Mimio Interactive · 2017-06-26 · Mimio Interactive Pad and Bar Instructional Technology Hutto ISD Last Updated: 2/15/2013 Page 2 of 12 Getting Started 1. Mimio Bars or Pads (MS

Mimio Interactive

Pad and Bar

Technology Integration Department

Last update: 2/15/2013

Mimio Interactive Pad and Bar

Instructional Technology

Hutto ISD

Last Updated: 2/15/2013 Page 2 of 12

Getting Started

1. Mimio Bars or Pads (MS Science, and HS) may be checked out from the library.

2. You must have mimio software on the computer before you can use the Mimio

Interactive Bar or Pad.

3. Check under All Programs for a folder titled MimioStudio. If you do not have the

software you will need to install it from the Software Deployment Portal following

the steps below.

4. If you are downloading it to a laptop, plug your laptop in to the network with a

blue network cable first.

5. Then go to Windows Button (formally Start) > Desktop Manager

Click on

Put a check in box in front of Mimio and click button, lower left.

Setting Up Mimio Bar

1. Plug the power cord in for the Mimio bar and attach to your whiteboard with

suction cups.

2. Plug in the Mimio wireless USB to the computer that is hooked up to LCD

projector.

3. Open up Mimio Studio > Mimio Notepad and project it on the board with the

Mimio Interactive bar.

4. Touch the pen to the board.

5. Calibrate the Mimio by touching the pen in the center of each as it appears.

6. If calibration does not come up when you touch the board, you can also activate

it by clicking the bottom button on the Mimio bar.

IMPORTANT: IF YOUR CLASSROOM HAS

AUTOMATIC ON/OFF LIGHTING, YOUR

LIGHTING CONTROL MAY NEED TO BE

ADUSTED FOR YOUR MIMIO TO WORK

CORRECTLY. CONTACT YOUR CIT IF YOUR

BOARD IS NOT CALIBRATING CORRECTLY.



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Setting up the Mimio Pad

1. Plug in the wireless receiver into a USB port on your computer

(the wireless receiver is stored on the back of the iPad)

2. Press and hold the power button on the upper left hand corner of the pad

for at least 3 seconds to turn on the power.

3. Place the pen tip anywhere on the active area

of the pad to wake up the pad.

4. If you do not see the icon when you touch the pen to the pad your pen may

need a new battery.

NOTE: The pad battery is charged using the USB cable. The initial charge may take up to 10 hours.

After the initial charge, recharging of the battery will take approximately 2 hours.

Screen Annotations

1. You can capture and annotate on web pages or existing documents using Mimio

software.

2. First pull up the web page or document you wish to work with.

3. Press the annotate button

a. Second button on the Mimio bar

b. The button on the pad

c. the on the lower right of on screen toolbar

A green border will appear around the screen.

4. Then use the pen or highlighter to make desired markings.

5. To exit screen annotation, press annotation button again or ESC on keyboard.

6. Screen annotations are saved in the Gallery, in folder called screen annotations.

7. You can right click on the file to rename it and assign keywords.

8. Lesson ideas;

a. You could save different periods under different names to finish the next day.

b. Students could do an assignment, save it under their name, and graded later.

Gallery

1. The Gallery contains many templates and lessons. A A

A lot more are available on mimioconnect.com also

2. Access the Gallery by

a. Clicking on the icon on toolbar or

b. Clicking on icon, lower right of screen or

c. Select Insert > Gallery from the toolbar

3. You can create a new folder by right clicking in the top

window of the Gallery and select New Folder.

http://mimioconnect.com/



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On Screen Toolbar

1. If the toolbar is not showing you can

a. Press the toolbar button on the Mimio bar (top button, see picture on previous page)

b. Press Tools button on Mimio Pad c. Go to Tools > Mimio Tools in the Mimio Notebook software.

d. Click on the icon on bottom of Mimio Notebook screen.

2. You can collapse the toolbar by double clicking on the blue icon on the top of the

toolbar.

3. Look for dropdown icon indicating more menu items on toolbar.

Notes: The eraser only erases text and highlighter.

In color palette is clear

Border color

Fill color

Source: mimioconnect.com

X



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Mimio Pad

Mimio Studio Software Menus



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Pages; Inserting, Viewing

1. The pages in Mimio Notebook are similar to slides in PowerPoint. Thumbnails of

each page are shown on the right hand side of the screen.

2. To insert a new page select

a. Insert > New Page or

b. Click on icon on the Mimio Pad

c. Click on icon, middle of ribbon in Mimio Notebook .

3. To duplicate a page select Insert > Duplicate Page.

4. To add a background color or image, go to Insert > Background

5. You can also add transitions to your pages under Insert > Page Transition.

Viewing Options

1. Go to View > Standard Toolbar to move the location of the ribbon toolbar.

You can set it to off, top of the screen, bottom of the screen or to float.

2. Go to View > TabView to move the location of the thumbnail tab.

You can set it to off, left or right.

3. Go to View > Grid, and put a check in the box, to display a grid on the page

4. Go to View > Full Screen or select the icon from the ribbon toolbar to view the

presentation full screen.

5. To exit full screen either click on the icon again, right click and select close or

hit escape on the keyboard.

Importing Files

1. To import a Word, PowerPoint, PDF, another Mimio Notebook (.ink), picture,

video, audio or flash file

a. Select the import icon on the toolbar

b. go to Insert > File on the ribbon 2. A notebook page will be created for each page/slide in the file.

3. If you import a power point it will not import sound, animation or and any

hyperlinks.

4. You can also drag a drop a file from saved location onto a notebook page.

5. To get rid of blue outline on an embedded video or a multimedia file, by locking it

in place. Format > Locking > Lock



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Copy/Paste, Screen Clippings and Textboxes

1. You can copy and paste items.

a. Right click on item (can be in web page or another document)

b. Go back to Mimio right click and paste.

c. Can also use copy and paste on ribbon.

2. You can save an item/picture to your gallery by opening the gallery, open a

folder, drag and drop item into the gallery (lower right)

3. There is a screen clipping tool on the tool bar.

You can use this to capture pictures, problems, examples, etc. Will work

on any screen; web pages, PDF, Word etc. Navigate first to where the

image is that you wish to capture.

Then click on the insert icon and select insert screen clipping your screen

will go gray and you can select what type of clipping you want.

Square oval/round lasso/freeform

Then left click with your mouse, hold and drag to capture the image.

When you release the left click button on your mouse the image will insert

in your mimio studio.

4. Add a text box by click on the on the tool bar. Then click and drag where

you want a textbox.

5. Add shapes by using the icon on the on screen toolbar

6. Change your fill and outline color, if desired, before drawing your

shape(s)

Note: When using the shape tools (including shape recognition)

DO NOT select the pen tool after selecting the shape.

Lesson ideas;

Paste an item with labels into notebook. Cover up the labels with

a white rectangle. Then rectangle can be moved to self-check.

Add picture without labels. Create text box for each label for a word bank.

Gallery and mimioconnect.com also have small reveal screens.



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Presentation Applications

The presentation applications are located under the icon on the lower right side of

the toolbar.

1. Reveal.

a. Make sure calibration is set

b. Click and drag one of the arrows to reveal screen

c. Can change transparency also

2. Spotlight

a. Grab blue rim to change size.

b. Can change shape, size and transparency (under blue icon).

c. To exit press red X (upper right hand corner of screen) or select Exit.

3. Text Tools

a. Will bring up a keyboard.

b. Cursor needs to be in a place where text can be entered, ie. Textbox or web

address bar.

4. Quick Vote

(requires mimio responders-which we don’t have)

5. Recorder-Allows you to record what is happening on your screen

a. Click on Recorder

b. Click on the red button to begin recording

c. Click on the stop square to stop recording

d. Click on green triangle to preview video

e. Click on File > Save to save video file

Note: If you cannot find the video Recorder window after you

begin recording, so you can stop recording, either reopen it

from the mimio toolbar or use the show hidden icons button

on your computer’s task bar to reopen it.

6. View

(for use with a mimio document camera-which we don’t have)

7. More Tools

a. Calculator

b. Magnify

i. ESC will take you out of magnify, or Exit on setting

ii. Can also use the zoom tool on upper right hand corner of toolbar.

iii. To exit press red X (upper right hand corner of screen) or select Exit.

c. Web Browser-will open a web page



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Inserting a Hyperlink

1. Select an item (shape, textbox, image) to hyperlink to.

2. Insert > Hyperlink on ribbon.

3. Can hyperlink to a webpage, other pages in Mimio Notebook or other files.

4. To get rid of blue line around Hyperlinked image, lock the item. (see below)

Ordering & Layers

1. Go to Format > Ordering on ribbon.

2. Can use to put background color/shape behind an item.

Grouping

1. Select first item, hold Shift button and select second item.

2. Go to Format > Grouping on ribbon.

3. Can be used to create a picture with a label.

Aligning objects

1. Select two or more objects (hold the shift key down or draw a

selection box around the items)

2. Go to Format > Align

3. Make selection

Cloning Objects

You can create an infinite clone of an object for drag and drop activities

1. Select and item first

2. Insert > Clone

3. To make the blue box around the object disappear, lock it in place (see

below)

Locking Objects

1. You can lock objects so they can’t be manipulated or moved.

2. Go to Format > Locking > Lock

3. You can also unlock objects, for example on lessons you get from online, so you

can edit and modify them.

4. To get rid of blue outline on an embedded file or cloned object, lock it in place.

Several options are

also available by right

clicking on an item.



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Transparency

1. Click on an object or a shape.

2. Select the transparency icon on the toolbar.

3. Select on percentage desired.

Duplicate Pages

1. You can create a duplicate slide by going to Insert > Duplicate Page.

2. You can also create a template by going to multi-page view, right click and copy

the desired slide then right click and paste it into an open gallery file. It will be

saved as a template.

3. To rename a template file, right click on it in the Gallery and go to properties.

Drawing Horizontal Lines

1. Hold down the shift key while drawing a line (under the shape tool) and it will be

true horizontal line.

Saving Your File/Lesson

1. File > Save As (will save as a .ink file)

2. Can save files to common drive for access by others

(they must have MimioStudio installed to view the file)

3. Can also email files to colleagues.

Creating Activities

This was added with Mimio Studio version 9 and allows you to build interactive activities

in minutes. To add an activity

1. Go to Insert > New Activity or

2. Select the icon on the toolbar ribbon

Follow the onscreen steps. There is also a Mimio Training document that details the

Activities module at

http://mimio.dymo.com/enNA/Training/~/media/Files/Downloads/Support/Documentation

/MimioStudio/Studio9/ActivityWizard_SWRefCard.ashx

Updating the Software

Once you have the MimioStudio software on your laptop you can update it, if a new

version comes out.

1. Go to Help > Check for Updates

2. It will tell you if an update is available

3. If there is an update available, click the Install button

http://mimio.dymo.com/enNA/Training/~/media/Files/Downloads/Support/Documentation/MimioStudio/Studio9/ActivityWizard_SWRefCard.ashx

http://mimio.dymo.com/enNA/Training/~/media/Files/Downloads/Support/Documentation/MimioStudio/Studio9/ActivityWizard_SWRefCard.ashx



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Customizing Buttons on Mimio Bar

1. Go to Tools > Settings > Interactive

2. Make the selections you want

3. Select options > apply > save

4. You can use the unassigned setting for students who want to push buttons so it

will do nothing.

Mounting Location of Mimio Bar

1. I would recommend mounting your mimio bar horizontally on your whiteboard,

just about the marker tray of the board, just for added support/safety.

2. If you do that you can indicate that under your settings

a. Tools > Settings > Ink Capture > Device Mounting

b. Select the appropriate location

c. Select Apply

d. Select Ok

There are additional training videos and documents available at

http://mimio.dymo.com/Training/Overview.aspx

http://mimio.dymo.com/Training/Overview.aspx



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Mimio Interactive · 2017-06-26 · Mimio Interactive Pad and Bar Instructional Technology Hutto ISD Last Updated: 2/15/2013 Page 2 of 12 Getting Started 1. Mimio Bars or Pads (MS