Explain Everything

Teaching with Explain Everything

• Explain Everything is a super easy to use interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.
• Explain Everything allows users to create slides that can include a variety of multimedia. Uses include photos, video, web links, shapes, files ,text, and audio recordings to explain.
• Students create, present, and share with it -- individually or on group projects.

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• Sign up and Get Going With Explain Everything.
• Getting Started with Explain Everything.
• Add and Format Text to your Explain Everything project.
• Add Media to your Explain Everything project.
• Using the Hand Tool (Part of Your Creative Toolset).
• The Drawing Tool (Part of Your Creative Toolset).
• Zoom and Pan (Part of Your Creative Toolset).
• Collaborating with Others on your Explain Everything Project.
• Sharing Your Explain Everything Projects.
• Ideas for Teaching With Explain Everything.

Explain Everything: An Overview

• What is Explain Everything? https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014138733-What-is-Explain-Everything-

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• Great Visual Presentations with Explain Everything https://explaineverything.com/visual-presentation/
• Explain Everything Whiteboarding (Explained) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1l6pqporuCmpZ4hRqly45uQJZtw9z6bUD/view
• Create Explainer Videos https://explaineverything.com/explainer-videos/
• Effective Feedback with Explain Everything https://explaineverything.com/effective-feedback/
• Explain Everything Online Whiteboard https://explaineverything.com/online-whiteboard/

Sign up and Get Going

• Creating an individual account https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014968054-Creating-an-individual-account
• Explain Everything Drive https://drive.explaineverything.com/discover/projects/screencasts

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• Set up a Group Account https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014463434-Set-up-a-Group-Account
• Join a Group Account with the Invite CODE https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015071993-Join-a-Group-Account-with-the-Invite-CODE
• Onboard your Group without using emails https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014463434-Set-up-a-Group-Account

Start a New Project and Add Slides

• Start a new project https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012917834-Start-a-new-project

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• Working with slides https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012917014-Working-with-slides
• Explain Everything tutorial: Managing slides https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0jxR2spoAE

Add and Format Text

• Insert text https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013167134-Insert-text-

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• Explain Everything App Tutorial: Adding text- font, size, color https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RCYaJWNZuw&feature=emb_logo

Add Media – import media files to your project.

• Add media to projects https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013573893-Add-media-to-projects

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• Insert and edit images https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014493574-Insert-and-edit-images
• Use video and audio files https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015113634-Use-video-and-audio-files

Hand Tool – move, arrange, and interact with elements on the canvas.

• Move and scale objects https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013158653-Move-and-scale-objects
• Move and scale objects https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013158653-Hand-Tool

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• Arrange objects on the canvas https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360014027714-Arrange-objects-on-the-canvas
• Arranging, editing and locking functions with the Inspector https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013213154-Inspector

Draw Tool – annotate, draw, and write on the canvas.

• Draw, annotate, and highlight https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013158633-Draw-annotate-and-highlight

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• Create shapes and lines https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013166294-Drawing-shapes-and-lines
• Duplicate things https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013270513-Duplicating-things

Zoom and Pan – use to move around, zoom in, and out on the canvas.

• Move around the canvas and control the recording frame https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360013226834-Zooming-and-panning-across-the-canvas

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• Explain Everything - Zoom and Pan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1R9QsC_BJE
• Create a Smooth Image Pan in Explain Everything https://explaineverything.com/create-smooth-image-pan-explain-everything/

Collaborating With Others

• Working collaboratively https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360015154794-Working-collaboratively

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• Explain Everything:Collaborate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D_6PrXU2bo
• Start using the collaboration feature in Explain Everything https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBdLklAxozU

Sharing Your Project

• Share Your Projects Instantly With Anyone https://explaineverything.com/share-projects-instantly-anyone/

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• Sharing to Google Classroom https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360010868220-Sharing-to-Google-Classroom
• Integrate Explain Everything with Canvas LMS https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012106020

Teaching With Explain Everything

• Remote whiteboarding tips for creative group thinking https://explaineverything.com/remote-whiteboarding-tips-for-creative-group-thinking/
• Documenting and improving students’ thinking using whiteboard recordings https://explaineverything.com/documenting-and-improving-students-thinking-using-whiteboard-recordings/

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• Turn your static presentation into a video https://explaineverything.com/turn-your-static-presentation-into-a-video/
• Use-cases https://explaineverything.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/360012762014-Use-cases
• Google Explains Everything Transform Learning in the Classroom with Chromebooks https://explaineverything.com/explore/
• Dr. Martha Mead Elementary https://explaineverything.com/cases/dr-martha-mead-elementary/