Minimum System Requirements for Bulgaria

for the 8th Grade

Part Three
ñ Windows 2000/XP/Vista Operating System
ñ Pentium® II 400 MHz CPU LEVEL B1+
ñ 128 MB R∞ª
ñ 32 MB RAM graphics card
ñ QuickTime Player 6 or later
ñ CD-ROM drive
ñ 16-bit sound card

ñ Mac OS X
ñ G4 @ 200 MHz CPU
ñ 256 MB RAM
ñ 32 MB RAM Graphics Card
ñ CD-ROM drive
ñ 16-bit sound card
 Table of Contents
1. What is an Interactive Whiteboard? ............................................................. p. 3
2. What equipment do I need to use the IWB software? ............................ p. 3
3. Running the application ........................................................................... p. 4
On an IBM compatible PC .......................................................................... p. 4
On a Mac OS .............................................................................................. p. 4
4. Navigation ................................................................................................. p. 5
5. Task types and how to complete them .................................................... p. 11
Clicking ...................................................................................................... p. 11
Clicking and dragging ................................................................................ p. 15
6. The toolbar ................................................................................................ p. 16
7. The toolbar at a glance ............................................................................. p. 16
8. Using the tools .......................................................................................... p. 17
PC Mode .................................................................................................... p. 17
Pencil .......................................................................................................... p. 17
Highlighter ................................................................................................. p. 17
Create Text Box .......................................................................................... p. 17
Select Pencil / Highlighter Thickness ........................................................... p. 18
Select Pencil / Highlighter Colour ................................................................ p. 18
Zoom .......................................................................................................... p. 18
Eraser and Eraser Thickness ........................................................................ p. 19
Hide Part of the Screen .............................................................................. p. 19
Isolate Part of the Screen ........................................................................... p. 20
Hide / Show all Notes or Tools .................................................................... p. 20
Page Controls ............................................................................................. p. 20
Print ........................................................................................................... p. 20
Clear Notes ................................................................................................ p. 20
Undo / Redo ............................................................................................... p. 20
Save and Load Notes .................................................................................. p. 20
Saving Notes .......................................................................................... p. 21
Loading Notes ........................................................................................ p. 22
9. Using Note Exporter on an IBM compatible PC .......................................... p. 23
Exporting notes .......................................................................................... p. 24
Importing notes........................................................................................... p. 26
10. Using Note Exporter on a Mac OS .............................................................. p. 28
Exporting notes .......................................................................................... p. 29
Importing notes........................................................................................... p. 30
11. Troubleshooting ........................................................................................ p. 33
12. Contact support ........................................................................................ p. 33

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 Welcome to Upstream Level B1+ Interactive Whiteboard (IWB) software.This
application is designed to follow the Upstream for Bulgaria for the 8th Grade
Part Three Level B1+ course and enhance your own and your learners’
experience in the language classroom.

What is an Interactive Whiteboard?

An Interactive Whiteboard is a type of touch-sensitive whiteboard, which has the power to
transform any classroom into a dynamic learning environment.
It allows teachers and students to participate interactively in activities projected onto the board
from a data projector which is connected to a computer.
Interactive whiteboards are widely used in schools as they are much more lively and interesting
than conventional teaching. They provide ways to show students anything which can be
presented on a computer (educational software, videos, websites, etc). Research has shown that
teaching through interactive whiteboard software has numerous advantages:
ñ It can accommodate different learning styles
ñ It is suitable for both small and large groups of students
ñ It helps increase students’ attention span
ñ It assists the assimilation of new information
ñ It dramatically increases real teaching time
ñ It reduces the time teachers need for preparation
ñ It eliminates the need for additional equipment (DVD player, CD player, etc)
All in all, it is a powerful teaching tool that will transform your lessons and your classroom!

What equipment do I need to use the IWB software?

ñ A computer (IBM compatible or Mac OS)
ñ A projector
ñ An interactive whiteboard or a device that turns a plain whiteboard into an interactive whiteboard
ñ Speakers

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 Running the application
On an IBM compatible PC
The application should run automatically when you insert the CD into your CD drive. If it does not,
please follow these steps:
1. Go to START>MY COMPUTER.
2. Locate the icon of your CD drive. With the Upstream Level B1+ Interactive Whiteboard disk
inside your drive, right click the icon of your CD drive and choose EXPLORE.
3. In the new window that appears, double-click on UpsB1p.exe.

On a Mac OS
When you insert the CD into your drive, an icon will appear on your desktop with the name
UpsBlp (see Fig 1).

Fig 1

If you click it, the contents of the disk will appear in a browser window with the icons file names
in Fig 2.

Fig 2

Click the file to run the application.

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 Navigation
By clicking this button you
can EXIT the application,
at any time.

Once the application is running in your

system, the first screen you see is the
MAIN MENU (see Fig 3). By clicking any of
the arrows, you can enter the
corresponding section of the software.
All sections that appear in the MAIN
MENU lead to SUBMENUS. For example,
if you with to enter Unit 1, click Module 1.

Fig 3

Once in the MODULE MENU (see Fig 4),

you can enter the desired lesson of Unit 1
by clicking 1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, Culture Clip
or Curricular Cut at the end of each
module.

If you click this button,

you can go back to the
MAIN MENU at any time.

Fig 4

In the LESSON MENU the active tasks you

can enter are indicated by a red circle (see
Fig 5). Click a task to enter. This allows you
the flexibility to skip certain tasks or pick
up from where you left off in the previous
lesson.

This button will take you to

the previous menu; in this
case, the MODULE 1 MENU.

Fig 5
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For example, Fig 6 shows the screen for Exercise 3a, in Unit 1a.

Clicking this button SHOWS THE

ANSWER(S) to the tasks.

Fig 6

These two buttons will take you to the

PREVIOUS and NEXT task, respectively.

While navigating, you will notice a few more buttons that are designed to help you do the tasks.
For instance:

Some exercises provide

you with the additional
option of DELETING THE
ANSWER KEY. Clicking
this button will allow you
to restart the task as
many times as you wish.

Fig 7

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 Fig 8 Fig 9

Clicking this button will show a screen Once you have gone through the Grammar
with the GRAMMAR REFERENCE as Reference, click this button to return to the
printed in the coursebook (see Fig 9). EXERCISE SCREEN.

The SELF-ASSESSMENT, WB ACTIVITIES, SONGSHEETS, VIDEO, ECO-FRIENDS and GAMES

sections are organised in a similar way. For instance, if you click to enter the SELF-ASSESSMENT
section from the MAIN MENU, first you will see the SELF-ASSESSMENT MENU (see Fig 10).
Clicking any of the spreads will take you to the corresponding page (see Fig 11). The circled
activities are the interactive tasks included in the software.

Fig 10 Fig 11

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The WB ACTIVITIES section provides easy access to all the listening tasks of the Workbook. If you click
the WB ACTIVITIES section, first you will see the WB LISTENING ACTIVITIES MENU (see Fig 12). Click
the exercise you wish to enter.

Fig 12

In listening exercises (see Fig 13 & 15), there is a simple AUDIO PLAYER (see Fig 14). All its buttons are
activated by a click.

A SEEK BAR that operates

in the same way as the
one in the video player.

Fig 14

Fig 13
PLAY / GO TO THE
PAUSE BEGINNING / A VOLUME CONTROL
END of the that operates in the
recording. same way as the one
in the video player.

You will also notice a

TAPESCRIPTS button in
listening tasks. This will reveal
the tapescripts of an audio
Fig 15 recording.

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If you enter the SONGSHEETS section from the MAIN MENU, first you will see the SONGSHEETS
MENU (see Fig 16). Clicking any of the song titles or their picture will take you to that particular song
(see Fig 17).

Fig 16 Fig 17

Clicking on the PLAY button underneath the lyrics of the song activates the
AUDIO. You can click on the PAUSE button at anytime. As each line is sung, it is
highlighted in a different colour, to help students follow the correct line as they sing along.

When you enter the VIDEO section, you will be taken to the VIDEO MENU (see Fig 18). Click on
a number or title to watch the corresponding video. In this screen (see Fig 19), you will also find
the VIDEO PLAYER (see Fig 20).

Fig 18 Fig 19

Click and drag the

seek bar indicator to
LOCATE A SPECIFIC
POINT in the video.
Click and drag
this indicator to
the left or right
to ADJUST THE
VOLUME of the
video.
STOP PLAY PAUSE MUTE Fig 20
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If you enter the ECO-FRIENDS section from the MAIN MENU, first you will see the ECO-FRIENDS
MENU (see Fig 21). Clicking any of the spreads will take you to the corresponding page (see Fig 22).

Fig 21 Fig 22

On entering the GAMES section, you will first see the GAMES MENU (see Fig 23). Click on a number
to play the respective game (see Fig 24).

Fig 23 Fig 24

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 Task types and how to complete them
The Upstream Level B1+ IWB is designed as a teaching aid to be used in conjunction with the
coursebook and for this reason the content is identical. However, in order to do the exercises, you
will have to carry out two basic computer actions – clicking and clicking and dragging.
Here is an overview of the types of tasks in this software and how to do them:

Clicking
In some exercises, you click the SHOW KEY buttons to reveal the suggested answers (see Fig 25-27).

Fig 25 Fig 26

Fig 27

The buttons in Fig 28 are the SHOW KEY buttons.

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Fig 28

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 Fig 29 Fig 30

Sometimes, as in Exercise 4 of Unit 5a (see Fig 29), clicking on the correct answer will reveal
another SHOW KEY button. Clicking that SHOW KEY button reveals the reference in the text,
i.e. the justification for the correct answer (see Fig 30).

Fig 31 Fig 32

In some tasks, clicking the SHOW KEY button reveals a picture, (see Fig 31) or a text and a picture
(see Fig 32).

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In some multiple choice gap-filling tasks,
you must click the gap to see the options
(see Fig 33). Then, you click the correct
answer and it automatically fills the gap.

Fig 33

Fig 34 Fig 35

In other multiple choice tasks clicking on

the correct answer may change its colour
(see Fig 34), underline it (see Fig 35) or
show a tick (see Fig 36) to indicate its
accuracy.

Fig 36

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Clicking is also used in pronunciation
tasks. Click the HEADPHONES next to
each item to activate the audio. In the
task in Fig 37, you also click the syllable
that is stressed to underline it.

Fig 37

In all reading tasks, the texts will be revealed if you click the SHOW TEXT button (see Fig 38). By
clicking the button, you can hide the text and return to the task (see Fig 39).

Fig 38 Fig 39

In Explain the words in bold tasks, the definitions and examples of the words will be revealed if you
click on the bolded words in the text (see Fig 40-41).

Fig 40 Fig 41

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WEB LINKS have been collated so as to assist you in researching the various projects (see Fig 42).
By clicking on the link, it will take you to the corresponding website (see Fig 43), providing you
have internet access.

Fig 42 Fig 43

Clicking and dragging

Matching exercises may involve matching words (see Fig 44) phrases (see Fig 45), paragraphs
(see Fig 46-47) etc. Simply click the item and drag it to your chosen place. If the answer is
wrong, it will bounce back to its original position.

Fig 44 Fig 45

Fig 46 Fig 47
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 The toolbar
At the bottom of every screen, you will find the Toolbar.

Fig 48 Fig 49

If for any reason you don’t want to see the toolbar during your lesson you can hide
it by clicking this arrow on the left-hand side. To make it reappear, you can click the remaining
arrow at the bottom on the right.

The toolbar at a glance

These little green triangles indicate that there

are further options available for this tool.

Select pencil / Isolate part

highlighter Save notes
of the
colour screen
Create Zoom
Pencil text box Print
Undo

Eraser and Redo

Highlighter eraser
Notes page
thickness
PC mode Select pencil / controls
highlighter Hide part of Load notes
thickness the screen Clear notes

Fig 50

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Using the tools
PC MODE: After you have used a tool
click this to regain your normal
mouse pointer function. This way
you can once again click and click and
drag.

PENCIL: Click to turn your mouse

pointer into a pencil. Now you can
make your own notes on every screen
of this software – a very useful tool if
you want to write students’ own Fig 51
answers during warm-up or error
correction (see Fig 51). Make sure you
select a colour for your pencil as well
as its thickness before you actually
write anything (see SELECT PENCIL /
HIGHLIGHTER THICKNESS and COLOUR).

HIGHLIGHTER: Click and drag on

every word, phrase or sentence of a
text you wish to highlight (see Fig 52).
Again, you have the option of
selecting the colour of your
highlighter and its thickness first.
Fig 52

CREATE TEXT BOX: If you don’t want to use the pointer/electronic pen of your interactive
whiteboard, this is a useful alternative for making notes. Click and drag to create a text
box and type in your notes (see Fig 53). Drag the grey bar
to MOVE the text
box.

This is a sample text box:

This is the TEXT

BOX FORMATTING
PANEL. Click and drag the
arrows to RESIZE
the text box.
Fig 53
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 Once you have created a textbox, a formatting panel appears so you can customise your
text (see Fig 54).

This indicator shows This indicator shows that Increase font

that these colours are these colours are applicable size by 1 pt Click to underline
applicable to the text. to the background. with each click. your text.

Click a colour for Click to make

Click a colour for your text.
your background. your text bold.

Fig 54
Click to make your background Decrease font Click to Click to
transparent so you can see your notes size by 1 pt italicise bullet
superimposed on the screen. with each click. your text. your
text.

SELECT PENCIL/HIGHLIGHTER THICKNESS: Once

you have clicked this tool, another options panel
appears (see Fig 55). Click any of the brush strokes
to select the thickness of your pencil or Fig 55
highlighter.

SELECT PENCIL/HIGHLIGHTER COLOUR: Click to reveal the colour options panel and select
a colour for your pencil / highlighter (see Fig 56). This is a very useful tool if you like to use
colour-coding while teaching.

Fig 56

ZOOM: Once you have clicked this tool, another options panel appears (see Fig 57).

Click and drag this Click this to exit

diagonally over the the zoom mode.
part of the screen you
want to zoom into.
Fig 57

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For example, Fig 58 shows a zoomed in area of a screen.

In the bottom right corner, there are

four arrows pointing to the top,
bottom, left and right. By clicking
them you can navigate the screen.

Fig 58

ERASER and ERASER THICKNESS: When you click

this tool, another options panel appears so you
can select the thickness of your eraser (see Fig 59).
Click the circle of your choice to select the
Fig 59
thickness of your eraser and your pointer turns
into an eraser. Drag it over the area you wish to
erase. If you want to erase a text box, simply click
on it once and the entire textbox will be deleted.

HIDE PART OF THE SCREEN: When you click and drag over a selected area with this tool,
you can hide areas such as individual illustrations, paragraphs, words, phrases etc (see
Fig 60). This will give you the opportunity to explore tasks and texts further.

Fig 60

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 ISOLATE PART OF THE SCREEN: When
you click and drag over an area of the
screen with this tool, the section you
have selected will be visible and
therefore focus students’ attention
directly on it. The rest of the screen fills
up with the colour of your choice (see
Fig 61).

Fig 61

PAGE CONTROLS: Clicking this tool will Click to

Click to Click to
reveal another options panel so you can go to
Current make a add a
the next
organise your notes in different layers page page page
page
opaque
(see Fig 62). Each layer works as a blank
page you can write your notes on. This
page can be either transparent and
visible over the task screen, or opaque
and function like a conventional
whiteboard. The difference is that now
you can prepare your notes before your Click to Total Click to
lesson, or save them after the lesson so go to the Click to
number make a
previous delete a
as to use them again in the future, with of pages page
page page
the same class or a different class of the transparent

same level. Fig 62

PRINT: Click this to print the screen you are working on, as it is – with notes. Please note
that the preferred printing mode for this feature is landscape.

CLEAR NOTES: Click this to erase all your notes on a particular screen.

UNDO / REDO: Click to undo or redo any action you have just done.

SAVE and LOAD NOTES: These two tools are especially useful if you want to use
the same notes with another class on a different day. Please note that the
Upstream Level B1+ IWB notes and annotations can be accessed only through this
software; therefore, they will be saved in a file created by the software and
identified by the software alone.

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 Saving notes

First you need to make notes,

either using the pencil or the
text box tool, as in the
example in Fig 63.

Fig 63

Then you click SAVE . A blue window

appears with the options SAVE and CANCEL.
Type in the field above those two options a
name for your notes. It will be best if you
name your notes according to the unit,
exercise, page number and possibly the date
you created them (see Fig 64). For example,
you could name a file 3b_Ex3a_Jan6. This
way, you will locate them more easily once
you have created a long list of notes.

Fig 64

It is possible that your system will notify you

that ‘Local’, i.e. this software, is trying to
store a file in your computer (see Fig 65). Click
ALLOW.
Now you have successfully saved your notes.

Fig 65

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 Loading notes

Click LOAD NOTES to load a page of

notes you have already saved. A similar blue
window appears with the options LOAD and
CANCEL (see Fig 66). Click the file name of
your notes and then LOAD.

Fig 66

Your saved notes will

reappear in the same manner
as on the day you saved them
(see Fig 67).

Fig 67

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 Using Note Exporter on an IBM compatible PC
As you save notes while using the Upstream Level B1+ IWB software, you may wish to share
them with other teachers using this software. You may also wish to use them on a different
computer for a different class of the same level. In order to do either, you have to export your
saved notes.
For this purpose, we have included the Note Exporter utility in the software. Please note that this
function is only available for systems that are using the same software and that for Note Exporter
to function correctly, you need to have saved at least one set of whiteboard notes.

To run Note Exporter go to My Computer. Then,

right-click on the icon UPSB1P. A drop-down
menu will appear (see Fig 68). Click Explore.

Fig 68

In the new window that appears, double-click

the Note Exporter.exe icon (see Fig 69).

Fig 69

Note Exporter will now start. The new window that

appears will offer you two options (see Fig 70).
Click EXPORT NOTES if you want to transfer
notes from this computer to another computer.
Click IMPORT NOTES if you want to transfer
notes to this computer from another computer.

Fig 70

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 Exporting notes

N.B.: Before exporting any notes, you will need to have created a folder in your computer into
which your notes will be exported. In this example, we have named this folder UpsB1pIWB.

When you click on EXPORT NOTES the

computer will start searching your hard disk
for any interactive whiteboard notes that may
exist on it. You will see the message in Fig 71.

Fig 71

After a few minutes, you will be prompted to

enter the application file identifier. This is the
file in which the software saves all your notes.
Please type
UpsB1Plus
in the space provided (see Fig 72). Please note
that this file name is case-sensitive, so it is
important that you type it in correctly. Now
click OK. Fig 72

A window will appear that asks you to specify

the folder in your system where you wish to
export your notes. Select the drive and the
folder from the drop-down menu and click
OK (see Fig 73).

Fig 73

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Please note that, after saving your exported
notes on your computer, you may transfer
them to a CD or DVD, a floppy disk or a USB
memory stick.
Once you have specified where you want your
notes to be saved, click on OK. You will see
the message shown in Fig 74 after a few
seconds.

Fig 74

The saved notes files have now been moved to

the folder that the user specified (see Fig 75).

Fig 75

You can rename the file if you wish. However, please DO NOT CHANGE THE FIRST FIVE
CHARACTERS (UB1P_) OR THE EXTENSION, as this will make your notes untraceable by the
application.
You can now store the file(s) you exported on any storage media, or send them by email. When
you want to use these files on another computer, use the IMPORT NOTES function.

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 Importing notes

To import your exported notes onto a new computer that has the same software, run Note
Exporter as described in the previous section (see Exporting notes).

When you see the window shown in Fig 76,

click IMPORT NOTES.

Fig 76

The message in Fig 77 will appear.

Fig 77

After a few minutes, you will be prompted to

enter the application file identifier. Please type
UpsB1Plus
in the space provided (see Fig 78). Again,
please remember that this is a set file name
and that it is case-sensitive. Now click OK.

Fig 78

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 The message in Fig 79 will appear. Click OK.

Fig 79

The next window will ask you to specify the

folder in which you have saved the exported
notes (see Fig 80). Scroll down the menu and
select the folder. Then, click OK. In this
particular example, the user had saved their
exported notes in a folder on their computer
called UpsB1pIWB, but you can import notes
from a CD, DVD, USB stick and any other
portable medium.

Fig 80

When you have successfully imported the

notes, the window in Fig 81 will appear.

Fig 81

In order to view those imported notes, you may now load them using the LOAD NOTES function.

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 Using Note Exporter on a MacOS

Note Exporter operates in a slightly different manner on a Mac Os.

To run Note Exporter, insert the disk into your

drive. The icon shown in Fig 82 will appear on
your desktop.

Fig 82

Fig 83
When you click it, the contents of the disk will
appear in a browser window with the icons
and file names shown in Fig 83.

Click the file to run the application.

Note Exporter will now start. The new

window that appears will offer you two
options (see Fig 84).
Click EXPORT NOTES if you want to transfer
notes from this computer to another
computer.
Click IMPORT NOTES if you want to transfer
notes to this computer from another
Fig 84
computer.

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 Exporting notes

When you click on EXPORT NOTES the

computer will start searching your hard disk
for any interactive whiteboard notes that may
exist on it. You will see the message in Fig 85.

Fig 85

After a few minutes, you will be prompted to

enter the application file identifier (see Fig 86).
This is the file in which the software saves all
your notes. Please type
UpsB1Plus
in the space provided. Please note that this
file name is case-sensitive, so it is important
that you type it correctly. Now click OK.
Fig 86

A window will appear that asks you to specify

the folder in your system where you wish to
export your notes (see Fig 87). Select the drive
and the folder from the drop-down list and
click CHOOSE.

Fig 87

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Please note that, after saving your exported
notes on your computer, you may transfer
them on a CD or DVD, a floppy disk or a USB
memory stick.
Once you have specified where you want your
notes to be saved, click OK. You will see the
message shown in Fig 88 after a few seconds.
Fig 88

The saved notes files have now been moved to the folder the user specified. You can rename the
file if you so wish. However, please DO NOT CHANGE THE FIRST FIVE CHARACTERS (UB1P_) OR
THE EXTENSION, as this will make your notes untraceable by the application.
You can now store the file(s) you exported on any storage media, or send them by email. When
you want to use these files on another computer, use the IMPORT NOTES function.

Importing notes
To import your exported notes into a new computer that has the same software, run Note Exporter
as described in the previous section (see Exporting notes).

When you see the window shown in Fig 89,

click IMPORT NOTES.

Fig 89

The message in Fig 90 will appear.

Fig 90

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 After a few minutes, you will be prompted to
enter the application file identifier (see Fig 91).
Please type
UpsBlPlus
in the space provided. Again, please
remember that this is a set file name and that
it is case-sensitive. Then click OK.
Fig 91

The message in Fig 92 will appear. Click OK.

Fig 92

The next window will ask you to specify the

folder in which you have saved the exported
notes (see Fig 93). Scroll down the menu and
select the folder. Please note that you can
import notes from a CD, DVD, USB stick and
any other portable medium. Click CHOOSE.

Fig 93

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 Click OK again. When you have successfully
imported the notes, the window in Fig 94 will
appear.

Fig 94

Again, in order to view those imported notes, you may now load them using the LOAD NOTES
function.

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Troubleshooting
Problem
I insert the CD in my CD drive but
nothing happens.
I’ve just written some notes and I
want to go back to using the main
application, but it seems that I cannot
click on anything.
Note Exporter cannot find my files.
My pages do not print properly.
Contact support
In case you have any queries on the use of Upstream Level B1+ IWB, please contact us at
IWBsupport@expresspublishing.co.uk .
Solution
Your computer’s autorun feature is
possibly disabled. Go to My Computer
and double click on the UPSB1P icon.
In the new window that opens,
double-click on the UPSB1P icon.
Make sure you return to PC Mode
using the PC mode icon.
ñ Make sure you have typed the
application file identifier correctly.
For Upstream Level B1+ IWB,
the file identifier is UpsBlPlus.
ñ If the problem persists, avoid using
other applications while running
Note Exporter.
Make sure your printer is set to print
in landscape mode for optimum
results.
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 for Bulgaria
for the 8th Grade
Part Three
LEVEL B1+

USER’S
MANUAL