WBook 3: Workbook Basics

So, it’s time to put an image onto your canvas….  manipulate it, change it’s properties etc….

How to create a basic highlighter in Xorro Workbook / AlphaTeach

Saving your work in Workbook / Alpha Teach

Workbook (and AlphaTeach) can open files created using SMART Notebook. This video explains more….

You can integrate videos into your canvas in Workbook and AlphaTeach, and much more. This video shows you how to pause and replay videos embedded on your canvas; how to annotate over them with digital ink; how take snapshots and build a storyboard…. all in the blink of an eye!

Video demonstration on how to use the Panning tool in Workbook / AlphaTeach

Video demonstrates how you will soon be adding links from any object on your Workbook / AlphaTeach canvas. Links can launch web pages (internal or external browser), or other files on your computer such as slideshows, programs, sounds or videos.

Digital whiteboarding is all about ink and annotation – and its no surprise that this is a strong point for Workbook / AlphaTeach whoteboarding software. Learn to use different pens for different jobs: different colours, line types & thicknesses, opacities….

Any object’s properties can be changed instantly in Workbook.  Change fill, stroke, opacity, line properties, label properties etc…. Right click on the object and select “properties”, or (once the object is selected) just hit the relevant button the Properties toolbar.

Importing all or selected pages from other Workbook files is a very useful way of capturing work done in earlier files, and bringing it into the current Workbook activity.

The Grids function lets you display a grid as a background.  It’s much more as well however!  You can choose from square or isometric grid types, or otherwise apply lined, handwriting or music score templates to your pages.  You can also (with square or isometric grids) apply the popular “snap-to” functionality, resulting in perfect alignment of objects to the grid coordinates.

On the Page Sorter, each page thumbnail offers a menu through which you can access a number of page formatting options.  You can right-click on the thumbnail, or just click on the down-arrow in the upper right corner of the thumbnail to access this menu of options.  Using this menu you ca adjust page size and orientation, background colour (or image i background), set grids and switch them on or off, clear pages of any content, and delete pages altogether from the Workbook.

Video demonstration on how to set the page background…. Backgrounds can be coloured, and they may have an image applied to them in various ways. Putting items in the background means they cannot be changed by mistake while using the canvas. Grids can be sued as well as backgrounds.

Learn how to instantly delete all objects off your Workbook / AlphaTeach page – but not delete the page itself….

Learn how to adjust page properties including size and orientation (portrait versus landscape) in Xorro Workbook / AlphaTeach.

Got to the bottom of the page, and still want more? I nstantly add more room at the bottom of your Workbook / AlphaTeach page with page extend

Add links to any object on your canvas in Workbook / AlphaTeach. Launch URL’s or other files on your computer such as slideshows, spreadsheets, documents, sounds, videos.

In Workbook / AlphaTeach, Page Zoom lets you see your whole page at once, set the page to “full width” so there’s no wasted space around the edges, or zoom right in to your canvas for a detailed session.

Opening a pre-existing Workbook file from within Workbook.

Whiteboards are for ink, right? Use Workbook / AlphaTeach to empower your digital whiteboarding. Learn how to set up and use different “pens” (buttons” for different types or colours of lines. Learn about erasing. See how to convert your handwriting into text.