Promethean Interactive White Board
Information
I. PARTS of the Promethean Board
a. The Projector
i. You should not press buttons on this
ii. Must remember to turn off NIGHTLY (can take several days for new bulbs)
b. The Board
i. Location of Flame (power/ connectivity)
ii. Location of Sound Controls
iii. NO chalk & NO Dry Erase Markers! NO MARKERS - NEVER!!! EVER!!!
c. The Flame
i. Red = Bad – there is connection issue
ii. White = Good
iii. No Light – not plugged in/ no power
d. Sound Controls – sound from laptop connects via usb. (VHS players connect through the AV
Yellow, Red, White cables.) The cable on teacher plate is for iPods, etc. only. Keep with remotes.
If left plugged in it may cause interference/crackling.
i. Speakers located on board
ii. Red on left side of board = Off
iii. Green on left side of board = On
iv. Suggest that you put all items on max volume, computer, etc. and use master volume
switch on the board
v. NO Sound??? Check to see if standby button is green, check adaptor on back of board to
see if plugged in.
e. The Pens – You get 2, there is a specific place for them
located on the left side of the board.
i. Teacher (dark) and Student Pen (light)
ii. Don’t Drop or will break
iii. KEEP Pens ON BOARD!!!
II. The Remote Controls
a. Promethean Projector Remote
i. Power Button
1. One Push On
2. Two Push Off
ii. Computer 1 – Computer Output
iii. Computer 2 – Television Control (then you need tuner
remote)
iv. Video – allows you to use your VHS player.
v. Freeze – freezes whatever is on the screen in case you want
to do something else like attendance or email while your kids
are working. (ex: while your kids are doing a warmup)
vi. No Show – Blacks the screen bur leaves the bulb ON!!! (Only
for brief periods)
IV. The Document Camera (This could be different depending on the camera)
a. Hook up – VGA (blue square end) IN =from computer to camera, VGA out = from the camera to
plate
b. Power On (that turns board to the camera view / off ActivInspire)
c. Source button on doc camera will allow you to toggle between the computer and camera.
V. Connecting A Laptop
a. 1st VGA cable = Plug VGA cable into Laptop, plug other end into VGA IN on your doc camera.
b. Plug USB cable in Laptop
c. Plug other end of USB cable w/ egg into teacher plate
c. Boot Laptop, then power on projector
d. If cables’ already connected (Win + P) to bring up monitor menu. = SELECT DUPLICATE to show
view on laptop and board.
VI. Calibrating the Board
a. Hold Pen tip over The Flame (turns blue) = board will ask you to calibrate
b. Should be done at beginning of day or any time you remove and hook up your computer
c. Pen is active mouse while you are not in ActivInspire
VII. Opening ActivInspire
a. Found in Main Menu
b. Suggest Pin to Taskbar (don’t just click and drag to desktop)
c. * Ctrl – S , to save DOES NOT work in ActivInspire.
VIII. Getting Started
a. Plug Promethean board into the NEW outlet directly beneath your Promethean board.
b. Plug up teacher laptop, and document camera.
c. Power on laptop FIRST, then projector
d. Make sure the light on the projector is green. Orange or red indicates no power or a problem.
If your projector light does not turn green, pull power cord out of the back of the projector,
wait 2 full min and plug in. Look for green light.
e. Check green light on left side of board for sound connectivity
f. Is your picture missing??? (Win + P = duplicate)
g. Open ActivInspire – pin and unpin the toolbar in AvtivInspire. Select your pen color, select
pen, and select blue box with black scribble on it (annotate desktop shortcut), then minimize.
h. Open your word or ppt document and annotate with pen, the ActivInspire toolbar should remain
up. Annotate on top of something. If you have multiple pages in word, then you must erase the
ink layer before you go to the next page. Ink MOVES in multiple page word docs. It does not in
ppt.
i. Open a timer in ActivInspire = In the resource browser window on left, click on the resource
browser button (looks like a movie take board). It will open a window beneath. Click on the + by
Lesson Building Tools select Gadgets select a timer.
j. Turn on doc camera – this will automatically turn on your board to the camera. Place a
overhead or worksheet under and write on it. There is a slight delay in the projection. Press
source button on CAMERA to toggle back to the board. The camera HAS to be plugged in.
Training Sources:
Promethean/ActivInspire Training Online">
