Inspiration Software

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Inspiration Software

• With this very innovative and versatile
  software, you can do a variety of things. Use
  Inspiration across the curriculum for
• Brainstorming
• Webbing
• Diagramming
• Planning
• Critical thinking
• Concept mapping
• Organizing
• Outlining
• Inspiration's integrated diagramming and
  outlining environments work together to help
  students comprehend concepts and information.
• Educators use Inspiration to customize
  instruction, achieve standards, assess student
  progress, and energize learning.

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This is an example of how Inspiration can be used
to diagram information- in this case I have
diagramed my life.
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• Inspiration Characteristics
• One of the most important and useful is that it
  is a non-linear hypermedia and multimedia
  program.
• Non-linear means that you can begin your
  presentation at any place on the diagram and
  change the order of items that you select during
  the presentation.
• This gives you great flexibility in being able to
  have an interactive discussion with your audience
  so that you can select aspects of the prepared
  presentation that relate to or address the issues
  raised in the discussion.

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• Non-Linear Aspects contd
• For example, in this presentation about my life,
  I could choose to begin talking about my life
  by beginning with my family and choose either my
  wife, son, or daughter as a starting point and
  let the audience reaction or question determine
  which family member I would discuss next.
• Or, I could begin talking about my career in
  technology and switch to my interest in sports as
  I choose or as the audiences questions or
  comments direct the conversation.

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• Hypermedia/Multimedia
• By using hyperlinks to other media types, you
  can expand your presentation to include video,
  audio, pictures, etc at the click of your mouse.
• You can also link to other applications such as a
  Power Point presentation, an Excel Spreadsheet,
  or a Word document.
• And, you can link to a website for virtual tours,
  video clips, or the latest news on a happening
  event.
• For example, if I click on Hawaii
  
• (Go the next slide)

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A picture from my vacation in Hawaii appears.
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If I click on Power Point presentation. (next
slide)
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I can choose any of a number of slides to
explain or use as needed to support
my presentation.
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Inspiration focuses on the visual but can address
all of the senses.
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Here is an example of a science diagram.
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Here is an example of a planning diagram.
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Inspiration is a visual learning program
There
There are seven approaches to visual
learning. Each one will be illustrated.
There
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Inspiration Applications

• Following the demonstration of some of the
  capabilities of the software, lets discuss how
  you can use the software to develop you own
  Inspiration Presentation.
• Once you have access to a computer with
  Inspiration Software, you click on the icon and
  a window with a screen just like you saw in the
  demonstration will appear.

Trial software can be downloaded and used for a
limited period free. Go to http//www.inspiration
.com/
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1. This is the main screen that you will see when
   you open Inspiration.
2. Note the oblong circle in the middle of the
   screen entitled Main Idea.
3. This is the focus of the program and where the
   diagram of ideas begins.

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• Begin by clicking on the Create icon.
• A new circle will appear.
• You can add as many circles as you need to
  diagram your concept, issue, or
  information.
• You can create your diagram by
  brainstorming as you go
  or by use of a handwritten diagram
  from a previous brainstorming or planning session.

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To make the presentation more visual, you can
substitute clipart for the circles.
Clip art is available in all the above
categories. To see how to use the clip art
substitution, go to the next slide.
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1. Click on the down arrow
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1. Click on the down arrow.
2. Make a selection, e.g. people.

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• Click on the down arrow.
• Make a selection, e.g. people.
• Choose one of the four areas, e.g. People 1.

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1. Click on the down arrow.
2. Make a selection, e.g. people.
3. Choose one of the four areas, e.g. People 1.
4. Choose a click art, e.g. girl with pigtails.

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• Click on the down arrow.
• Make a selection, e.g. people.
• Choose one of the four areas, e.g. People 1.
• Choose a click art, e.g. girl with pigtails.
• You can change the clip art selected by simply
• clicking on another image.

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Create a new link Link the new link Establish
Hyperlink
Select Clip Art See and move within Clip
Selections
Before we proceed to build an Inspiration
Diagram, we will consider some of the other basic
(but not all) functions of the screen.
Increase and decrease the size of the diagram.
Font size Bold Italics Underline Line Color
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• Creating an Inspiration Diagram/Presentation
• Select your main subject clip art.
• Label it.
• Click on the box below the clip art
• Type in a label of your choice, i.e. My Life

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• Next, begin creating relationships to link to
  your life.
• Click on the Create button.
• (go to next slide to see result)

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• Next, Click on the green oval
• A writing square will appear in the center.
• Go to the clip art menu, select and click on a
  desired clip art and it will be substituted for
  the green oval.
• (see next slide)

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• Next,
• label the relationship between the main idea, My
  Life and the sub-idea, e.g. My Wife
• Click on the box below the lady icon and write a
  name, i.e. My Wife.
• Establish a link from My Life to My Wife- To
  do this, click on My Life and then move your
  cursor to the Link icon and click on it.
• (Go to the next slide to see the result of the
  above actions).

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The cursor is presently is presently on the
Link icon. If you move the cursor from the
Link icon to the My Wife clip art, the line
will move with the cursor. (See the next slide).
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1. Note the line has moved with the Cursor to the
My Wife Clip art.
2. With the cursor on My Wife, click your mouse
and the link will become permanent. Notice that
the arrow pointed toward My Wife indicates the
flow of the relationship.
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1. Using the same linking technique, I can add more
   relationships

2. And more relationships.
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• One final thing that you need to know- how to
  hyperlink.
• Click on My Life and then go to the Hyperlink
  icon and click on it.
• A window will open to allow you to determine the
  hyperlinked location.
• Go to the next slide

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1. I know that I want to hyperlink to my high school
   football picture, so I select File as the
   location.
2. Next, I click on Select File and find the file.
3. When I click on the file, its location is
   hyperlinked.

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If I place the cursor on the Hyperlinked words
My Life, the address of the hyperlinked file is
displayed. If I click on the hyperlinked words,
the picture will appear.
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More Tutorials

• The previous tutorial was very basic and was only
  intended to give you an idea of what is possible
  and how to do some basic diagramming.
• For a more in-depth tutorial go to the
  Inspiration web site at http//www.inspiration.co
  m/test/dswmedia/intro.html

End of Tutorials- Return to Unit 4