Introduction to Whiteboard

The eText Viewer provides the following types of views:

Browse view – presents the standard view of the eText. Refer to eText window for more information about this eText view.

Whiteboard view – presents eTexts with a simplified user interface. You may use the Whiteboard view in a browser on a computer or by projecting it on a physical Smartboard touch device. When using a physical device, you can navigate in the eText using zoom areas and single touch hand gestures, instead of using a mouse. The Whiteboard view displays in the same browser window as the eText.

The Whiteboard view is not available in all eTexts. It sometimes appears immediately upon launching the eText or by clicking the Whiteboard icon from the standard view.

Toolbar placement

The toolbar in the Whiteboard view can be docked to different edges of the browser window like:

• Left
• Right
• Bottom

Select the Move Toolbar button from the Settings menu to dock the toolbar to Left, Right and Bottom edges of the screen.

Notes

• Whiteboard view may or may not available with your eText. If you do not see the Whiteboard view button on the toolbar, then your eText does not support it. Refer to Switching Views for more information.
• You may not be able to dock the toolbar in all positions.
• When you exit from Whiteboard view, the Viewer saves the last known position toolbar and re-applies it when you switch back to the Whiteboard view during your session.
• Highlights and notes are not shown by default in Whiteboard mode. Links do appear if you were showing them in Browse view originally.

• Audio flows that are activated using the audio player in the upper right hand corner of the screen are not available in Whiteboard mode.

See also

Switching Views
Whiteboard features

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