Time Line Tutorial

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Time Line 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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• Publié par: Injie
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Time Line 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

.

Time Line 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.

Time Line

The Time Line instant-activity kit includes the Time

Line Egypt activity, the Time Line Template, and a PDF

file of this tutorial. You can find these components by

opening the Social Studies Templates folder and then

the Time Line in the New area of

Classroom Suite

.

The Time Line Template enables you to select from

nine different time line designs, or to create a time line

of your own for student activities. The template

provides the resources for students to create and

illustrate time lines in four different historical periods:

Egypt, Greece, Rome, and the Middle Ages.

In

addition, the template is prepared for you to add

resources for any historical period your students are

studying.

In this tutorial, you will start by exploring the Time

Line Egypt activity. Later in the tutorial, you will learn

to create customized time line activities, using the Time

Line template.

Universal Design

The activities you create using the Time Line 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 Time Line 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 Time Line Egypt Activity

The Time Line Egypt activity can be used within a

social studies unit focused on the history or as part of

any activity where students are conducting research.

Students enter information onto provided time lines

and have an opportunity to create their own time line.

Opening Time Line Egypt

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 Social Studies Templates folder.

3. Open Time Lines. Open Time Line Egypt.

Exploring Time Line Egypt

The Home page of Time Line Egypt gives students a

menu of four different prepared time lines and a page

where they can create their own time line.

1. Click the green Directions button to hear the direc-

tions for the activity.

2. Click each of the time line buttons to see the styles

and the responses requested on each page. Use the

blue Home button to return to the Home page.

3. Explore the resources available in the activity.

Click the Egypt Resources button and look at the

information available in all categories (People,

Places, Events, Time Periods, Pictures). Click each

of these categories to see the choices available for

completing the blanks in the first three time lines.

4. Use the Egypt Resources buttons to enter answers

in the answer boxes on each of the first three

pages. Note that some choices can be used again

on different pages. (Answers provided below.)

5. Use the Check Answer button to check your work.

6. Click the Time Line Tools button and the Acces-

sories button to see the graphics available for

enhancing and creating their own time lines on the

last two pages of the activity.

7. Close the activity without saving it.

ANSWERS

Page 2:

Dzoser, Pyramids, Seneferu, Sphinx

Page 3:

Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom, New Kingdom,

Late Kingdom, Ptolemaic Period

Page 4:

Dzoser, Seneferu, Amenemhet, Senusret,

Hatshepsut, Tutankhamen, Ramses, Cambyses,

Cleopatra

The Time Line template enables you to prepare Time

Line activities for Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle

Ages. Sets of resources are provided for each of these

periods, including pictures. In addition, the template

has been prepared for you to create custom time lines

for historical periods of your own choice.

Nine time line styles are prepared. In addition, a set of

time line tools enables you to create custom time lines

and add arrows, labels, and other features to time lines.

Opening the Time Line Template

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

2. Open the Social Studies Templates folder.

3. Open Time Lines and choose Time Line Template.

The Time Line Template displays.

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, such as

Time

Line Middle Ages

. The activity will be saved into

the Activities folder.

Selecting a Time Period and Title

1. The Time Line Template opens with two toolbars at

the top of the page. The top toolbar is the

authoring toolbar. The student toolbar is second.

2. Click the yellow Authoring Instructions button to

open a page of instructions. You can refer to these

instructions at any time while you work.

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

page of the template.

4. Decide on the time period for this time line activity.

For this tutorial, you will use Middle Ages.

5.

[Ctrl]+click

the title (Time Line Template). When

the Properties of Text Box displays, deselect Read-

Only Text so you can edit the title.

6. Edit the text in the text box to read

Time Line

Middle Ages

.

7.

[Ctrl]+click

the title again. When the Properties of

Text Box displays, select Read-Only Text again.

Next you will remove unneeded buttons and pages.

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Part 2: Using the Time Line Template

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Removing Unneeded Pages

The Time Line Template provides nine different time

line layouts or styles, one on each page. You will not

need to use all of these pages in your activity.

1. Use the blue Next Page arrow to look at each page.

Decide which page has a time line design you want

to use in your activity. For this tutorial, you will use

only one page, page a.

2. To delete a page, from the authoring toolbar, click

the Sort Pages button. The Sort Page dialog box

displays.

3. Select an unneeded page. Click the Delete Page

button.

4. Repeat step 3 for all pages you don’t want to use.

Remember to delete the Authoring Instructions

page before you finish your activity. Select the

Authoring Instructions Page and click the Delete

Page button.

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

Removing Unneeded Buttons

The Time Line home page provides buttons linked to

each of the time line pages. Each button shows the time

line style on that page. However, you have removed

many of those pages. Therefore, you need to remove

the buttons that were linked to those pages.

1. Click each of the buttons on the menu page. If you

see a dialog box that tells you that the page cannot

be found, you should remove that button.

2. To remove a button, hold down the Control key on

the computer keyboard and simultaneously click

the button (

[Ctrl]+click

).

3. The Properties of Page Button dialog box displays.

Deselect Lock Position (remove the check from

the check box). Click OK.

4. Press the Delete key on your computer keyboard.

The button is removed from the page.

5. Repeat steps 1–4 to remove all unneeded buttons.

6. Now the button on your menu page should link to

just the time line style you want to use in your

activity.

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Moving and Resizing Page Buttons

Now that you have removed buttons, you can reposition

and resize the remaining buttons.

1. From the Edit menu, choose Select All. Then click

the blue Lock/Unlock button on the top toolbar.

2. Notice the black grabber handles around the but-

ton. You can resize the button and reposition it.

Page buttons do not function while they are

unlocked.

3. With the button selected, click the Lock/Unlock

button again again. Now the button will be active

again. If you click it, you will move to the page with

the corresponding time line on it.

Adding Labels

Now you will add labels to the time line.

1. Click the button. The time line page displays.

2. Click the Resources button. Click the Middle Ages

button and the Time Periods button. A toolbar with

three buttons displays at the bottom of the page.

3. Place the cursor in the top left text box. Click the

Early Medieval button. The text appears in the box.

4. Repeat step 3, labeling the other two text boxes

with High Medieval and Late Medieval.

5. Now hold down the Control key on the computer

keyboard and simultaneously click each label

(

[Ctrl]+click

).

When the Properties of Text Box

dialog box displays, click Read-Only Text so that

students don’t edit these boxes.

Adding Answer Boxes

Next you will create two answer boxes for each of the

three periods on the time line.

1. Click the Text tool. Click and drag on the page to

create a text box. Move the text box to the Early

Medieval part of the time line.

2. Repeat step1, placing two text boxes on each of the

three parts of the time line.

3.

[Ctrl+click]

one of the text boxes. The Properties

of Text Box dialog box displays.

4. Click to place check marks in front of Lock Position

and Allow Inserting of Button Names.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each answer box.

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Capturing Answers

Now you will enter answers into the answer boxes.

1. Click Resources, Middle Ages, and Events. A

toolbar of events displays at the bottom of the page.

2. Place the cursor in the first answer box in the Early

Medieval section of the time line.

3. Two possible answers are acceptable in this answer

box. You will enter both of them. Click the Viking

Raids in England button to place the answer in the

text box. Add a semicolon with no spaces on either

side. Click the Battle of Hastings button to add it to

the same text box.

4. Repeat the same answers in the second text box in

the Early Medieval section of the time line.

5. Repeat steps 3 and 4, adding multiple answers to

the other answer boxes as follows (do not put

spaces before or after the colons that separate the

answers):

High Medieval:

Magna Carta;100 Years War;Black Plague

Late Medieval:

Printing Press Invented;Spanish Inquisition

6. When you have all six answer boxes filled, from the

top toolbar, click the Capture Answers button.

7. Two dialog boxes will appear. Click OK and Yes.

This will specify the correct answers and then

remove the text from the answer boxes.

8. To verify that your answers have been captured,

[Ctrl]+click

an answer box. When the Properties

of Answer dialog box displays, click the Answers

tab. You will see the answer you captured.

9. You may wish to create custom answer labels for

your answers, to make students’ printed reports

more easily understood.

10. From the Edit menu, choose Select All. Use the

Lock/Unlock button to lock all the text and label

boxes in their positions on the page.

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Part 2: Using the Time Line Template

Adding Instructions

1. Create a larger text box for instructions. Type:

Click an empty box on the time line for the

Middle Ages. Then click the event that

belongs at the point on the time line.

2. Center the instructions at the bottom of the page.

Select the text. From the Text menu, change the

font size to 25.

3.

[Ctrl]+click

the instructions text box. Select

Read-Only Text and Lock Position.

Finishing the Activity

1. Click the purple Finish Activity button.

Finish Activity will remove the extra toolbars

and make sure your work is saved into the

Activities folder, where it can be assigned to

students. Toolbars that students need to complete

the activity will display.

2. When prompted, replace the previous version of

your activity by clicking the Replace button.

Congratulations! You have created a new Time Line

Activity!

In the next section of the tutorial, you will customize

the Time Line Template by adding a new historical

period. You will also learn to use the Time Line Tools

to create a custom time line style.

Part 2: Using the Time Line Template

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Adding a New Historical Period

You may wish to add resources for a different

historical period, such as the Civil War.

1. Open the Time Line Template again (see page 3).

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

your new activity as Time Line Civil War.

Adding New Resources

1. Follow steps 5–7 on page 3, changing the title to

Time Line Civil War.

2. Click the Resources button.

3.

[Ctrl]+click

the New Historical Period Button.

The Button Properties dialog box displays.

4. Change the name of the button to

Civil War

.

Click OK, closing the Button Properties dialog

box.

5. Now click the new Civil War button. The toolbar

at the left displays.

[Ctrl]+click

the top button,

called New Historical Period.

6. Repeat step 4 above, changing this button name

to Civil War.

7. Next, click each of the categories. When the

toolbar at the bottom of the page displays, use

steps 3 and 4 above to change the button names

to appropriate details about the Civil War.

8. For the Pictures category, in the Button

Properties dialog box, click the Insert Picture

From Library to add maps and other pictures to

these buttons.

9. Follow the steps on pages 3–6 to create a new

time line activity for the Civil War period.

Finishing the Activity

1. Select the Finish Activity button at the top of the

page.

2. When prompted, replace the previous version of

your time line by clicking the Replace button.

3. Your new activity is automatically saved into the

Activities folder. Notice that the toolbar at the top

has only those buttons that students need to use.

Congratulations! You have created a customized Time

Line activity for your students. The activity is saved

into the Activities folder, ready for student use.

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Part 3: Customizing the Time Line Template

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

tools available to construct your own time line style.

Creating a Custom Time Line Style

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

tools available to construct your own time line.

1. Open the Time Line Template again (see page 3).

2. From the File menu, select Save. Save your new

activity as My New Time Line. It will be saved

into your My Work folder

3. Click the blue Make Your Own Time Line button

on the lower right portion of the page. A blank

screen displays.

4. Click the Time Line Tools button at the top of the

page. A yellow toolbar displays at the right of the

page and the Transform toolbar displays to the

top right of the page.

5. Click the button at the bottom of the toolbar. A

blue segment of a time line is added to the page.

You can color, resize, rotate, and reposition this

line segment.

6. Move it to the center of the page. Use the tools at

the top of the page to enlarge it and rotate it so it

is vertical rather than horizontal.

7. Click the Paint Box button at the top of the page.

A toolbar of colors displays. Click any color to

change the color of the line segment on the page.

8. Repeat steps 5–7 with other available time line

segments.

9. Now click the blue Accessories button to view

other objects you can add to the time line you are

creating.

10. Once you have created the time line style you

want, follow the steps on pages 3–6 of this tutorial

to add curricular content to your custom time

line.

11. From the File menu, select Save. Saving into your

My Work folder will give you an opportunity to

work further with your custom time line style

before you are ready to assign it to students.

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