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Access Symtalk Symbol Cards in Bookshelf

 

Accessing your Carnegie Learning Symtalk Symbol Cards begins from your Carnegie Learning Bookshelf. The Symbol Cards also include a User Guide with suggestions for class use, pacing, and a list of the cards. 

 

ACCESSING YOUR SYMTALK SYMBOL CARDS

 

  1. Log in to your Carnegie Learning eBooks account as normal at bookshelf.carnegielearning.com.

          

  1. Locate the Symbol Cards on your bookshelf for the level you wish to access. 

 

  1. Proceed to follow the directions in the PDF user guide that opens.

 

 

DOWNLOAD SYMTALK SYMBOL CARDS

 

  1. On the PDF user guide, click DOWNLOAD SYMBOL CARDS.

  2. Symtalk cards for Chinese will open directly in Google Drive. 

  1. Chinese: Download both folders and open the file.

  1. Symtalk cards for French and Spanish will open a zipped file.

  1. French and Spanish: Extract downloaded files. The folder that you have downloaded is a .zip file. The .zip file needs to be opened with compression software before the files inside can be accessed. Windows, OS X, and Linux all come with ZIP compression built-into the operating system. Open the .zip file based on the software your computer uses. The majority of computers open the .zip file by right clicking on the .zip file and selecting Extract.

  2. Your Symtalk Symbol Cards are now downloaded onto your computer and available to use. 

  3. There are two formats of the Symbol Cards. One format is a Notebook Gallery file, and the other is image files (.png) of all the cards. The Notebook Gallery file will be used with your Smartboard, and the image files (.png) can be used by non-Smartboard users, such as using the symbol cards in a Microsoft Word document to create worksheets or games.


 

IMPORT SYMBOL CARDS INTO YOUR SMART NOTEBOOK SOFTWARE

 

  1. Locate your recently downloaded Symtalk Symbol Cards on your computer. If you were following the previous steps, they will be in your Downloads folder. 

  2. To import the Symtalk Symbol Cards into your Smart Notebook, open the Gallery Collection file. This will launch the Smartboard Notebook Software.

           

  1. Once the Notebook software is open, click on the Gallery tab to access the Symtalk Symbol Cards  library.

  1. Your Symtalk Symbol Cards are now in your Smart Notebook software and can be used.