Magic Box
The Magic Box allows users to store and access multimedia content like images, videos, and documents. The Magic Box allows users to place content directly onto the myViewBoard canvas. To set Magic Box as the active tool, click the following icon on the main toolbar:
Open the Magic Box
For a quick visual guide, see the video below:
What's inside
The magic box contains the following tools and utilities:
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Import Import files from your local storage or supported cloud services, like Google Drive and Microsoft OneDrive. Use to quickly add external materials to enhance your canvas. |
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Originals Access a library of ready-made course materials, games, backgrounds, and lessons to download for immediate use. Most resources in Originals are designed for interactive learning. |
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Image Search Opens a popup where you can search for images online to add directly into your canvas. Use to enhance your presentation with relevant visuals. |
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YouTube Browse, play, and insert YouTube videos directly into your canvas. Allows you to create engaging lessons by integrating multimedia content. |
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Immersive Reader Support inclusive learning with tools that improve reading comprehension. Tailor the reading experience to individual student needs. |
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Spotlight Use to highlight key information on the canvas to draw attention to important points. Perfect for emphasizing critical details during lessons. |
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Live Captions Activate to generate real-time captions from your speech for improved accessibility. This ensures all students stay engaged, regardless of hearing abilities. |
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Speech To Text Converts spoken language into text with ease. Enhance accessibility and note-taking during lessons or discussions. |
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Participate Mode Use during class to generate a canvas that is divided into sections for collaborative student activities. This mode empowers learners to work together in a shared digital space. |
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Poll Collects opinions and feedback from your class through instant voting to facilitate decision-making and is an effective tool to gauge class sentiment. |
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Pop Quiz Allows you to create quick, interactive questions to assess student understanding in real-time. Use Pop Quiz to engage the class with fun, impromptu quizzes. |
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Throw Easily receive files from your class, streamlining the sharing of digital materials. The Throw feature aims to encourage collaboration and file exchange during lessons. |
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Tools Adds interactive tools like clocks, timers, and calculators to your canvas. Both students and teachers can engage with these utilities for dynamic learning. |
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Camera Streams a live feed from a camera attached directly to the IFP for the whole class to see. Suitable to broadcast classroom activities or demonstrations. |
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Wireless Presentation Displays a live feed of a student's screen on the IFP or cast the IFP screen to student devices. Fosters interactive and connected learning environments. |
Adorning menu
The Adorning menu is a context menu that provides additional options to interact with any object you've on the canvas. Actions available on the menu change depending on the active object selected.
Images
For images added via the Import or Image Search tool.
Menu options
The following options are specific to the adorning menu for multimedia content:
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Crop
Resize the cropping frame to show only the necessary parts of an image. |
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Fit to screen
Auto-resizes the selected image so it fills the full width of the screen. |
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Remove color
Hold and drag over one color in the image to make that color transparent. |
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Apply as background
Sets the selected image as the full-page background of the current canvas. |
Multimedia
Options shown will depend on the type of object selected.
Video
For supported video files added via the Import tool.
YouTube
For online videos added via the YouTube tool.
Embedded browser
Available only if the Embedded browser is 'pinned' to the canvas.
Menu options
The following options are specific to the adorning menu for multimedia content:
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Take screenshot
Saves the current frame as an image and inserts it on the canvas. |
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Full screen
Displays the contents of the selected container frame to full-screen mode. |
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Reset URL
Goes back and reloads the website that was originally pinned. |