I’m always looking for ways to save time when I am creating activities in Boardmaker Plus. As I am sure we all are! By now I hope you will have already heard of BoardmakerShare.com, where you can download and upload any Boardmaker activities. However, when you search this site there are some FREE, sophisticated interactive templates which go beyond my level of programming in Boardmaker Plus. They have some advanced programming and allow you to easily create slick looking activites for subtraction, sorting, multiple choice, hidden pictures, true/false and much more! Each Power Template comes with its own activity specific PDF instruction sheet.
Follow these easy steps to access this collection:
- Become a member and logon to www.boardmakershare.com
- Enter the search term “powertemplate” (all one word)
- The collection of Power Templates will be displayed.
- Select the template you want and download it. Power Templates are .zip files. So you will need to save to your computer and then “unzip” the files.
- Open the folder you just downloaded to your computer to select the specific activity you want to create. Copy the folder. Paste it and rename it. Note – you may be used to doing a “Save As” when utilizing templates. In this instance, you need to copy and paste the entire activity folder.
- Each activity includes a Sample Activity to view before you create your own activity.
- Each activity includes an activity specific PDF instruction sheet. Print this out as a reference while you are making your activity.
- Open up the “Main” board of the activity.
- Follow the instructions on the screen (from Use Mode) to edit the activity.
Have fun creating some nifty activities for home, school or in the community. And make sure you share with others! Upload the activity you created on BoardmakerShare.com.
