How to change language in Activinspire for Mac and Windows
Today I’d like to share a tip on changing language in Activinspire. I’ve been moving to different classrooms recently, and each has had the Activinspire set to a different language. It has been very difficult to work out how to change the languages back to one I can read, so today, I’d like to take…
How I Made the Captain Smile
How did you make the captain smile? This was a question I was asked this week while a colleague was looking through some materials for her class and found an activity for teaching the word ‘smile’ with Captain Smile in Activinspire. I will show you what this activity is and how I use it, and…
Using Activinspire Desktop Annotate tool
Recently I have been playing around with Activinspire’s Desktop Annotate tool. Although there are better annotation tools out there, it can be very useful when you need it or if you’re like me and the classroom where you work can’t have new software installed. Then Activinspire’s annotation tool is great. What is annotation Annotation tools…
Getting the Most Out of ActivInspire: 5 Quick Tips
Five Quick Tips Activinspire is a fantastic tool for creating interactive materials for the classroom. It has so many features and options that it can be difficult to know which ones will help you get your job done. That’s why I’ve put together a list of five quick tips that I use almost every time…
How to Fix Activinspire Text Box Issues: Tips for Ensuring Your Flipchart Looks Perfect Every Time
How to Fix Activinspire Text Boxes Don’t you hate it when you’ve built the perfect flipchart for your class at home or in the office, but when you go to teach, all the text is messed up? This happened to a colleague of mine this week. On her laptop, the welcome page for her flipchart…
Activinspire Modes: An Overview of Design and Presentation Modes
Today, we’re going to dive into the basics of Activinspire and learn about its two modes, lock and unlock actions and drag and copy actions. If you’re interested in adding images, sounds, and videos, check out this. First up, we have the Presentation mode. This is the default mode when you open a new project…
How To Insert Images, Audio And Video Files To Activinspire
What is Media, and why do I need to add it? Here media means any file you want to add to your project. I will take you through how to add images. But you can also take the same steps to add audio and video files. Activinspire has a resources library which you may have…
