you will start by exploring the Easy

Storybook Aquarium activity. Later in the tutorial, you

will learn to create customized storybook writing

activities, using the Easy Storybook template.

Universal Design

The activities you create using the Easy Storybook

Template and

Classroom Suite

are designed for all

students, including those with physical or cognitive

disabilities.

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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 Page, 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 Storybook Template (see 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 Storybook Aquarium Activity

Opening Easy Storybook Aquarium

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.

3. Open the Language Arts Templates folder.

4. Open Storybooks and choose Easy Storybook

Aquarium.

Exploring Easy Storybook Aquarium

The opening page of Easy Storybook Aquarium

includes an underwater image, a title, and a text box for

students to begin their story. Notice the toolbar at the

top of the page. This toolbar contains tools to help

students create their story, including word prediction,

spell check, and the option of adding a keyboard

alphabet to the screen,

1. Click the title of the story. Notice that the title of

the story is read aloud. The text box is locked, and

students will not be able to change this text.

2. Click in the second text box. Notice that you are

able to select and alter this text. A text box like this

one is on each of the ten pages of this storybook.

3. Click the Show Letters button on the toolbar. An

alphabet keyboard appears at the bottom of the

page. Click the Hide Letters button at the top left of

the page to remove the keyboard.

Pressing the 1..2..3 button will change the

keyboard to a number pad. Pressing A...B...C

will return it to an alphabet.

4. Type

Our class went to the aquarium last

Tuesday

in the text box. Remove the

e

from

Tuesday, so it is misspelled. Click the Spell Check

button. Select the option that is correct.

5. Click the Word Prediction button. Begin typing

We

saw lots of fish

. Notice how the predicted words

show up at the bottom of the screen.

6. Use the Next Page button to scroll through the

pages in this activity.

7. Once students have completed their stories, they

can save their work and click the Slide Show

button to view their story as a slide show.

8. Close the activity without saving it.

Note

This template can be used to create a storybook or

student picture journal. Students use the pictures on

each page as a stimulus for writing. The text they type

on the page can be read aloud by the computer or

students can record their own voices reading the text.

Completed storybooks can be printed or played as slide

shows. Three sets of pictures have been provided, or

you can import your own.

Opening the Easy Storybook Template

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

2. Open the Language Arts Templates folder.

3. Open Storybooks and choose Easy Storybook

Template.

Selecting a Story

1. The Easy Storybook template opens with two

toolbars at the top of the page. The top toolbar is

the authoring toolbar. The second is the student

toolbar.

2. Press the yellow Authoring Instructions button to

open a pink page of instructions for the template.

You can refer to these instructions at any time

while you work on your activity.

Notice that the status bar shows the Authoring

Instructions as page 11 of 11. Use the Sort

Pages button to delete page 11 before you finish

your activity (see page 4). You may also use the

Sort Pages button to navigate between pages.

Simply click the Sort Pages button, then click on

the page you want, and click OK.

3. Choose a Picture Set from the blue Pictures

buttons on the upper right toolbar. Three sets of

pictures are provided in this template. For this

tutorial, select the US Pictures button.

A set of 10 pictures appears in a toolbar across

the bottom of the page.

You are ready to begin creating the pages of your Easy

Storybook activity for your students.

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Part 2: Using the Easy Storybook Template

Note

Note

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Creating Your Storybook

1. Select the phrase Type Title Here and type in the

title of your story:

American Geography

.

2. Hold down the Control key on the computer

keyboard and simultaneously click the text box

(

[Ctrl+click]

). The Properties of Text Box

displays.

3. Click to check Read-Only Text, so that the story

title cannot be changed. Click OK.

If you want your students to name their own

stories, skip steps 2 and 3.

4. Click the picture of the map at the bottom left of

the page. It will automatically insert on the first

page.

5. Use the Next Page arrow to move to page 2. Select

the photo you want to place on the page.

6. Continue inserting pictures until you have placed a

picture on each page.

If you decide you want to change the order of

your pictures, click the Sort Pages button.

Following the instructions there, you can move

pages toward the front or the end of the story.

7. Remember to delete page 11 (with the Authoring

Instructions) before you finish your activity. Use

the Sort Pages dialog to remove the page, or go to

page 11 and select Delete Page from the Pages

menu.

8. Click the purple Finish Activity button to name and

save your work and make the activity ready for

your students.

Finish Activity will remove all the extra toolbars

and make sure your work is saved as an Activity.

9. 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

.

Congratulations! You have just completed an easy

storybook activity for the geography of America. You

can assign this to your students whenever you are

ready.

Part 2: Using the Easy Storybook Template

Note

Note

5

Using the My Own Pictures Toolbar

You can create a whole new topic for a storybook by

using the My Own Pictures toolbar. You can select

pictures from the

Classroom Suite

Picture Library, or

you can use your own photos or pictures as part of a

storybook.

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

and open the Language Arts Templates folder.

2. Open Storybooks and choose Easy Storybook

Template.

3. Click the My Own Pictures button. A toolbar with

ten buttons appears across the bottom of the page.

4.

[Ctrl]+click

the first button at the left of the

toolbar. The Button Properties dialog box displays.

Adding a Picture from the Picture Library

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

Insert Picture From Library button. When the

Picture Library dialog box displays, use the

Category drop down list to locate a different

picture in the Picture Library.

2. For this example, select the Backgrounds category

and pick Seaside. Then click Insert.

3. Next, change the Button Name at the top of the

dialog box. Select the text “Control+Click Add

Picture” and type in

Seaside

. Click OK.

4. Select nine more background scenes for your

toolbar using steps 1–3 for each button.

It is not necessary to use only Backgrounds for

your stories. However those are the only images

that fill the entire page.

Adding Your Own Pictures

1.

[Ctrl]+click

the first button at the left of the

toolbar. The Button Properties dialog box displays.

2. 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.

3. When you locate the picture you want, select it and

click OK. It will insert in the toolbar. Follow the

same process for changing the name of the button.

The next section of the tutorial will show you how to

add sounds to your storybook. You may also remove

pages to create a shorter story.

Part 3: Customizing the Easy Storybook Template

Easy Storybook Tutorial

Note

Adding a Student’s Voice

You may wish to add the sound of a student reading the

text aloud. His or her recorded voice will play

automatically when you turn the pages of the book.

You will need a microphone for your computer.

1. Select any page where you want to record a student

voice. From the Pages menu, select Page

Properties.

2. Click the Page Sounds tab.

3. Select the Recorded Sound radio button.

4. Click the Record button.

5. When the Record Sound dialog box appears, click

the red Record button and record the sound you

want.

6. Name the sound for each page, such as Page 1

sound, Page 2 sound, etc.

7. Click OK when you are finished recording the

sound for a specific page.

8. Repeat steps 1–7 for each page of your storybook.

Removing Pages

Ten pages may be more than you want to assign to

some of your students. You can remove pages without

affecting the function of the activity.

To remove a page:

1. Select the Sort Pages button. The Sort Pages

dialog box displays.

2. Select the page(s) you want to delete.

3. Click Delete Page. The page will disappear.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for every page that you wish

to delete.

5. Click OK to close the Sort Pages dialog box.

6. Place the pictures on the remaining pages of the

story as described in Part 2 of this tutorial.

7. Click the purple Finish Activity button, name your

new activity, and you are ready to assign your new

Easy Storybook Activity!

Congratulations, you have created a totally customized

activity!

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Part 3: Customizing the Easy Storybook Template