Promethean Boards

Lesson Resources

Many lesson resources and support in building flipcharts for the Promethean board can be found below.

Cloud-Based Lesson Delivery Software for the Classroom.Get ClassFlow for your classroom, the collaborative and cloud-based lesson delivery software for interactive displays.

Requires account creation. Be sure to create with Google, so that Google tools and Classroom can be connected to your Classflow account.

ActivInspire Cheat Sheet

A quick image-based sheet of tools and how-tos of using ActivInspire. This is the software that runs the interactive tools for the Promethean Boards.

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Flipcharts

Use these to start building a new flipchart, or just use as it is. Many of these have been pulled from Classflow.com in their Marketplace section.

Resource Packs

These downloadable packs will add additional functionality for flipchart creation.

Setting Up Promethean Board

To setup a Promethean board and projector, there are two main components. There is a video connection, primarily with a VGA cable, and a audio/interactivity connection.

Wall Mounted Promethean Boards

Wall mounted boards will be through a wall panel connection. Most boards will fall into one of the following two categories:

A VGA cable sends a video signal from the laptop to the mounted projector. A red network cable is connected to a grey USB dongle connected to the laptop to bring sound and interactivity.
A VGA cable sends a video signal from the laptop to the mounted projector. A USB cable directly connect through the wall-mounted plate to the laptop for sound and interactivity.

ActivPanels

A few classrooms have ActivPanels. These interactive panels are large, touch-screen devices that are normally on a wheeled mount. There are varied connection for this type of interactive board, but most are setup this way.

An HDMI cable is connected to the laptop for video and audio, and a USB cable is connected to the laptop for interactivity.

Video Credit: Dr. Duane Shaw, Retired

Calibrate Promethean Board

Calibration of Promethean Boards may be necessary if the board or projector are adjusted. This also may be needed if the pen and mouse are not correctly aligned. To calibrate a Promethean Board, do one of the following:

Hover Over Blue Flame

Hover the nib of the Promethean Flame icon on the top left of the bold
The screen will turn to a calibration window, with 5 cross-hairs across the board
Tap the center of each cross-hair to calibrate the board

Calibrate Through The Control Panel

Right click on the Promethean icon on the system tray, next to the clock
Select Calibration and then either 5 points or 25 points calibration
The screen will turn to a calibration window, with 5 cross-hairs across the board
Tap the center of each cross-hair to calibrate the board

Video Credit: Dr. Duane Shaw, Retired

Promethean Board Pens

There are mainly three different types of pens that will be used on the Promethean Boards in the district. If a pen does not seem to be work, there is a good chance the wrong one is being used.

Orange band or underside are pens for the 78 Pro Boards. These boards are recognized by no built in speakers around the board.
Dark grey and Light grey pens are for the 378 Pro Boards. These boards are noticed by the speakers on the sides of the board.
Black pens with felt tips are for either the ActivPanels or the ActivBoard Touch. Both boards are able to be manipulated with multi-touch with or without the assistance of a pen.

Additional Troubleshooting

Sound and interactivity issue many times can be resolved by disconnecting the interactivity piece of the board (most of the time a USB cable) and turning off the board by power down with the Power button or Stand By button.
Video issues are related to the projector and not the Promethean board. If you are having video issue, adjust the projector options based on issue.
If sound is playing, but not interactivity it is most likely due to a bad update on a driver. Please submit a Helpdesk to have this looked at and updated.

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