Academy21 Classroom Guide on:
- Breakout rooms
- Drawing tools
The Chat pod is where you type in answers or questions for everyone to see.
The Q & A pod is where your answers are private, that means only you and the teacher can see them. The pod is sometimes called 'Private Chat' or 'Chat to Teacher'
This is an example of a possible classroom layout
The Chat Pod
The chat pod is a group chat. What ever is typed here is seen by the teacher and your fellow students.
You can change the colour of your messages by clicking here
Type your message here and press enter or click the up arrow.
The Chat Pod
The chat pod is a group chat. Whatever is typed here is seen by the teacher and your fellow students.
Now when you type in the chat it will be your chosen colour
Click on chat colour and then pick a colour
The Q&A or Private Chat Pod
Your teacher can reply to you privately
This pod allows you to answer the teacher privately. Only they can see your messages.
Type your message here and press enter or click the up arrow.
The Q&A or Private Chat Pod
Your teacher can also message you privately
And you can reply
This pod allows you to answer the teacher privately. Only they can see your messages.
You will often be asked to complete activities independently during the lessons. The teacher will put you into a breakout room so you can do the task on your own
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
There are various notices that will appear, you can close these
The first thing you will notice is that the classroom layout may be different.
No one else will be able to come into your room, apart from the teacher.
When working on your own, you may need to ask the teacher for some help or guidance. There are two ways to do this.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
The teacher will see this.
You can either click the hand icon and raise your hand
They will then come to your room
When working on your own, you may need to ask the teacher for some help or guidance. There are two ways to do this.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
Or you can send the teacher a message
The teacher will see this.
They will then come to your room
You will need to be able to type, write or draw on the worksheet. In order to do this, you will need to turn the drawing tools on.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
There are two ways for you to do this. Look at the icons in the top right corner.
You can either click on the pen icon
You will need to be able to type, write or draw on the worksheet. In order to do this, you will need to turn the drawing tools on.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
There are two ways for you to do this. Look at the icons in the top right corner.
Or you can click the triple dots ...
... and then click on Draw
Along the bottom of the worksheet there are a range of icons to help you navigate and personalise your view of the worksheet
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
Current Page
Mouse Cursor
Previous Page
Zoom%
Zoom In
Next Page
Zoom Out
Page Total
Pan
Click on each of the icons to reveal what they do.
The Tools
Your teacher may ask you or all of your class to work on an activity on the slide.
They will enable the tool menu. You can see it appear on the left hand side of the slide.
We'll go through the different tools one by one
This tool allows you to draw or write freehand on the slide using your mouse.
The marker tool
You can change the colour
Then use your mouse to draw.
You can change the thickness
The highlighter tool
This tool allows you to use your mouse to highlight anything on the board.
Double click the marker icon and choose highlighter from the list
You can change the colour
Then use your mouse to highlight the items.
You can change the thickness
The text tool
This tool allows you to type onto the board.
Type your text then ...
...click outside the box to finish
You can choose a font
Left click to start a text box
Choose a font size, 25 to 30 is best
Choose a colour for your text
The selection tool
This tool allows you to select items on the slide and move, edit or delete them
Double clicking allows you to edit the font, colour or change the size of the item
Left click on the item to select it
When selected you can delete the item by hitting your delete key or clicking the bin icon. You also have an undo and redo icon.
Drag the item
This tool allows you to draw rectangles, lines and other shapes. The default shape is a rectangle.
The shapes tool
You can choose the border colour
You can choose the border thickness
Then draw your rectangle
You can choose a fill colour or leave it empty
You can make the fill transparent or opaque
You will need to be able to draw lines on the slides.
The shapes tool
Double click the rectangle icon to access the shape menu. Click on the line tool.
You can change the colour
You can change the thickness
Then use your mouse to draw the lines
You can create more shapes by choosing the other menu choices
The shapes tool
3D Arrows
Crosses
Arrows
Stars
Ticks
Circles
We hope you enjoy your lessons with Academy21
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Academy21 Classroom Guide on:
The Chat pod is where you type in answers or questions for everyone to see.
The Q & A pod is where your answers are private, that means only you and the teacher can see them. The pod is sometimes called 'Private Chat' or 'Chat to Teacher'
This is an example of a possible classroom layout
The Chat Pod
The chat pod is a group chat. What ever is typed here is seen by the teacher and your fellow students.
You can change the colour of your messages by clicking here
Type your message here and press enter or click the up arrow.
The Chat Pod
The chat pod is a group chat. Whatever is typed here is seen by the teacher and your fellow students.
Now when you type in the chat it will be your chosen colour
Click on chat colour and then pick a colour
The Q&A or Private Chat Pod
Your teacher can reply to you privately
This pod allows you to answer the teacher privately. Only they can see your messages.
Type your message here and press enter or click the up arrow.
The Q&A or Private Chat Pod
Your teacher can also message you privately
And you can reply
This pod allows you to answer the teacher privately. Only they can see your messages.
You will often be asked to complete activities independently during the lessons. The teacher will put you into a breakout room so you can do the task on your own
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
There are various notices that will appear, you can close these
The first thing you will notice is that the classroom layout may be different.
No one else will be able to come into your room, apart from the teacher.
When working on your own, you may need to ask the teacher for some help or guidance. There are two ways to do this.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
The teacher will see this.
You can either click the hand icon and raise your hand
They will then come to your room
When working on your own, you may need to ask the teacher for some help or guidance. There are two ways to do this.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
Or you can send the teacher a message
The teacher will see this.
They will then come to your room
You will need to be able to type, write or draw on the worksheet. In order to do this, you will need to turn the drawing tools on.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
There are two ways for you to do this. Look at the icons in the top right corner.
You can either click on the pen icon
You will need to be able to type, write or draw on the worksheet. In order to do this, you will need to turn the drawing tools on.
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
There are two ways for you to do this. Look at the icons in the top right corner.
Or you can click the triple dots ...
... and then click on Draw
Along the bottom of the worksheet there are a range of icons to help you navigate and personalise your view of the worksheet
Breakout Rooms
Your personal workspace
Current Page
Mouse Cursor
Previous Page
Zoom%
Zoom In
Next Page
Zoom Out
Page Total
Pan
Click on each of the icons to reveal what they do.
The Tools
Your teacher may ask you or all of your class to work on an activity on the slide.
They will enable the tool menu. You can see it appear on the left hand side of the slide.
We'll go through the different tools one by one
This tool allows you to draw or write freehand on the slide using your mouse.
The marker tool
You can change the colour
Then use your mouse to draw.
You can change the thickness
The highlighter tool
This tool allows you to use your mouse to highlight anything on the board.
Double click the marker icon and choose highlighter from the list
You can change the colour
Then use your mouse to highlight the items.
You can change the thickness
The text tool
This tool allows you to type onto the board.
Type your text then ...
...click outside the box to finish
You can choose a font
Left click to start a text box
Choose a font size, 25 to 30 is best
Choose a colour for your text
The selection tool
This tool allows you to select items on the slide and move, edit or delete them
Double clicking allows you to edit the font, colour or change the size of the item
Left click on the item to select it
When selected you can delete the item by hitting your delete key or clicking the bin icon. You also have an undo and redo icon.
Drag the item
This tool allows you to draw rectangles, lines and other shapes. The default shape is a rectangle.
The shapes tool
You can choose the border colour
You can choose the border thickness
Then draw your rectangle
You can choose a fill colour or leave it empty
You can make the fill transparent or opaque
You will need to be able to draw lines on the slides.
The shapes tool
Double click the rectangle icon to access the shape menu. Click on the line tool.
You can change the colour
You can change the thickness
Then use your mouse to draw the lines
You can create more shapes by choosing the other menu choices
The shapes tool
3D Arrows
Crosses
Arrows
Stars
Ticks
Circles
We hope you enjoy your lessons with Academy21