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Activity Overview
In this activity, you will learn how to use the TI-Nspire™ CX Teacher Software to insert images into the Graphs and Geometry applications. You will also learn how to move, resize, compress, and stretch an image, as well as make it appear more transparent.
Materials
· TI-Nspire™ CX or TI-Nspire™ CX CAS Teacher Software
Step 1:Open the Teacher Software. If the Welcome Screen appears when the software is opened, click to create a new document with a Graphs application as its first page. Otherwise, insert a Graphs application by selecting Insert Graphs.
Step 2:
Insert an image into the Graphs application by selecting Insert Image.
· A selection of images is preloaded in the My Documents >TI-Nspire > Images folder.
· Select Ferris Wheel.png and click Open.
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Step 3:
Images can be moved, resized, and vertically or horizontally stretched or compressed. To select an image in the Graphs, Geometry, or Question application, right-click on the image and choose Select > Image. To select an image in the Notes application, click the image.
· To move the image, grab and move the image.
· To resize the image, grab and move a corner – this action allows you to resize the image and maintain the aspect ratio.
· To vertically stretch or compress the image, grab and move the top or bottom edge.
· To horizontally stretch or compress the image, grab and move the left or right edge. /
Step 4:
To make an image appear more transparent, insert the image in a Geometry application, and then change the page to a Graphs application.
· Select Insert Geometry.
· Then insert an image by selecting Insert Image.
· Again, choose Ferris Wheel.png
· To change the Geometry application to a Graphs application, select Menu > View > Graphing. /
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