Content

• Annotate and Connect to Zoom
• Annotate in PowerPoint
• Annotate in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC
• Tablet Recommendation & Purchasing

 

Annotate and Connect to Zoom

If you're looking for annotation options, the Canvas Learning Center has detailed information in their How to Take Handwriting Online page. iPhone and iPad users can also annotate using the Markup utility built into iOS.

• Learn more about Markup
• Learn more about using an Apple Pen with an iPad

 

Best Practices for Using a Tablet with Zoom

• Use a cable to connect your iPhone or iPad to your Mac (additional information & screenshots on the Zoom site)
  
  • NOTE: Using Airplay can result in slides freezing/not advancing when annotating
  • If using PowerPoint for your presentation, install PowerPoint on the iPad (iOS)
  • In Zoom on your Mac, click the Share Screen button and select iPhone/iPad via Cable
  • If not already connected, connect the iPhone or iPad to your Mac
  • If prompted, select the option to Trust This Computer
  • Share and annotate via your iPad
• Alternatively, you can connect your iPad or Android tablet via the Zoom app
  
  • Download the Zoom app (iOS | Android)
  • If using PowerPoint for your presentation, install PowerPoint on the tablet (iOS | Android)
  • Log into Zoom via SSO, using your NetID & password
  • Set the tablet to be the host of the Zoom session
  • Share and annotate via your tablet

 

Annotate in PowerPoint

Turn on the pen and draw in Slide Show: Windows

1. On the Slide Show tab, ensure that Use Presenter View is turned on.
2. On the Slide Show tab, click either From Beginning or From Current Slide to start your slide show.

3. In Presenter view, some helper buttons appear at the lower left corner of your slide. The one that looks like a pen determines how the mouse pointer appears to viewers:

4. Click that Pen button, and then choose Pen from the pop-up menu:

5. Click and drag the mouse to draw on the slide.
6. (Optional) To turn off the pen, right-click the slide, point to Pointer Options, and then click Arrow Options and choose the option you prefer.

 

Turn on the pen and draw in Slide Show: Mac

1. On the Slide Show tab, click either Play from Start or Play from Current Slide to start your slide show.

2. In Slide Show view, four helper buttons appear at the lower left corner of your slide. The second one determines how the mouse pointer appears to viewers:

3. Click that Pen button, and then choose Pen from the pop-up menu:

 

In PowerPoint for Office 365 for Mac, your pointer continues to be a pen until you turn the feature off, even as you move from one slide to the next. (This feature requires version 16.27.19071500.)

In earlier versions of PowerPoint for macOS, your pointer ceases to be a pen when you navigate to a different slide. You must repeat step 2 above to turn the pen on again.

 

Change the color of the pen

The pen color is red by default, but several colors are available. To change the color of the pen:

1. In Presenter View, click the Pen icon at the lower left portion of the slide:

2. On the pop-up menu, point to Ink Color (Pen Color on a Mac), and then select the color you want.

 

Keep or discard ink annotations

At the end of your slide show, when you're about to return to Normal (editing) view, PowerPoint gives you the opportunity to save your ink annotations:

• Choose Discard to get rid of the annotations.
• Choose Keep to save the ink-pen annotations on the slides.

 

Erase ink that you've draw on slides

To remove some or all of what you’ve written or drawn, right-click the slide, point to Pointer Options, and then do one of the following:

• Click Eraser, and then hold down the left mouse button and drag the eraser over what you want to erase.
• Click Erase All Ink on Slide to erase everything you’ve written or drawn on the slide

 

Annotate in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC

Show annotations and drawing markup tools

Choose Tools > Comment to open the Comment toolbar. The comments that you add to the document are displayed in the right pane.

Note:To see the labels along with the tool icons, right-click on the Comment toolbar and select Show All Labels

The drawing markup tools are grouped under the Drawing Tools menu. Click the Drawing Tools icon on the toolbar, and then select Expand Drawing Tools to add the drawing tools to the secondary toolbar.

 

Select an annotation or drawing markup tool

1. Open the Comment toolbar and select the desired annotation tool.
2. To select the drawing markup tool, open the Comment toolbar and click the Drawing Tools icon . Select the desired tool from the Drawing Tools menu.

Note: After you make an initial comment, the tool changes back to the Select tool so that you can move, resize, or edit your comment. (The Pencil and Highlight Text tools stay selected.)

 

Keep an annotation tool selected

You can add multiple comments without re-selecting the tool.

1. In the Comment toolbar, select the tool you want to use (but don’t use it yet).
2. Click the Keep Tool Selected icon

 

Tablet Recommendation and Purchasing

If you are teaching remotely and are interested in purchasing a graphics tablet so that you can annotate while you teach, KIS recommends the Wacom Intuos S tablet.

• Amazon (Ship directly to your home)
• Best Buy (Offering In store Pickup as of 4/6/20)

Please be aware that purchasing and delivery/pickup options may become unavailable based on stock shortages or store closures.