• About Whiteboard
• Connecting to the Whiteboard Server
• Entering and Modifying Text
• Drawing and Modifying Lines and Objects
• Moving Text, Lines, or Objects
• Deleting Text, Lines, or Objects

• Changing Background Color
• Clearing the Drawing Area
• Managing Image Files
• Saving and Loading Files

What do you want to do?

• import images from My-Files
• upload images from your computer
• delete all Whiteboard image files

Importing images from My-Files | Top

This tool allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to import .gif or .jpg image files from their My-Files folder in Manage Files. In order to import images, you must first upload them from your computer to your My-Files folder.

1. At the bottom of the Whiteboard screen, click the Image Selector icon.
2. If the image you want to import appears in one of the Image Boxes, click it and proceed to step 4.
3. Click any one of the six Image Boxes.
4. Click Import. The Load Image File window appears, containing a drop-down list of previously uploaded images.
5. Double-click the filename of the image you want to import.
6. In the Load Image File window, click OK.
7. In the Whiteboard Image window, click OK.
8. From the Drawing Palette, click the Paste icon.
9. Click anywhere in the drawing area. The image appears.

Caution: Image files are saved in, and loaded from, My-Files/whiteboard/images. When you save a Whiteboard file, it is saved in My-Files/Whiteboard/savefiles.

Uploading images from your computer  | Top

This tool allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to upload .gif or .jpg image files from their computer to their My-Files folder.

1. At the bottom of the Whiteboard screen, click the Image Selector icon. The Whiteboard Image window appears.
2. Click any of the six Image Boxes and click Upload.
3. Under Please input your filename, enter the path and filename of your image, or to select the file, click Browse.
4. Click OK.
5. The image appears in the Image Box you selected.
6. If you want to upload another image, repeat steps 2 through 4. You must select a different Image Box for each additional image. When you have finished uploading your images, continue with step 7.
7. Click the image you want to paste to the drawing area.
8. Click OK.
9. From the Drawing Palette, click the Paste icon.
10. Click anywhere in the drawing area. The image appears.

Note: When you have uploaded your image, you can save it in your My-Files folder and load it anytime. To preview your Whiteboard images, go to Manage Files. The images are saved in My-Files/ whiteboard/images. Click the preview icon next to the filename.

Deleting all Whiteboard image files | Top

This feature allows you to delete all Whiteboard image files saved in your My-Files folder.

1. From the Whiteboard screen, under Options, click Reset. A warning message appears.
2. Click OK. The Whiteboard Reset screen appears confirming the update.
3. Click Continue. The Whiteboard screen appears.

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