Storybook Tutorial

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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,Paula ...

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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

.

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.

Storybook

The Storybook instant-activity kit includes the

Storybook The Band activity, the 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 Storybook Template has been designed to enable

both you and students to create electronic storybooks

that are similar to Storybook The Band. Students in

grades 1–3 place 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

are provided, as well as space for you to add pictures

for a story of your own choice.

In this tutorial, you will start by exploring the

Storybook The Band activity. Later in the tutorial, you

will learn to create customized storybook writing

activities, using the Storybook template.

Universal Design

The activities you create using the 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 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 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 Storybook The Band Activity

Opening Storybook The Band

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 Language Arts Templates folder.

3. Open Storybooks and choose Storybook The

Band. The title page of the story displays.

Exploring Storybook The Band

Students write and illustrate a story about a trash can

band. They can add graphics to enhance the provided

illustrations. Storybooks can be printed or presented as

Slide Shows.

The opening page of Storybook The Band includes an

animated scene, a title, and a text box for students to

begin their story. The toolbar at the top of the page.

contains tools to help students create their story,

including word prediction, spell check, tools to resize

objects, and the option of adding a keyboard alphabet

to the screen. A toolbar at the right provides access to

pictures students can add to the page.

Working with Text

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

aloud. The text in this box has been designated as

Read-Only Text. Students will not be able to change

the text in this box.

2. Click the text box at the center of the title page.

Edit the text in this text box, creating the

beginning of a story about a trash can band.

3. Click the Read All button in the toolbar at the top of

the page to hear the new text read aloud.

4. There is a text box, ready for students to add text,

on each of the six pages of this activity.

5. Click the Show Letters button in the toolbar. An on-

screen keyboard displays at the bottom of the

screen. Click Hide Letters button at the top left to

remove the keyboard.

Using Spell Check and Word Prediction

Storybook The Band helps develop writing fluency by

providing students with tools to assist them, such as

Spell checking and word prediction.

1. Click the blue Next Page arrow to go to page 2.

2. In the text box, type:

One day Bobby got the

idea to start a band.

Remove the e from idea, so

it is misspelled.

3. Click the Spell Check button. Select the option that

is correct.

4. Click the Word Prediction button.Begin typing

He

thought trash cans would make good

instruments

. Notice that a toolbar of suggested

words displays at the bottom of the page. Click any

word on this toolbar to enter it into your text.

5. Click the Word Prediction button again to close it.

Adding Graphics

1. Click the Story Pictures button at the top right. A

toolbar of Backgrounds, Characters, and Objects

displays at the right of the page.

2. Click the Backgrounds button. Six images appear,

along with a plain white background. Change from

one background to another by clicking the buttons.

3. Click the ocean background. The boy is on a

beach.

4. Click the Characters button. Six different

characters can be added to the story.

5. Click Friends to add them to the screen. While the

picture is selected, click the Flip Horizontally

button. The characters change direction.

6. Click the Objects button. Seven objects display.

7. Click the rocks.While the rocks are still selected,

click the Make Bigger button five times and move

the rocks to the left of the trash cans.

8. Use the blue Next Page arrow to navigate through

the other five pages of the storybook.

Recording Sound

If you have a microphone connected to your

computer, you can add sounds to each page.

1. Select a page to which you would like to add a

sound. Click the Add Sound button.

2. A Record Sound dialog box opens for the page you

have chosen. You may either record a sound of

your own, or click the Import button to add a

sound you have saved in another location.

3. Close this activity without saving it.

In the next part of this tutorial, you use the Storybook

Template to create new electronic storybooks.

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Part 1: Exploring the Storybook The Band Activity

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This template is designed to create storybooks for

student authors. Students in primary grades enter both

pictures and text. Students select and place 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, and

you can import your own for students to work with.

Opening the Storybook Template

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

2. Open the Language Arts Templates folder.

3. Open Storybooks and choose Storybook Template.

4. 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

.

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

your activity with a unique name. It will now be

saved into the Activities folder.

Selecting a Theme

1. The Storybook template opens with two toolbars at

the top of the page and one at the bottom. The top

toolbar is the authoring toolbar. The second is the

student toolbar. The toolbar at the bottom provides

access to the three stories included in the template.

2. Click the yellow Authoring Instructions button to

open a pink page of instructions for the template.

You can refer to these instructions at any time.

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 5).

3. Click the Home button to return to the first page.

From the toolbar at the bottom, choose a theme.

For this tutorial, click the Baseball Fan button.

Each of the three themes will display theme-

specific pictures, as well as backgrounds,

characters, and objects that can be added to any of

the themed stories.

4. To change themes, click the green Start Over

button.

Part 2: Using the Storybook Template

Note

Note

5

Exploring the Assets in Each Theme

You have selected a theme. It is the students’

responsibility to illustrate and write a story, using the

assets you have made available to them. You will now

explore the assets for Baseball Fan. Similar assets exist

for the other two theme choices.

1. Notice that a toolbar of four buttons has replaced

the Choose a Theme toolbar: Baseball Fan

Pictures, Backgrounds, Characters, and Objects.

2. Click the Baseball Fan Pictures button. Five

buttons display, each with a baseball-related

graphic. The button on the far right inserts a frame

animation showing a series of images.

3. Click Backgrounds. Notice the variety of

backgrounds. Students can use the same

background on each page of their storybook or

change backgrounds on different pages.

4. Click the Characters and Objects buttons. Notice

the choices available. Three of the characters (girl,

dog, and cat) are animated graphics.

Student authors are responsible for writing their

own baseball story and for selecting

backgrounds and pictures to illustrate that story. Your

task in using the Storybook Template is to provide the

writing and illustrating environment in which they can

develop their creativity and writing skills.

Finishing the Activity

You have selected a theme and acquainted yourself

with the resources that theme makes available to your

students. Now you will

finish the activity.

1. From the Pages menu, select Sort Pages. The Sort

Pages dialog box displays.

2. Select the last page (Authoring Instructions Page)

and click the Delete Page button. Click OK.

3. Click the purple Finish Activity button to remove

the authoring toolbar, save your work, and make

the activity ready for your students.

4. When prompted, replace the previous version of

your activity by clicking the Replace button.

Congratulations! You have just created an electronic

storybook activity. You can assign this to your students

whenever you are ready.

The next sections of the tutorial provide ways to

customize this template, if you wish to do so.

Part 2: Using the Storybook Template

Storybook Tutorial

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Using the My Own Pictures Toolbar

You can create a custom story with a whole new

category of pictures using the My Own Pictures

toolbar. Select pictures from the

Classroom Suite

Library or use your own photos or pictures to enable

students to create new electronic storybooks.

Customizing the Theme Button

1. Open the Storybook Template (see page 3). From

the File menu, choose Save As Activity, naming the

activity

My New Storybook

.

2. From the Choose A Theme toolbar at the bottom of

the page, click the My Own Pictures button. A

yellow My Pictures button displays at the bottom

left of the screen.

3. Press the Control key on the computer keyboard

and simultaneously click the My Pictures Button

(

[Ctrl]+click

). The Button Properties dialog box

displays.

4. Click the Insert Picture From Library button. From

the Category drop down list, choose the Food

category.

5. Highlight the Lunch listing and click Insert.

6. Next, in the Button Name box at the top right of

the dialog box, change the name of the button to

Picnic Pictures

.

7. Click the Appearance tab. Select Picture and Name.

Change the font size to 12. Click OK. Your Picnic

Pictures button displays at the bottom of the page.

Customizing the Theme Toolbar

1. Click the Picnic Pictures button. A new toolbar of

six buttons displays at the bottom of the screen.

The first five buttons enable you to provide five

pictures for this toolbar. The sixth button

enables you to create an animated sequence easily.

2.

[Ctrl]+click

the first picture button. When the

dialog box opens, follow steps 4–6 above, selecting

a new picture for this button. Name the new

picture.

3. Use this process to place pictures and names on

each of the five theme toolbar buttons.

The next part of the tutorial will guide you to create the

animation button.

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Part 3: Customizing the Storybook Template

Note

Customizing the Animation Button

1.

[Ctrl]+click

the far right Animation button. The

Button Properties dialog box displays.

2. Click the Insert Picture From Library button and

select one of the pictures you have already used.

Click Insert. Continue selecting and inserting the

pictures you placed on the other five buttons.

Each time you insert a picture, the previously

inserted picture disappears from view. The

program is saving each of the images for you and

will play a frame animation showing all five

pictures when this button is selected. Use the

scroll bar at the bottom of the Button Properties

dialog box to confirm that the pictures are there.

3. When you have added all the pictures to the

animation button, in the Button Name text box,

type:

Picnic Animation

.

4. Click the Appearance tab. Change the font size to

10. Click OK. The dialog box closes.

Finish this activity by clicking the purple Finish

Activity button (see page 8).

The next sections of the tutorial include even more

ways to customize the Storybook Template.

Adding Your Own Pictures

You can use your own artwork or photos in this

activity. For example, you may have scanned a series

of student drawings and you want students to use

their own illustrations in their electronic storybook.

1. Open the Storybook Template (see page 4). Click

the My Own Pictures button and then the My

Pictures button.

2.

[Ctrl]+click

the left button. 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. Rename

the button.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each custom picture.

Part 3: Customizing the Storybook Template

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Note

Adding a Student’s Voice

When students have completed their storybooks, 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 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.

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

You can remove pages without affecting the function

of the activity.

1. From the Pages menu, select Sort Pages. 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. Be sure to delete the Authoring

Instructions page.

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

Finishing the Custom Activity

Clicking the Finish Activity button will remove all the

extra toolbars and make sure your work is saved into

the Activities folder, ready to assign to students.

1. Click the purple Finish Activity button.

2. Name your new activity (or if prompted to do so,

click the Replace button if you are resaving an

activity you have previously named and saved).

Congratulations, you have created a totally

customized electronic storybook activity!

Part 3: Customizing the Storybook Template

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