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== = = =Windham Middle School - June 20, 2011=

=Kurzweil 3000, Version 12=

** 8:15: Getting Started with Kurzweil 3000 **

 * ==Starting Kurzweil 3000 & Signing In (Windham setup) ==
 * ==Overview of the Windows Interface: menus, toolbars & toolbar toggles ==
 * ==Show/hide toolbars by clicking on the colored toggle ==

** 8:30: Getting Content Into Kurzweil **

 * ==Scan (Professional Only) ==
 * ==KESI Virtual Printer (Professional Only) ==
 * ==Read the Web (Pro & Learn Station) ==
 * ==Open the following file formats (Pro & Learn Station): RTF, DOC, TXT, PDF*. (Professional* & Learn Station) ==
 * ==Create a New text document and type directly into Kurzweil (Pro & LS) ==
 * ==File Types: **Can save to a shared folder/drive, Universal Library, other locations**. ==
 * == Help Menu & How To Video Clip ==

** Activity: Open the "Condor" file to use the Reading and Vocabulary Tools **

 * ==Main Toolbar-Red Toggle. ==
 * ==Reading Toolbar (yellow toggle) ==
 * ==Vocabulary & Word Study ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Customizing Kurzweil 3000 Supports ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Customizing Toolbars ==

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 10:15: Writing Supports **

 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Writing Toolbar ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">New button, opens new blank text document ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** Activity: Create a new document and list out the questions you have about Kurzweil 3000 ** ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Speak as typing, check spelling as you type, Audible Spell Check, Word Prediction, Floating Word Lists ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Start Writing Button on Writing toolbar ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Can start writing process from draft and/or templates ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Writing Path: Views (Brainstorm, Outline, Draft, Split Screen, Review) ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Writing Templates ==

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 11:00 Study Skills - Using the Condor file **

 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Study Skills Toolbar (Green toggle) ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Highlighters: ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">File/Extract/Extract Highlights to extract highlighted material into an outline/study guide or ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">File/Extract Highlights to Column Notes ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Notes: sticky notes, footnotes, text notes, voice notes, column notes, bubble notes, bookmarks ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Hyperlinks: ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">allows users to embed hyperlinks into documents. ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Can link to web page, another document, or to a bookmark within the same document. ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Audio file creation ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> File/Audio File/Create Audio File. ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Creates Kurzweil 3000 playlist in iTunes and/or Windows Media Player. ==

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 12:30: Test Taking - Using the Time Traveler Quiz **

 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Bring test content into Kurzweil via scanning or virtual printer (creates image that cannot be modified) ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Record answers for different types of test questions: ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Text notes, Tools/Fill in the Blanks, ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Sticky notes, highlight, circle tools ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Test Taking Toolbar: Tools/Customize/Apply Toolbar Set/Test Taking Toolbar ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Test security/customization: Tools/Lock Features and File/Properties ==

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 1:00: Scanning- REVIEW **

 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">When to scan? Think of scanning as your last option. ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Steps in scanning: scan, proof, save, distribute ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Scan menu ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Editing: zone editor (Ctrl + F5 ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Distribution of files: **universal library**, shared drive/folder, flash/jump drive, email, CD ==

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">** 1:15: Digital Resources **

 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Electronic materials from other software programs (Virtually print into Kurzweil) ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Publisher’s e-textbooks (often in pdf format which can be virtually printed) ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Digital libraries ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Online encyclopedias and dictionaries ==
 * ==<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Kurzweil Classic Literature CD (1800 titles) ==

**<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">1:45 Review and Recap **
=Kurzweil 3000 Version 12 Resources=


 * ===<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Kurzweil 3000 Reference Guide, Version 12 ===

<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> [[file:Kurzweil 3000 Reference Guide.v12.pdf]]

 * ===<span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Kurzweil 3000, Version 12 New Features Video ===


 * <span style="font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Kurzweil 3000 Quick Reference Guide, Version 12**



=Downloading, Opening and Saving Bookshare Books=


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