1. Accessibility Services
AT Boot Camp
Niagara County Community College
Student Development (A-131)

2. 1. Setting Up Your Smartpen
2. Practicing Taking Notes with Your Smartpen
3. Downloading the Livescribe Desktop
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Q & A
Today’s
Road Map

3. Anatomy of the Echo Smartpen
• OLED Display
• Microphone
• Built-in Speaker
• Replaceable Ink/Stylus
• Infrared Camera
• Rechargeable Battery
• Connects to Computer
• Headset Jack
• Computer in a pen
2GB of memory
800 hours audio
128,000 pages of notes

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5. 1. power button
2. OLED
3. microphone
4. speakers
5. ink tip
6. camera
9. cover
7. USB 8. headset jack

6. Setting Up Your Smartpen
1. Set Time
2. Set Date
3. Right/Left Handed
4. Check Battery
5. Check Storage
6. Calculator
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVq
2kQrFii8&list=PL97E0A83F58EBD3B9

7. Setting Up Your Smartpen
(continued…)
Ready to test your

8. 1. Setting Up Your Smartpen
2. Practicing Taking Notes with Your Smartpen
3. Downloading the Livescribe Desktop
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Q & A
Today’s
Road Map

9. Activity: Practice Taking Notes with
Your Smartpen
Tap record and begin taking notes as you normally would
Your pen display should
look like this.
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=DNPUbEzrW6A&list=UU3W
c0BvarW57X734VI1-3Rg

10. Practice Taking Notes with Your
Smartpen (continued…)
Did you know that
you can use any
set of headphones
with the
Livescribe
smartpen?
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=fU-3ub0tV3g

11. Practice Taking Notes with Your
Smartpen (continued…)
There are many formats or
dot paper.
Sticky Notes
Flip Pads
Grid Paper
A5 Notebooks
Print Own
Single Subject
Sound Stickers
Journals

12. End Recording and Note Taking
Tap stop to end recording and create an audio session

13. Paper Replay Controls
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-
WlMxVi5tw&list=UU3Wc0BvarW57X734
VI1-3Rg

14. 1. Setting Up Your Smartpen
2. Practicing Taking Notes with Your Smartpen
3. Downloading the Livescribe Desktop
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Q & A
Today’s
Road Map

15. Downloading the Livescribe Desktop
• Download the Livescribe
Desktop here:
– http://www.livescribe.com/en-
us/support/echo/setup/
• Download and keep updated
all required programs,
smartpens, and software
– Adobe XI
– Java
– Livescribe Desktop
Video Tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtDx
1r8zTRQ

16. Navigating the Livescribe Desktop
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ANSWERS
1. Play/Pause
2. Jump
3. Bookmarks
4. Jump to Position
5. Playback Speed
6. Zoom
7. Single Page/
Thumbnail Toggle
8. Page Navigation
9. Session Pane

18. Customizing Your Desktop – Changing
Your Ink Colors
Under the tools
tab, select
“Livescribe
Desktop Settings”
and then
“Page View”.
Here you can
change ink colors.

19. Pencasting
Right-click on any page and
select “Send to Computer”

20. 1. Setting Up Your Smartpen
2. Practicing Taking Notes with Your Smartpen
3. Downloading the Livescribe Desktop
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Q & A
Today’s
Road Map

21. Customizing Your Desktop – Creating
Custom Notebooks
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygZaNzAf
X_c&list=UU3Wc0BvarW57X734VI1-3Rg
Click on
“Create new
Custom
Notebook”
Name
Notebook and
Click “OK”

22. Customizing Your Desktop – Reference
Guide

23. 1. Setting Up Your Smartpen
2. Practicing Taking Notes with Your Smartpen
3. Downloading the Livescribe Desktop
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Q & A
Today’s
Road Map

24. Tap the Storage
Button 2 times
to see how many
hours and
minutes of
recording time
are left on your
smartpen
Data Storage
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
AyhkBoOXvc8&list=PL97E0A83F58
EBD3B9

25. Dot Paper Products

26. Tips & Tricks
Audio Study GuidePrint Outline Before Class
Video Tutorial:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
uyZ7VOBEva8&list=UU3Wc0BvarW
57X734VI1-3Rg

27. Smartpen 101 Course

28. More Training Materials Available
in AS Blackboard Group

29. 1. Setting Up Your Smartpen
2. Practicing Taking Notes with Your Smartpen
3. Downloading the Livescribe Desktop
4. Customizing Your Desktop
5. Tips & Tricks
6. Q & A
Today’s
Road Map

30. Q & A

31. Troubleshooting
If you have problems contact
NCCC's
Adaptive Technology Specialist
Ms. Caitlin Fulle
She is located in Room A-131
(Student Development)
716-614-6229
cfulle@niagaracc.suny.edu