SMART Board User's Guide - Psychology

4 Don’t use complex graphics in your presentations. SMART Recorder is optimized for
such applications as the Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint programs. Full-screen
photos and other complex graphics dramatically increase file size. Be especially wary
of Web sites with lots of complex graphics and animations.
To create a video file:
1 If the SMART Recorder toolbar is not already open, press the SMART Board icon in
the system tray and select Recorder.
TIP: If you don’t want the SMART Recorder toolbar to appear in your recording, press
the icon in the left corner of the title bar and select Hide. To start the recording when
the toolbar is hidden, press the SMART Recorder icon in the system tray and select
Record. To stop the recording, press the SMART Recorder icon and select Stop.
2 Press the Record button in the SMART Recorder toolbar.
The time elapsed since you began recording will be displayed below the Record
button.
If you run out of free disk space during a recording, a warning message will appear.
Press the Pause button to temporarily stop the recording, free up disk space and then
press the Record button to resume recording.
3 To end the recording, press the Stop button.
The Save As dialog box will appear.
4 Use the default directory or select a new one from the Save in drop-down list.
5 Use the File name already assigned or type a new one.
By default, the file will be assigned a name based on the date and time of the
recording.
6 Press the Save button.
A message box will appear, indicating that the recording was successful and your
session has been saved. This message box will also indicate the size of the AVI file
and the length of time that elapsed during the recording.
7 Press OK.
To create a pack and show file:
1 If the SMART Recorder toolbar is not already open, press the SMART Board icon in
the system tray and select Recorder.
The SMART Recorder toolbar will appear.
2 Press the Options button in the SMART Recorder toolbar.
The Options dialog box will appear.
3 Press the Video Format tab.
4 Press the Create Pack and Show button.
The Pack and Show dialog box will appear.
5 Press the Browse button under SMART AVI File and select the video file you want
from the Open dialog box that appears.
6 Accept the default file path for saving the pack and show file, or press the Browse
button under Save to and select a different file path.
7 Press the Pack button.
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