Tech Integration Project
Lesson Accelerator: Project Launcher

Make My Day!
Application: Inspiration 8
Platform: Mac

Description

The process for creating a task and activities diagram in Inspiration® 8 is described below. The Completed Project Movie shows you what the example project might look like. The tutorial movies that follow demonstrate, step-by-step, how to create the diagram using the sample data provided. This project can be easily modified to contain your own list of tasks and activities. For a complete project description, including goals, objectives, and materials needed, see the Project Overview.
The Example Project
The Completed Project movie will show you what the completed example project looks like.
 Completed Project Movie
Key # Length
1. preview What the example project looks like 23259 0:55
Subscribers have access to download the resource materials for this project, which includes all example files, an assessment rubric, and information about adapting and extending the example project.
Creating Your Own Project
We'll begin this project by opening a new diagram in Inspiration. We'll learn how to add idea symbols to our diagram, and how to manipulate those symbols, and the links between symbols, to visually represent the order in which tasks need to be completed, or how they are related to one another. We can even add a checklist to our diagram for keeping track of completed tasks.
Key # Length
1. locked Opening a new file 23246 1:12
2. locked Labeling the main idea 23247 0:48
3. locked Saving your file 23248 0:44
4. locked Adding more ideas with the Create tool 23249 1:20
5. preview Adding more ideas with the RapidFire tool 23250 1:23
Key # Length
1. locked Moving symbols around your diagram 23251 0:33
2. locked Linking unconnected symbols 23252 1:18
3. locked Adding text to a link between symbols 23253 0:37
4. locked Using symbols from the Symbol palette 23254 1:26
5. locked Searching for symbols in the symbol libraries 23255 1:32
6. locked Changing the order of activities 23256 2:09
7. locked Using a checklist 23257 1:00
8. locked Previewing and printing your diagram 23258 1:23
Tutorial series by Steve Jeske