Loading Images

Besides the PowerPoints and sharing applications, images can be easily loaded onto the whiteboard. There are two distinct methods for doing this. The first is the easiest, but doesn't allow for resizing of the image - small images will stay small and large images will stay large. The second has more flexibility, but can be more tedious when resizing images.

Approach One
This method is follows the same process as uploading PowerPoints. To begin, the folder icon next to the whiteboard must be clicked. This is the whiteboard tool bar to the lower left.

The next window merely wants to know whether or not to replace the current screen. Unless the current screen is something for the session, then selecting "Replace Screen" is a good choice.

By default, eLive will look for whiteboard files. "Files of Type" here must be changed from whiteboard files to images.

Here are the additional file types for eLive. Besides Images and Whiteboards, there are PowerPoint and Star Office/Open Office.

Once the file is selected and uploaded, it may be larger than the viewable whiteboard area. In this case scroll bars will be available to view the entire image, as seen in the example below.

Approach Two
This method uses the image tool icon that is available to all in the session. It looks like the mountain with the sun rising.

Once clicked, the following window appears, allowing the computer to be browsed and the image to located.

NOTE: There are also tabs here for preloaded clip art, which includes a variety of math symbols, as well as a screen capture tool. For more information on using these, ITS's Call Center would be able to help. Contact information for them is found at http://www.uaa.alaska.edu/elive.

Once the image is located, double-clicking will bring the image to the whiteboard. However, it will still need to be placed on the whiteboard. To do this, the image should be arranged how it is needed and then it must be clicked onto the whiteboard. Practicing this will help to illustrate it better.

NOTE: The image should be less than 1600 by 1600 pixels and the size of the image file must be less than 2 MB.

PROS:

Allows for some instruction "on the fly"
Image can drawn upon once on the whiteboard
Students can upload images, too, for sharing and/or presenting
Math symbols make expressing mathematical equations and formulas easier

CONS:

Images is limited
Clip art library is small (although it can be added to and personalized)
Images don't resize to the whiteboard