Atkinson - Mimio Activity Wizard - April 28, 2014

Mimio Activity Wizard

Click HERE for a user guide for the Activity Wizard. You can view it online or save it to your Google Drive. The same PDF is embedded below.

* IF you want to create your own sorting activities, you can always get a template from the Gallery and use your own text boxes and other images from the Gallery.

 
Click below to view a quick video describing how to create new lessons using the Mimio Activity Wizard.

MimioVote Set-up

1. Remove plastic covers and pull white tabs from remotes
2. Place remotes on the charging station. They will auto-number themselves.
3. Plug in the Charging Station.  The Charging station must be plugged in during MimioVote sessions to view and navigate the MimioVote toolbar.
4. Connect the Mimio Hub (USB adaptor) to your computer. Note: If you are sharing the MimioVotes with other classrooms, store the hub on the charging station when not in use.
5. Troubleshooting Amber light on the Vote tray: The light should be green if it is connecting correctly.
• Press and hold the Power LED button on the MimioVote charging station until it begins to blink.
• Open Mimio Notebook
• Select the Tools menu, then select Settings
• Select Classroom Devices- the MimioVote should show as Available under the Status column.
• Select MimioVote from the list and then select the Connect button. The MimioVote status should change to Connected.

Mimio Gradebook

1. Click on the MimioStudio Gradebook Desktop Icon. 
2. Click on "Add class".
3. Name the class.
4. Select Add.
5. Click the "Add Student" Icon.
6. Fill in the student name and assign a Handset ID number for the student to use or select auto.
7. Click Add.
8. Continue adding the rest of your class by selecting the Add Student icon.

Here's a video showing how easy it is to set up your MimioStudio Gradebook.  It uses an example of creating a class for Open House.

Below is a PDF from the MimioVote training with notes and images about the Mimio Gradebook. 

Mimio Quick Vote

Mimio Vote:  Using Quick Vote

Using "Quick Vote", in the applications of MimioStudio Tools, or from the middle button on your Teachbar, you can present questions and have your students respond to them. You never have to insert them into MimioNotebook. This works really well with websites for test prep or with other documents that you have already created as assessments.

Click HERE for a printable, downloadable reference card for the MimioVote toolbar.

****If you want to store student results, you must first put your class or classes in Mimio Gradebook.*****

Using Quick Vote:

1. On the toolbar, click the Applications icon, and then choose Quick Vote. Or, you can press the 2nd button on the MimioTeach to open Quick Vote.
2. Select the class that will participate in the activity from the Class list.
3. Click Start Polling icon, and then choose the question type to start polling for the question. When all students have responded, polling for the question stops.
4. To stop polling for a question before all students have responded, click Stop Polling icon.
5. Click the letter that corresponds to the correct answer for the question.
6. The results for the current question are saved to the MimioStudio Gradebook along with a screen shot.

MimioVote - Creating Assessment Questions to Use with MimioVotes (Text and Universal Templates)

Original Assessment Questions (Text Template)

1. Open MimioStudio Notebook on your desktop.
2. Select the Gallery tool on the toolbar.
3. Expand the Questions and Results category.
4. Double click or drag the question template onto the MimioStudio Notebook work area.
5. Type the question, answer choices, and select the gray radio button next to the correct answer. To move the questions click and drag the blue outline. Resize using the corner handles.
6. Results Charts can also be added to the page which shows how many students chose each option.
7. To modify a question object:
• Click the sunshine icon at the bottom-right of the question object you want to modify.
• The question object properties appear.
• In the question object properties, you can do any of the following:
• To change the question type, select an available question type.
• To change the correct answer animation, select an available animation.
• To change the weight of the question, enter the weight for the question in the weight box.
• Click the green check to save your changes and display the question object.

Original Assessment Question (Universal Template)

As you learned from our training sessions, you can use the "Universal" template for many types of assessment questions, in MimioNotebook.

1. Open MimioStudio Notebook on your desktop.
2. Select the Gallery tool on the toolbar.
3. Expand the Questions and Results category.
4. Double click or drag the Universal question template onto the MimioStudio Notebook work area.
5. Resize if necessary and move to the desired location on your page. 
6. Use "Fixed Aspect Ratio" if needed to match up with items on your page. 

Below is a video about how to use the "Universal Question" template from the Gallery.





Click HERE to download a PDF of the Notebook Lesson on inserting original assessment questions using the "Text and Universal" templates from the Gallery. This may help remind you of all of the different ways to use the template. The same PDF's is embedded below.

MimioVotes - Creating Assessments Using the Screen Clipping Tool and the "Universal" Question from Mimio Gallery

If you already have an assessment in PDF or Word document format, or if you want to select assessment questions from a website, you can use the screen clipping tool instead of typing in questions directly. Once you have your clipped question and answers on your Notebook page, you can add the "Questions and Results" from the Mimio Gallery. 

1. Use the screen clipping tool to put the question on your page.

2. Use the text box to add A, B, C, D to the clipped image, if necessary.

3. Open the Gallery and choose the appropriate universal question response. Double click it or drag to your page.

4. Click on the correct response. Click the gear icon in the bottom right corner if you want to change how the information is displayed to your students. Then, click the check mark.

5. Go to the Gallery and choose a results chart if you want to include that on your Notebook page. 

6. Click the "add new page" in the standard toolbar or go to insert, new page.

7. Repeat steps 1 through 5 to continue adding questions.

The video below will show you how to manipulate the Questions and Results for your Notebook assessment. 

MimioVote - Using Self-Pace with Printed Test

Student-Paced Mimio Vote Assessments

A Self Paced MimioVote Activity allows the instructor to print the test or activity questions for the students who will then begin and answer the questions at their own pace.

***You first have to put your class/classes into the MimioGradebook.

****You must have an assessment question on your MimioNotebook page.
*****Mimio Votes need to be "Connected" to the MimioHub

1. Select a Class from the drop down menu on the MimioVote tool bar. (See image of toolbar below)
2. Click on the Print Test button to print student copies of the test or activity (Icon on far right of Mimio Vote toolbar).
3. Select the Start Test button to open the testing (icon directly next to Print Test icon).
4. Click the blue button with the green arrow or check-mark to start the test and begin the timer (This button is located ON your Mimio Notebook page that contains your questions. 
5. Students may scroll through the questions using the arrow keys and select answers, and press the blue star to submit test answers. 
6. Teachers can keep track of how many students have completed the assignment.
7. The Teacher will click the blue button with green check-mark to stop the testing session.

Below is a video with more detailed instructions for the Mimio Vote self-paced option.

Student-Paced MimioVote Assessment with Existing Printed Test.
Do you have assignments that you have created from OAS or ANY other source, that you already have printed? You can use the MimioVotes with these tests too, in the Student-Paced mode. All you need to do is:
1. Open MimioNotebook
2. Insert a "Universal" template from the Gallery (one per page)
3. Compare the template to the printed test and choose the correct answer on the template.
4. Lock down the template.
5. Then, follow steps 3-7 above.

Futral Road Elementary - Mimio Core Skills I - April 11, 2014

MimioTeach Bar 
Below is a brief video demonstrating how to connect your 
MimioTeach Bar. 

Please click HERE for a downloadable, printable reference guide for the MimioTeach Bar.

TIPS WORTH KNOWING

MOVING YOUR TOOLS AND CHANGING THE VIEW OF YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE

You may want to place the Tool Bar to the bottom so that students can reach it easily.

• View
• Standard Tool Bar
• Choose placement

You may want to move where your thumbnails appear.

• View
• Tab View
• Choose placement

When you open a created file, you may want the students to focus on the content, not the tool bars.

• View
• Full screen

You may want your Studio Tools in a different place on your screen.

• Click the gray area at the top of the tools and drag the tools where you want them.

To collapse or expand the Studio Tools

• Double click the paintbrush at the top of the Studio Tools to collapse OR expand

If you close your Studio Tools accidentally, you can reopen them by following one of the 4 steps below:

1

• Tools
• Mimo Studio Tools

2

• Clicking the Tools icon in the status bar at the bottom of Notebook

3

• Right clicking on the Mimio Studio icon in the system tray
• Choose tools

4

• Hover near your board and click the top button on the stylus

MimioStudio Tools
Please click HERE for a downloadable, printable, reference guide for MimioStudio Tools. Below are some brief videos demonstrating the MimioStudio basic tools. Some videos refer to an older version. However, the only difference that I see in the videos and the updated version is the icon for the eraser. It is in the same place on the toolbar. It just looks different.  

The video below actually describes some tools that we will cover in upcoming training in addition to this week's training.

Futral Road Elementary - Mimio Core Skills II - April 18, 2014

Atomic Learning has several training tutorials for Mimio. Just click HERE and when the page opens, just log in with your normal GSCS credentials.

Inserting files- You can use files (Word docs, PPT's, PDF's, images, multimedia, etc...) that you have already created, in Mimio Studio Notebook. This is a great feature because you and your students can see the whole document and annotate right over it, anywhere on it.  Click here to see a brief video of the 3 methods of inserting your files.

"Screen Clipping"- This is how you can capture ANY image and bring it into Mimio Studio. If you can see it on your computer screen, you can clip it. You can even use the free-form tool to capture JUST the image without the background. This video refers to Mimio version 8. However, you perform the task the same with version 11. Don't forget, if you want the image to remain static on your Notebook page, "Lock" the image. Use the "Selector" tool to select your object. Then, in the menu bar at the top of the page, click "Format", "Locking" then "Lock". 

"Screen Annotation" - You can use the Mimio tools to annotate over Word, PDF's, or sites from the Internet. Any time you perform the screen annotation function, it is automatically saved in your Gallery. Once your screen annotation file is in your Gallery, you can drag it into your Notebook file. To exit screen annotation mode, just click the "mouse" icon, next to "annotation" icon. 

"File Attachment" - You can attach files right into your Notebook file. They become a part of the Notebook file; similar to attaching a file to an email. You can drag attached files into your Notebook software or open the files separately to annotate over them. 

Anne Street Elementary - Mimio Core Skills I - April 10, 2014

MimioTeach Bar 
Below is a brief video demonstrating how to connect your 
MimioTeach Bar. 

Please click HERE for a downloadable, printable reference guide for the MimioTeach Bar.

TIPS WORTH KNOWING

MOVING YOUR TOOLS AND CHANGING THE VIEW OF YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE

You may want to place the Tool Bar to the bottom so that students can reach it easily.

• View
• Standard Tool Bar
• Choose placement

You may want to move where your thumbnails appear.

• View
• Tab View
• Choose placement

When you open a created file, you may want the students to focus on the content, not the tool bars.

• View
• Full screen

You may want your Studio Tools in a different place on your screen.

• Click the gray area at the top of the tools and drag the tools where you want them.

To collapse or expand the Studio Tools

• Double click the paintbrush at the top of the Studio Tools to collapse OR expand

If you close your Studio Tools accidentally, you can reopen them by following one of the 4 steps below:

1

• Tools
• Mimo Studio Tools

2

• Clicking the Tools icon in the status bar at the bottom of Notebook

3

• Right clicking on the Mimio Studio icon in the system tray
• Choose tools

4

• Hover near your board and click the top button on the stylus

MimioStudio Tools
Please click HERE for a downloadable, printable, reference guide for MimioStudio Tools. Below are some brief videos demonstrating the MimioStudio basic tools. Some videos refer to an older version. However, the only difference that I see in the videos and the updated version is the icon for the eraser. It is in the same place on the toolbar. It just looks different.  

The video below actually describes some tools that we will cover in upcoming training in addition to this week's training.

Jackson Road Elementary - Mimio Core Skills I - April 9, 2014

MimioTeach Bar 
Below is a brief video demonstrating how to connect your 
MimioTeach Bar. 

Please click HERE for a downloadable, printable reference guide for the MimioTeach Bar.

TIPS WORTH KNOWING

MOVING YOUR TOOLS AND CHANGING THE VIEW OF YOUR NOTEBOOK PAGE

You may want to place the Tool Bar to the bottom so that students can reach it easily.

• View
• Standard Tool Bar
• Choose placement

You may want to move where your thumbnails appear.

• View
• Tab View
• Choose placement

When you open a created file, you may want the students to focus on the content, not the tool bars.

• View
• Full screen

You may want your Studio Tools in a different place on your screen.

• Click the gray area at the top of the tools and drag the tools where you want them.

To collapse or expand the Studio Tools

• Double click the paintbrush at the top of the Studio Tools to collapse OR expand

If you close your Studio Tools accidentally, you can reopen them by following one of the 4 steps below:

1

• Tools
• Mimo Studio Tools

2

• Clicking the Tools icon in the status bar at the bottom of Notebook

3

• Right clicking on the Mimio Studio icon in the system tray
• Choose tools

4

• Hover near your board and click the top button on the stylus

MimioStudio Tools
Please click HERE for a downloadable, printable, reference guide for MimioStudio Tools. Below are some brief videos demonstrating the MimioStudio basic tools. Some videos refer to an older version. However, the only difference that I see in the videos and the updated version is the icon for the eraser. It is in the same place on the toolbar. It just looks different.  

The video below actually describes some tools that we will cover in upcoming training in addition to this week's training.

Beaverbrook Elementary - Mimio Activity Wizard April 8, 2014

Mimio Activity Wizard

Click HERE for a user guide for the Activity Wizard. You can view it online or save it to your Google Drive. The same PDF is embedded below.

* IF you want to create your own sorting activities, you can always get a template from the Gallery and use your own text boxes and other images from the Gallery.

 
Click below to view a quick video describing how to create new lessons using the Mimio Activity Wizard.

Cowan Elementary - Mimio Activity Wizard - April 3, 2014

Mimio Activity Wizard

Click HERE for a user guide for the Activity Wizard. You can view it online or save it to your Google Drive. The same PDF is embedded below.

* IF you want to create your own sorting activities, you can always get a template from the Gallery and use your own text boxes and other images from the Gallery.

 
Click below to view a quick video describing how to create new lessons using the Mimio Activity Wizard.

Atkinson Elementary - Mimio Gallery and MimioConnect Training - April 1, 2014

MIMIO GALLERY

Click HERE for a downloadable, printable, reference card for the Mimio Gallery.

****Tip: Use singular search terms to get more results.

*****Tip: Think of the Gallery "folder" organization just like your computer. When you search for a file on your computer, you drill down from , "My Computer", "C:", etc... There are sub-folders when you see a + sign (or an arrow on a Mac). 

******Tip: You can copy and paste any image, template, multimedia or lesson into a folder of your choice.

1. Gallery file types are divided into 4 parts: Images, Templates, Multimedia, Lesson (The "Lessons" section is not in the Gallery by default. This is available when you add things to the Gallery.)

2. When searching the Gallery, make sure you have one of the folders highlighted. If you want to search the entire Gallery, then highlight Gallery folder. If you are looking for a multimedia music file, then highlight the Music folder.

3. Imported Content Packs can be added from mimioconnect.com

4. Questions and Results are used to create multiple choice questions and can be used with the Mimio Vote system or the MimioMobile app.

5. Screen Annotations is the folder that contains ANY screen annotations that you create. These can  also be inserted into new Notebook files.

6. New Folder - For creating new folders or subfolders. You can also click/drag folders into other folders to create subfolders.

7. Import File - While you can insert files directly into a Notebook file, you can also make entire files a part of your gallery.

8. Copy/Paste - Put any Gallery file into multiple folders. You can also "right-click" to copy and paste files and folders.

9. Import Content Pack - When you download packs from mimioconnect.com to your computer (MCF files), you use this button to put the Content Packs into your Gallery. Or, if another teacher has shared content with you, this is how to organize those files into your Gallery.

10. Export Content Pack - Use this button to share any part of your Gallery with other teachers or save them to a portable drive in order to copy them on to another computer.

Mimio Studio Gallery Features

Using Your Mimio Gallery to Make your Lessons More Effective

Adding Content to your Gallery

MimioConnect.com

Mimioconnect.com is an interactive teaching community for anyone with the Mimio products and software. You can find 1,000's of interactive lessons that you can download for free. 

Click HERE to create a free account and have access to all of the resources. You can download individual lessons or entire content packs. Below are some videos you may find helpful when using MimioConnect.

"How to Join MimioConnect"



"Searching for Interactive Lessons"



"How to Download Interactive Lessons"