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Merlyn Display Orientation

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Created on March 4, 2024

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Merlyn Display Orientation

Learn the basic functions of Merlyn on your Newline Display

Let's go!

Introduction

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

The Newline Q and Q Pro Series interactive panels now incorporate cutting-edge Merlyn AI technology that allows you to control your panel with your voice and a remote control that leverages the power of generative AI to deliver text and images to the panel.

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Introduction

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Air mouse

AirMouse

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Your remote is equipped with an Air mouse, which allows you to navigate your panel from anywhere in your classroom. The Air mouse helps make untethered teaching a reality.

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Air mouse

Overlay Menu

  • To activate the Air mouse, press the Air mouse button on the remote.
  • Once the Air mouse is active, you can use the orange button on your remote to make selections.
  • Think of the orange button like the left click on a mouse, or the enter button on a conventional keyboard.
  • Note: The Air mouse button is only an on/off switch, it is not an enter or select button.

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Voice Requests

How to Give Voice Requests

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Give voice requests directly to Merlyn using the Push-to-Talk button on the remote. Press and hold the push-to-talk button, wait for the beep, and give your request. For example: Press and hold the Push-to-Talk button and say, "Go to Youtube." A new YouTube tab will open in your browser.

Voice requests

Push-to-talk

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Remote Control Guide

Newline + Merlyn

Power On/Off

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Remote Control Guide

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Overlay Menu

Overlay Menu

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

You have access to five helpful features on the Merlyn Overlay:

Voice requests

Remote control guide

1. Merlyn Chat

Overlay Menu

2. Teacher Toolkit

Timer

Open Websites

3. Find my Remote

Search on Websites

4. Explore Resources

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

5. Help and Support

Control YouTube

6. Account and Settings

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Overlay Menu

Overlay Menu

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Use the Air mouse to hover the cursor over the menu element you want to access, then press the orange button in the center of the D-pad on the remote to select.

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Help and Support

Find my Remote

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

MerlynChat

Account and Settings

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

TeacherToolkit

Explore Resources

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Timer

Set a Timer

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

You can set a single timer using the Newline’s custom timer application. Example voice requests: "Start a timer for two minutes." "Set a timer for five minutes." "Cancel timer." "Stop timer."

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Open websites

Open Websites

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

You can ask Merlyn to go to any website using a voice request. For example, press and hold the Push-to-Talk button on the Origin remote and say, "Open Wikipedia." Merlyn will open up a new browser tab to Wikipedia. Try opening other websites such as, "Open Google Drive” "Open Office." "Open Google Classroom” "Go to GoNoodle” "Open Google Slides” "Go to Khan Academy" and more.

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Search on Websites

Search on Websites

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Once Merlyn opens the new tab and navigates to the requested website, you can search within that website for the content that you want, whether it's videos, articles, reading passages, lessons, quizzes, etc. For instance, once you have opened Kahoot, press and hold the Push-to-Talk button on the remote and say, "Search for a holiday quiz." Or ask for what you want with one voice request. For example: "Search on Khan Academy for fractions." "Search on YouTube for the writing process." "Search on Newsela for articles about climate change." "Search on Nearpod for ancient Egypt." "Search on Google for images of the diffusion of innovation theory." and more.

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Navigate Browser Tabs

Navigate Browser Tabs

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Use the left and right buttons on the remote to move across the tabs you have open on your browser window. Press left on remote to move left across your tabs. Press right on remote to move right across your tabs.

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Right

Left

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-Zoom in and Out

Zoom in and out on Webpages

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Press and hold the Push-to-Talk button on the remote and say, "Zoom in." "Zoom out." “Zoom in 20%”
 “Zoom out 50%”

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant-YouTube

Search on YouTube and Control Videos

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Voice requests

You can open and search on YouTube for videos. Press and hold the Push-to-Talk button and say,"Go to YouTube." Or, if you know the type of video you want to open in YouTube, you can open it using one voice request. For example, you could say: "Search on YouTube for videos about inequalities." Then, use the Airmouse to hover te cursor over the video you want to open and press the orange button in the enter of the D-Pad to select the video. Once the video is open, the center orange button becomes play and pause.

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Air mouse

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Select/Play/Pause

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Merlyn AI assistant- Chat

Chat

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Merlyn Chat gives you the ability to ask questions and get quick, engaging responses with relevant images, links to source material, extension questions, and the ability to provide real-time feedback to our chatbot team. Merlyn Chat also has a built-in safety check to make sure the answers are appropriate for all settings. To use Merlyn Chat, just press and hold the Push-to-Talk button and ask any question. Merlyn chat will automatically open and respond. You can also access Merlyn Chat from the overlay, and with a custom button on the remote.

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Teacher Toolkit

Newline + Merlyn

https://portal.merlyn.org The Merlyn Teacher Toolkit is the primary page for all content related to Merlyn. Here you can find links to our support pages, training, feedback, and the most used tools: ShortcutsSessionsPrepTimeAIBreak TimeRemindersSticky Notes Bookmark this page to make the most of your Merlyn experience. You can also use the command "Open the Teacher Toolkit" to get there quickly.

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Teacher Toolkit-Voice Shortcuts

Newline + Merlyn

Shortcuts are custom commands that can be created from the Teacher Toolkit. Click on the "Shortcuts" tile, click on "+Add a Shortcut" and follow the onscreen instructions. For example: If you want to create a custom voice request that points to a birthday song on YouTube, you can create up to three voice requests by typing one in each field such as, "Happy Birthday""Let's Celebrate""Birthday Song" Then, each time you press and hold the Push-to-Talk button, say one of the above three requests to open the link you pasted into the URL field.

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Teacher Toolkit-Reminders

Create a reminder by pressing and holding the push-to-talk button and saying, "Remind me to..." For example, you could set up a recurring reminder to take attendance every day at the same time by saying, "Remind me to take attendance every day at 8:05 am." A reminder will then pop up on your main display every day at 8:05. If you want to see all of the reminders you have created, you can click on the reminder tile found at portal.merlyn.org, or press and hold the push-to-talk button and say, "Show my reminders."

Newline + Merlyn

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

Teacher Toolkit-Sticky Notes

Newline + Merlyn

Create a sticky note by pressing and holding the push-to-talk button and saying, "Jot down...""Take a note..." For example, you could create a sticky note to remember to contact a parent after school by saying, "Jot down, call jonny's parents after school." The sticky note will be saved in your sticky notes at portal.merlyn.org, but a reminder will not show up on your screen. If you want to see all of the sticky notes you have created, you can click on the sticky notes tile found at portal.merlyn.org, or press and hold the push-to-talk button and say, "Show my sticky notes."

Air mouse

Voice requests

Remote control guide

Overlay Menu

Timer

Open Websites

Search on Websites

Navigate Tabs

Zoom In/Out

Control YouTube

Merlyn Chat

Teacher Toolkit

Shortcuts & Custom Commands

Reminders

Sticky Notes

High five!

You successfully finished Merlyn Display Orientation. You are now familiar with the most used functions of Merlyn. For more, please visit our Learning Center! Happy teaching with Merlyn and Newline!

Learning Center

Happy teaching with Merlyn!

Credits

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Merlyn Mind Origin Training Materials Project Credits Published: Dec 2024 Merlyn Learning Programs Development and Production: - Wendy Pearson Design Team: - Molly Crickman, Carly Luterbach, Cecelia Rodriguez , Ana Perez Thank you to the incredible team at Merlyn Mind and Gerundio for their dedication and expertise in bringing this project to life. Each contributor played a crucial role in making this venture a success. Your creativity and hard work are greatly appreciated. © 2024 Merlyn Mind. All rights reserved.