The document discusses the features and capabilities of the Explain Everything app. It can be used as a virtual whiteboard for presenting photos, text, video and other objects. Users can record presentations within the app and export the recordings to YouTube or other cloud services. The summary covers the app's drawing, shapes, text and recording tools as well as how to add outside assets and export presentations.

1. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

2. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
What can you do with this app?
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

3. Essentially, it is a white board
that allows you to not only
present photos and text but also
show video and manipulate
objects on screen in real time.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

4. Explain Everything
allows you to record
your presentations to
video for the future.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

5. You can then export
the video directly to
YouTube or another
cloud application to
save for later.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

6. What I’ll cover in this presentation
includes:
1. Selecting a palette.
2. Using the drawing tool.
3. Selecting shapes.
4. Using the text tool.
5. Adding outside assets.
6. Using other smaller tools.
7. Using the recording feature.
8. Using the export feature.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

7. Explain Everything
When you first
open the
application, start a
new presentation by
pressing the plus
sign in the left
corner of the screen.
Selecting a Palette
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

8. You have the choice
of selecting a
background with
preset colors. Let’s
select the one with a
white background.
Explain Everything
Selecting a Palette
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

9. If at any time you want
to change the palette,
select the lower left
button with the word
slide on it. Press and
hold. You'll see a small
version of the screen
you have up.
Explain Everything
Selecting a Palette
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

10. You can select the
button Template
change. The options
for different palettes
will show up. Select
one of the present
colors and your
background changes.
Explain Everything
Selecting a Palette
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

11. The pencil that is
highlighted allows you
to draw on the screen.
You can select the
color by going got the
three colors at the
bottom left. You can
change it by pressing
and holding one of the
colors.
Explain Everything
Using the Drawing Tool
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

12. A color wheel will
show up and give you
an option to change
colors if you’d like.
You can erase it by
selecting the eraser.
Or you can select the
back arrow that
points in a circle to
the left.
Explain Everything
Using the Drawing Tool
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

13. You can change the
pencil width by
pressing the skinny
pencil and holding it
down. You get
options to make the
markings thicker. If
you select the larger
pencil, it creates a
thicker marker.
Explain Everything
Using the Drawing Tool
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

14. If you press and hold the
shapes button, you can
select circles, squares,
arrows, slashes and stars.
If you want a specific
interior and line color,
you must select your
color and outline first
before making the final
selection of the shape
you'd like.
Explain Everything
Using the Drawing Tool

15. Select one colored
square and hold it.
The color wheel will
show up with the
tabs: Fill and
Outline. This will
allow you to chose
the interior and
exterior color of
each shape.
The Fill and
Outline
Explain Everything
Selecting Shapes
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

16. If you change your
mind, you can select
the x on the left side
of the selection panel.
Select the item you
want to delete. An x
will show up attached
to the right of the
item. Select the x and
it will disappear.
Explain Everything
Selecting Shapes
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

17. Also you can delete anything
by stepping backward in time
with the undo / redo arrow. If
you select it now it will undo
your previous choice and put
the shape back on the screen.
If you choose the right semi-
circular arrow, you can redo
the previous choice.
Explain Everything
Undo and Redo
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

18. You can put text on
the canvas by
selecting the large
letter A in the left
tools panel. If you
press and hold the
letter, you can select
the font a size and if
you want a border.
Explain Everything
Using the Text Tool
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

19. If you want to just
move or reposition the
text, select the green
check mark then
select the hand with a
finger in the left hand
palette of tools. Select
the item, press and
drag the text to where
you want it to stay.
Explain Everything
Using the Text Tool
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

20. Select the plus symbol on
the left panel of tools and
you will be shown a number
of options. You can select
photos that are stored in
your photos or located in
other cloud apps that are on
you tablet like DropBox and
Google Drive.
Explain Everything
Adding Outside Assets
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

21. If you select existing
sound, it will open up
iTunes on an iPad and
give you options to
select recordings you
made or items in your
purchased music.
Explain Everything
Adding Outside Assets
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

22. If you select math equations,
you'll be given a panel of
options to choose from.
Selecting New Photo means
you can add a photo by just
taking a shot of it with your
iPad or phone.
Explain Everything
Adding Outside Assets
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

23. Selecting New Video, gives
you the option to record
video on the fly.
And selecting the web
browser allows you to type
in the web browser of your
choice and show content
that may have video or any
other item on the website
you want to highlight.
Explain Everything
Adding Outside Assets
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor

24. The tool right beneath the X
is the tool for the pointer.
This you can use when
trying to highlight
something on the screen.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
Explain Everything
Using Other Smaller Tools

25. The magnifying glass with
the plus sign allows you to
shift an image you tap twice
in the general direction you
tap.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
Explain Everything
Using Other Smaller Tools

26. Selecting and holding
the bottom left
button with the up
arrow next to slide
number one allows
you to add a screen.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
Explain Everything
Using Other Smaller Tools

27. A red x will show on the
right upper corner of the
small screen and you can
delete it by pressing that x.
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
Explain Everything
Using Other Smaller Tools

28. By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
You press record and the
application records all your
movements. But what’s
unique about this record
feature is that it will record
two separate videos on the
same canvas at different
times.
If you’re confused, think of
it this way…
Explain Everything
Using The Recording Tool

29. By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
You record the steps to do
something like fill out a
form application.
You stop the recording and
then….
select the right facing red
arrow next to the timer.
You’ll get an option to
overwrite or mix.
Explain Everything
Using The Recording Tool

30. By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
Select mix.
Then start a new recording.
It will begin playing what
you just recorded while
recording a brand new video
on top of the one that is
playing.
Explain Everything
Using The Recording Tool

31. By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
You can then annotate
the video with arrows,
writing on the screen or
whatever you like.
Explain Everything
Using The Recording Tool

32. By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
Explain Everything
Using The Export Feature
Simply select the partial
rectangle with an arrow
pointing up.
A large number of options
will show up. Some them
include exporting to your
Google Drive, Dropbox or
even YouTube.

33. By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor
Explain Everything
Using The Export Feature
If you just want to save
it for later, just press
the icon that looks like
a house. It will ask you
to name your project
so you can save it.

34. EXPLAIN EVERYTHING
By Esther Dillard
Bloomfield College
Communications Professor