Florida Teachers and Administrators
Student's Guide to Built-In Tools for Interactive Types of Assignments
Updated March 16th, 2026
Interactive types of resources include Digital Student Book/Clickbooks, ExperTrack Assessments, Vocabulary Builders, Vocabulary Quizzes, etc.
Navigation
To navigate through the pages of the resource, use the arrows or page numbers at the top of the screen.

Read Aloud
To have the entire page read aloud, select Read Aloud on the right toolbar, then press Listen in the menu on the top left.

To have select text read aloud, highlight the text you want read aloud by clicking and dragging over the text with the mouse. Then select Read Aloud from the pop-up menu.

Translate
To have the text translated, highlight the text you want translated by clicking and dragging over the text with the mouse.
Then select Translate from the pop-up menu.

By selecting Translate from the pop-up menu, you'll receive a list of languages along with a search bar to look for any language.

Once you select a language, a pop-up will appear with the selected text translated.

To have the translated text read aloud, select the play button on the top left of the pop-up.
Zoom In/Out
To zoom in/out, select Magnify in the toolbar on the right.

Then select Zoom In or Zoom Out in the drop-down menu.
To reset the screen after zooming in/out, select Magnify from the toolbar on the right and select Reset.
Font Size
To adjust the size of the font, select Font Size from the toolbar on the right.

Then select from the font options in the drop-down menu.
To reset the font, select Font Size from the toolbar on the right and select Reset.
Annotation Tools: Highlighter
To highlight important details, select Highlighter from the Annotation Tools section of the toolbar on the right.

Click and drag over the text with your mouse and then select a color from the menu.


To delete highlights, use the mouse to click and drag over the highlighted words and select the trash can icon from the highlighter pop-up menu.

Annotation Tools: Annotate Text
Users can annotate on the page by drawing, adding shapes and text boxes. After selecting the Annotate Text tool in the right tool bar, users will notice a Hide Annotations button on the top left of the resource screen. This places a canvas on the page that allows users to show or hide their annotations without deleting them completely.


Draw
- Select Annotate Text from the toolbar on the right.
-
Optional: Select the fill color for your drawing by selecting the palette icon
on the left of the pop-up menu. - Select the pencil or paint brush .
- To draw on the screen, use your mouse by clicking and dragging.

Add Shapes
- Select Annotate Text from the toolbar on the right.
-
Optional: Select the edge/fill color for your shape by selecting the palette icons
from the pop-up menu. - Select the shape tool from the pop-up menu and choose from the menu.
- The shape will appear on the screen and you can use your mouse to adjust the placement and size.

To Add Text:
- Select Annotate Text from the toolbar on the right.
- Select the icon from the Annotate Text menu.
- A text box will appear in the middle of the screen. Then you can edit and move the text box with your mouse.

To undo, redo or delete annotations, use the tools at the bottom of the Annotate Text Menu.

Annotation Tools: Hide Markup
To Hide the Markup the teacher will have to click on Hide Markup toggle button from the Annotation Tools.

Clicking the "Hide Markup" toggle button will conceal the annotations made by the teacher. Additionally, the teacher will see that the "Show Markup" toggle button appears once the annotations are hidden.

Clicking the "Show Markup" toggle button will display the mark-up's that were added previously. The highlights and annotations added by teachers will be saved when exiting the resource. Before presenting the same resource to another class, they can choose to show or hide the saved mark-ups.
Annotation Tools: Eliminate Options
To eliminate answer choices in Single, Select or Multi-Select questions, click Eliminate Options from the Annotation Tools section under the Accessibility Tools panel on the right side of the screen.

Clicking Eliminate Options from the Accessibility Tools panel will display a cross (X) icon to the left side of all available options of the assignment.

If the answer choices contain images only (no text): The option label (A/B/C/D/X) will be Strikethrough. The image itself will NOT be crossed out or altered. This ensures images remain clearly visible.
Selecting the close (X) icon next to an answer choice will apply a strikethrough to that option, visually indicating that the choice has been eliminated.

In the assignment, the teacher can strikethrough answer options to visually mark them. However, this action is temporary and applies only during the current session. If the teacher refreshes, or reopen the page or assignment, the options will appear in their original state without strikethrough.
Show Answer
To view the answer key for auto-graded questions, select Show Answers in the toolbar on the right.

Additional Tools Available
For extended open response type of questions, there will be additional tools available for users to use to enter their answer: Speech-to-Text and On-Screen Keyboard.
These two tools
will be located at the top right of the screen.

Speech-to-Text Tool:
- Select the Speech-to-Text icon. A Start button will appear.

- Press Start and the system will type the user's spoken aloud answer. When finished answering the prompt, or to pause, select Stop.

- To turn off the tool, select the Speech-to-Text icon again.
On-Screen Keyboard
- Selecting the On-Screen Keyboard icon will cause the keyboard to appear on the screen.
- Click and drag the six dots on the keyboard to drag the keyboard to another area of the screen if needed.
- Use your mouse to select the keys of the on-screen keyboard to type into the question's text box.
- To remove the keyboard, select the On-Screen Keyboard icon again.

