User's Guide
User's Guide
User's Guide
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Overlay Files, Attached Overlays, Sending Overlays, and Printed<br />
Overlays<br />
Here is some general information about four terms you will encounter throughout this<br />
User’s <strong>Guide</strong>: overlay files, attached overlays, sending overlays, and printed overlays.<br />
The term<br />
“overlay” is<br />
Note<br />
frequently used<br />
to describe both the<br />
electronic file and the<br />
corresponding printed<br />
overlay.<br />
For more<br />
information<br />
Tip about using<br />
Overlay Maker with<br />
IntelliTools Classroom<br />
Suite, refer to chapter<br />
11.<br />
Overlay Files<br />
Very simply, an overlay file is information that describes interactive parts of a document.<br />
These parts are represented by keys. The overlay file is sent to IntelliKeys so its touch<br />
sensitive surface works correctly with that document. Most overlay files also contain<br />
graphic information used for the printed version of the overlay. You can create and edit<br />
overlay files from any open document using Overlay Maker 3.<br />
Attached Overlays<br />
When an overlay file is associated with an IntelliTools Classroom Suite document, it is said<br />
to be “attached” to the document. It is referred to as the “attached overlay.” More than one<br />
overlay can be attached to a document to meet the varying needs of a single student or of<br />
students sharing an IntelliKeys. Overlay Maker 3 does not attach overlays. However, you<br />
can choose which overlay to attach to a document using the IntelliTools Classroom Suite<br />
Attach Overlay feature. Only one attached overlay can be active at a given time.<br />
Sending Overlays<br />
Sending an overlay refers to moving an overlay file from a computer to an IntelliKeys. To<br />
make it easy for IntelliKeys users, IntelliTools’ curriculum authoring tools (such as the<br />
three programs included in IntelliTools Classroom Suite—IntelliTalk 3, IntelliMathics 3, and<br />
IntelliPics Studio 3) can automatically send an attached overlay file to IntelliKeys.<br />
IntelliTools Classroom Suite users can also attach and send files manually. When working<br />
with other programs, you send unattached overlay files to IntelliKeys using an Overlay<br />
Maker 3 menu command or Overlay Sender (a program installed with Overlay Maker 3).<br />
It is possible to save an overlay as “send-only” file. Send-Only files are overlay files that<br />
contain information needed by an IntelliKeys, but don’t contain the information that would<br />
enable them to be displayed on-screen (for editing) or printed. Therefore, they can only be<br />
sent.<br />
Printed Overlays<br />
Along with an attached overlay sent to IntelliKeys, you need a corresponding printed sheet<br />
of paper (or plastic) to place over the touch sensitive surface of the IntelliKeys. This printed<br />
version of an overlay file is generally referred to as the “overlay.”<br />
An overlay can show some or all of the options a student sees on-screen. User options are<br />
presented as printed keys (like keys on a keyboard). Pressing the key on the overlay<br />
initiates the desired action on-screen. Overlay Maker 3 enables you to print an overlay from<br />
any overlay file using a standard computer printer.<br />
Overlay Maker 3 includes four doublesided, preprinted overlays and a collection of overlay<br />
files that can be modified and/or printed. Additional preprinted overlays designed for<br />
IntelliTools Classroom Suite activities and multipurpose use are available from IntelliTools.<br />
2 Overlay Maker 3 User’s <strong>Guide</strong>
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