Inserting content from the Gallery

The Gallery is a tab in the SMART Notebook software user interface where you can browse or search for content and then add that content to your .notebook files.

The Gallery contains Lesson Activity Examples, which includes Activity Builder examples (see Creating a matching lesson activity), interactive techniques and 3D models to aid you in creating lesson activities.

When your system administrator installs SMART Notebook software, he or she can install the following additional items:

• Gallery Essentials is a collection of thousands of pictures, multimedia objects and more, organized into subject-specific categories.

• Lesson Activity Toolkit is a collection of customizable tools and templates that you can use to create professional-looking and interactive lessons. The toolkit helps you create engaging content like word games, quizzes and sorting activities. It also offers Adobe Flash Player compatible files like hide-and-reveal and drag-and-drop.

The Gallery is divided into two sections. The top section of the Gallery is the category list. When you select a category or subcategory in the list, its contents appear in the bottom section of the Gallery.

You can browse the category list to view the contents of each category. Thumbnails in the categories provide preview images of the content.

• In Pictures, pictures appear as thumbnails.

• In Interactive and Multimedia, video objects appear as a single frame from the videos, sound objects appear with a speaker icon in the lower-left corner, and Adobe Flash Player compatible files appear as an Adobe Flash icon or thumbnail of the content with a small Adobe Flash icon in the upper-left corner.

• In 3D Objects, 3D models appear as thumbnails.

• In Notebook Files and Pages, files appear as binders and pages appear with a folded upper-right corner.

• In Backgrounds and Themes, backgrounds appear as pages with a folded lower-right corner and themes appear as thumbnails.

You can search for a Gallery item using the keyword search.

After browsing or searching for a Gallery item, you can add it to your .notebook file.

To browse the Gallery

1. If the Gallery isn’t visible, press Gallery.

2. Press a category’s plus sign to view its subcategories.

   Note 

   You can close a category by pressing the category’s minus sign.

3. Select a category or subcategory to display its contents.

To search the Gallery

1. If the Gallery isn’t visible, press Gallery.

2. Type a keyword into the Type search terms here box, and then press Search .

   The Gallery displays all content containing the keyword.

To add a Gallery item to your .notebook file

1. If the Gallery isn’t visible, press Gallery.

2. Browse or search for the Gallery item you want to add.

3. Double-click the Gallery item’s thumbnail.

   • If you add a picture, Adobe Flash Player compatible file, video file or sound file, it appears on the current page.

   • If you add a background, it replaces the page’s existing background (see Applying page backgrounds and themes).

   • If you add a page from a .notebook file, SMART Notebook software inserts it before the current page.

   • If you add a .notebook file, SMART Notebook software inserts the file’s pages before the current page.