- Presenter is a great Star Interaction® for you to use to present information and quiz students on their understanding.
- Presenter enables students to check their answers immediately, gaining immediate knowledge of results. Once the student checks his/her answer, Presenter locks that item from future re-takes.
- Presenter makes it easy for you to add images, different layouts and assessment items to your presentations.
- For large text, Presenter automatically smoothes out the jagged edges of text, making your presentations more attractive than typical HTML-based presentations.
Complete Instructions
For complete instructions please open the attached PDF file and print it out.
Please note: You must have Adobe Reader installed for your browser.
Click here to open the Intro to Using Presenter.pdf file.
Step One:
On the Stage Options page, click on the yellow drop-down menu and select either 'Full Stage', 'Chrome Menu Stage', or 'Frame Only Stage'. The captioned pictures on the 'Stage Options' page show you what each option looks like. Just select an option and then click on Preview. You will quickly learn what each option produces.
Step Two:
On the Drill or Assessment Option page, select either 'Drill' or 'Assessment'.
Drill shows students the correct answer immediately; Assessment does not.
Step Three:
You can ignore the Menu Graphic Options page and simply move on to the next page or you can make adjustments to the appearance of the page.
If you wish to make adjustments to the appearance of the page, click on the blue graphic to change the background behind the page menu. The graphic will display properly if it’s taller than it is wide. Try different graphics. Experiment.
If you are unsure of how to import new graphics into lodeStar, please consult the Teacher’s Guide.
Step Four:
After you have moved beyond the initial setup pages, you will see a Page Title field (pictured below).
As you add pages, you will see a Page Title field on every page. The titles that are entered into these fields appear on the page menu to the left of the activity. If you neglect to title your pages, default titles are assigned as pictured below. Keep your titles short.
Layouts
There are seven layouts from which to choose.
For example, you will see a layout choice as follows:
Row 1: Text | Row 2: Image
This simply means that there are two rows. Row one will be occupied by text; Row two will be occupied by an image.
The fastest way to see what this layout looks like is to select it and watch the page get reformatted. You can always change your mind.
For some layouts you need to choose an image. There are many options for importing images to lodeStar. The simplest option is to simply copy from a web page and then right-click and paste into the image area. See the Teacher Guide for more details.
Step Five:
Click on the 'add' button and repeat the steps above.
Step Six:
When you've finished with your presentation, or even while you are creating the presentation, click on the 'save' button at the bottom right corner. Save often.
Important note about Question Pages
In the screenshot below, you will see a typical question layout. Questions can appear anywhere within the presentation. If at least one question is included in the presentation, a report page appears at the end. The report page gathers information on the student performance on all of the questions in the presentation.
The question layout can be used in different ways. The top text box can be used to display useful information. To the right of the top text box appears an image area. You can ignore this or import an image through the various means that lodeStar supports. The long box below the top text box and image area is for a short question. If more space is needed, the top text box can be used.
Below the short question area, you will find four boxes. Place the correct answer in one box and three distractors in the remaining boxes. Distractors are the incorrect answers. Check off which distractors constitute the correct answer. More than one answer can be correct.
Once the student answers a question, it is locked.
Important note about HTML links:
HTML Links can be inserted anywhere by using a simple format:
**Label:Website**
For example, a link to lodeStar Learning, would be entered like this:
**lodeStar:http://www.lodeStarLearning.com**
The student will see it like this:
lodeStar
Make sure that the "http://" is at the beginning of your link.