Creating a hide-and-show lesson activity

Note 

You’ll complete the following tasks when creating hide-and-show lesson activities:

You can hide an object and then reveal it using several techniques:

Alternatively, you can hide an object behind a locked object and then use the scaling gesture to enlarge and show the hidden object if you’re using a SMART interactive product that supports multitouch gestures.

ClosedTo create a hide-and-show lesson activity

  1. Create or insert the object you want to hide.

    Object you want to hide

  2. Create or insert the object you want to lock.

    Object you want to lock

  3. Move the object you want to lock so that it covers the object you want to hide.

    Object you want to hide behind object you want to lock

  4. Select the object you want to lock, press its menu arrow, and then select Locking > Lock in Place.

  5. Use the scaling gesture to enlarge and show the hidden object while keeping the locked object in place (see Using the scale gesture).

    Hidden object now shown