Spotlight tool

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What it does:

Covers the screen leaving a circle (or square) through which you can view the screen. Alternatively you can have a solid spotlight that covers only a small part of the screen.

Right click:

Allows you to change the Settings such as the colour of the background.

What it can be used for:

Revealing pictures from a written text to elicit thoughts from students on the content of the written text before they see the text in full.

Watch out for:

It can take practice to use this tool easily. Holding down the pen and dragging changes the shape of the spotlight. Move the pen across the board (without pressing the nib or left click button down) to move the spotlight.

Techniques:

This tool is not used in any particular tutorial on this site (yet).