Philips Genius User Manual

Introduction · Getting Started · Login · Profile · Basic Tools · Advanced Tools · File Manager · Share · Collaboration tools

Today's diverse learning space often needs streamlining tools for a better experience. Bringing you ‘Philips Genius’ – the enhanced interactive teaching platform! Designed for classrooms, online classes, and hybrid sessions, this platform allows instructors to manage different formats easily and simultaneously. Through effortless QR code scanning, you can login easily to access the platform. Philips Genius’ interface is so-straightforward that you can start to ‘Draw’ visuals with a pen or highlighter right away. ‘Erase’ lets you remove the visuals entirely, or through point-by-point. Choose different objects to bring up context-specific menu operations. Type down the ‘Text’ you need, style it. Moreover, the platform also offers different utility ‘Tools’ such as calculator, geometry tools like virtual compass, protractor or angle to create and measure accurate shapes. From the ‘Shape’ menu, insert from a wide range of different shapes, including the custom ones. The ‘Image’ section lets you to add custom images, either from web searches or through own uploads. Add ‘Media’ to the Lesson from your own library of videos, or from sites such as YouTube. Incorporate any custom ‘Object’ such as 3D visuals. And, resize and align them as per your content. What goes without the ‘Audio’? Yes, you can add your custom audio required for the presentation. Also, add any type of ‘Document’, be it words or presentations! Add different webpages for presenting, and navigate between them during different segments of the Lesson. At any point of given time, easily change the overall Backdrop’s ‘Color’ and ‘Pattern’ depending on the nature of the content. The ‘File Manager’ lets you organize all file types added during the presentation, and it even keeps them segregated under ‘My Library’ and ‘Public Library’ for your convenience. Also, Philips Genius lets you connect with Google Classroom and Google Drive to enhance your Lesson experience. Finally, you can even share the saved Lessons using a QR code or email. Philips Genius makes interactive teaching more accessible and efficient for all educational settings.

Login · Access to Philips Genius · Login through QR Code · Login through email ID · Logout

Access to Philips Genius Philips Genius Apk is available as Android app on PPDS device in Dashboard section. Clicking on icon depicted below will launch application that takes user to login screen. Philips Genius can also be accessed from PC/Laptop browser using link: https://ppds.com/genius that takes user to login screen. Login through QR Code User is taken to login screen where user can perform QR code scanning to access the platform. Step1: QRCode shown on device or in Browser: Step2: Open Camera in Mobile phone and scan QRCode. Click on Link displayed on mobile phone to open link in mobile phone browser Step3: Enter Email ID and password on mobile phone browser webpage. After login is successful then user need to go back to device or PC browser Step4: You will be logged in Device or PC Browser and taken to Whiteboard Login through Email Address and Password You can also login through email address and password that is shown on login page at launch of application Step1: Enter Email ID and password and click login button Step2: You will be logged in on Device or PC Browser and taken to Whiteboard after showing loader screen Logout User can logout of Whiteboard and go back to Login screen by clicking on Logout button on Whiteboard

Profile · Profile Menu · Manage Profile

Profile Menu This allows you to view and edit user profile information, view subscription info and current software version. Click on icon showing User Initials to open Profile screen Manage Profile Click on arrow next to user name to view and edit user profile information User can change Name, Postal Address and password using this screen.

Basic Tools · Draw · Erase · Select · Type text · Insert o Shape o Image o Media: Video & Youtube o 3D Objects o Audio o Documents o Web Page · Undo & Redo · Backdrop · Page Management

Draw Philips Genius’ interface is so-straightforward that you can start to ‘Draw’ visuals with a pen or highlighter right away Draw menu can be accessed by clicking on Draw icon in whiteboard Draw menu has options to select Pen tool or Highlighter tool. Thickness of pen/highlighter can be changed using slider. Color can be selected from palette. You can add custom color to palette and use custom color for pen/highlighter draw. Custom color creation shown on right in below screen Below screen shows use of Pen draw and Highlighter draw on Whiteboard Erase ‘Erase’ lets you remove the visuals entirely, or through point-by-point or select an object and erase it. Erase menu can be accessed by clicking on Erase icon in whiteboard that has all above options. Erase All will show alert to user before erasing all content from current page. Select Choose any object on whiteboard to bring up context-specific menu operations. Object selection can be activated by clicking on Select icon in dashboard to open menu that has tap icon to be selected. On selecting any object on whiteboard it will display context menus on 4 corners of bounding box as depicted. Example of object after rotation using rotate icon and dragging it in clockwise or anti-clockwise direction. 8 boxes depicted on Bounding box can be used to resize any object. Clicking on fill color icon for Draw object show color palette that can then be used to change color of pen/highlighter Clicking on Three dots icon shows context menu used to duplicate the object, flip object vertically, flip the object horizontally, send object to back, bring object to front. Type text Type down the ‘Text’ you need, style it. Text type can be activated by clicking on Type icon When text typing is being done on device then On screen keyboard (OSKB) is shown. OSKB is not shown when text typing is done on PC/Laptop browser. It shows additional menu options for text styling to change font size, font style, Bold, Italics, paragraph alignment, list/bulleting, font color changing Insert Menu You can insert shape, Image, Video, 3D object, Audio, Document to Whiteboard using following menu options Insert Shapes Shape menu can be seen by clicking on Shape icon in Insert menu. You can select following shapes from Shape menu and insert to whiteboard Insert Images Image menu can be seen by clicking on Image icon in Insert menu. You can select an image by clicking on any image that are available in My library and Public library. Image can be searched from My library and Public library by file name Images can be searched from Google by typing search string under Google Image sub-menu. Search results are shown as thumbnails and on clicking any thumbnail from search result will insert image to whiteboard Media: Video and Youtube Media menu can be seen by clicking on Media icon in Insert menu. You can select a Video by clicking on any video thumbnail that are available in My library and Public library. Video can be searched from My library and Public library by file name Selected video will start playback in I-frame. Video can be paused/resume, audio can be muted/unmuted, video can be made full-screen. Playback bar is shown for video playback to indicate current playback position. Video playback position can be changed by clicking on playback bar. Current playback position is shown and total duration of playback is shown. At any time only one video playback can be done. Youtube Video can be searched from Youtube under Youtube sub-menu. Youtube search results based on entered text for search are shown as thumbnails. You can select Youtube video by clicking on thumbnail. Youtube playback happens in I-frame and all controls available for any Youtube video playback are shown. At any time only one Youtube video playback can be done. Objects: 3D 3D objects menu can be seen by clicking on Object icon in Insert menu. You can select a 3D object by clicking on any thumbnail that are available in My library and Public library. 3D object can be searched from My library and Public library by file name Note: loading of 3D object can take time and progress bar for each thumbnail is shown. Selected 3D object is shown in I-frame. You can interact with 3D object to rotate it around any axis. You can zoom-in/zoom-out inside 3D object. Following screens explain with an example. At any time only one 3D object rendering can be done. Audio Audio menu can be seen by clicking on Audio icon in Insert menu. You can select an audio file by clicking on any thumbnail that are available in My library and Public library. Audio file can be searched from My library and Public library by file name Audio playback happens in I-frame. You can pause/resume audio. You can mute/unmute audio. Playback progress bar is shown and you can change playback position by clicking on playback progress bar. Current playback position is shown and total duration of playback is shown. At any time only one Audio playback can be done. Documents Document menu can be seen by clicking on Document icon in Insert menu. You can select a document by clicking on any thumbnail of document that are available in My library and Public library. Document can be searched from My library and Public library by file name. Document format supported are Excel, Word, Powerpoint, TXT and PDF files. Selected document will be displayed I-frame and document pages can be navigated Documents can be viewed in different sizes using dropdown box for size as depicted below. Document pages can be navigated by clicking on Prev and Next icons as depicted below. Document page can be snipped and can be inserted as image in Whiteboard as depicted below . Documents can be viewed as grid view using Grid icon to show overview of all pages as depicted below. Webpages Webpages can be searched by clicking on Wepage button and then providing search text to search for. Search results are shown in list view and each list item is clickable to open webpage as I-frame. Web page opened as I-frame can be navigated by user. Web page can be oved around over Whiteboard. Note it will only allow one web page to be opened at any point of time. Web link content could also be Youtube or Video link that can then be played as I-frame. Undo/Redo Allows to undo the last operation on whiteboard object or redo the last undo action for whiteboard object Undo operation can be performed by clicking on Undo icon and Redo operation can be performed by clicking on Redo icon Backdrop At any point of given time, easily change the overall Backdrop’s ‘Color’ and ‘Pattern’ depending on the nature of the content. Backdrop menu can be activated by clicking on Backdrop icon in Whiteboard. You can select predefined colors and select predefined patterns from menu shown below You can also select image as backdrop that you have uploaded to My Library or select an image from Public Library Page Management Add different pages for presenting, and navigate between them during different segments of the Lesson. Preview the pages and navigate to page by clicking on page. Allow to delete a page from page preview. New page to current lesson can be added by clicking on Addpage icon in Whiteboard. After adding page whiteboard will show new page. You can navigate to previous page in Whiteboard by clicking Previous icon in Whiteboard You can navigate to Next page by clicking Next icon in Whiteboard You can preview all pages by clicking Page preview icon in Whiteboard Page preview icon also indicates total pages and current page number. Page can be deleted by clicking on Delete icon shown over thumbnail for each page.

Advanced Tools · Geometry o Ruler o Compass o Protractor o Setsquare · Calculator · Voting

Tools It supports teacher assistant tools like Geometry tools and Calculator and Voting tool. It can be brought up on whiteboard by clicking on Tools icon on Whiteboard. Geometry tools It supports Ruler, Compass, Protractor and Set-square Geometry tools that can be used by teacher. Ruler Ruler support to draw lines on Whiteboard. Ruler tool can be brought by clicking on Ruler icon present in Tools menu which then shows Ruler as depicted below. Lines can be drawn by drawing along markings. Multiple line segments can be drawn along markings as depicted below. Ruler can be rotate around rotate icon and then lines can be drawn. Ruler can be moved around the Whiteboard using Move icon and then lines can be drawn Compass Compass support to draw arc and circles on Whiteboard. Compass tool can be brought by clicking on Compass icon present in Tools menu which then shows compass as depicted below. Compass radius can be changed by dragging icon on right side. Compass can be moved around on Whiteboard using move icon on left side of compass Arcs and circles can be drawn by moving draw icon in clockwise or anti-clockwise direction. Note that operations can be done by clicking on desired icon to make it activated and then perform operation. Protractor Protractor supports to draw lines measuring angles on Whiteboard. Protractor tool can be brought by clicking on Protractor icon present in Tools menu which then shows Protractor as depicted below. Protractor can be moved around on Whiteboard using move icon To draw 2 lines at certain angle, say 45 degrees then these steps need to be followed Step 1 Draw base line and mark point at 45 degrees Step2 Rotate protractor Step 3 Join base of line and point Step 4. Remove Protractor to have following constructions Set-square Set-square supports to draw lines measuring angles on Whiteboard. Set-square tool can be brought by clicking on Setsquare icon present in Tools menu which then shows Set-square as depicted below. To draw 2 lines at certain angle, say 45 degrees then these steps need to be followed Step 1 Draw base line and mark point at 45 degrees Step2 Rotate set-square Step 3 Join base of line and point Step 4. Remove Set-square to have following constructions Calculator It allows to perform mathematical non-scientific calculations. Voting It allows for teacher to generate instant vote for students to respond to a question or survey. Step1: Teacher prepares option for vote based on question written on screen. Options can be multi-select or single select Step2: Teacher then generates QRcode that can scanned by students on their mobile devices to get access to voting options Step 3: Each student who wants to vote scans QRcode using mobile phone camera to get a weblink where voting can be done. Step4: Student enters their name of page. Student then marks option based on option generated for this vote. Student then submits vote. Step5: Once votes are getting submitted then teacher on Whiteboard can view vote results in Bar chart format or Pie Chart format to see which option got how many votes. Step6: Teacher can also view which student opted for which option Results obtained can also be inserted to Whiteboard in the form of pie chart or bar chart. Note: There is also option to perform re-vote.

File Manager · Lessons o My Library o Public Library · Content o Images o Videos o 3D Models o Audio o Documents

File Manager for Lessons and Content Management File Manager menu can be shown over Whiteboard by clicking on File icon. Lesson Management Lesson management is based on scope of access to files inside My Library and Public Library. My Library Lessons create on Whiteboard are saved to cloud belonging to logged in user and are displayed under My library -> My Lessons menu. Scope of these lessons are limited to logged in user. Lessons can be searched by Filename using Search box New lesson can be created by clicking on New Lesson button It will create new draft file and will be depicted in lesson list Public Library Lesson from My Library can be made accessible to everyone by making it part of Public Library. This can be done through context menu of any lesson as depicted below Once the lesson is made public then it will be listed in File Manager > Public Library -> Lessons menu as depicted below Owner of Public Lesson can again change scope back to Private so that it is not accessible to Public. Note: 1. Admin users also have rights to change access level of file. 2. Same rule applies for content where uploaded content is part of My Library and then logged in user can make content as public. 3. Creation of lesson and uploading of content can be done as part of My Library and not as part of Public Library. Content Management Images Uploaded Images are listed under My Library->Images. Image can be searched by file name using search box as depicted below New image can be uploaded from Device or from PC/Laptop using button. Image can be inserted into Whiteboard by clicking on thumbnail. Image can be made public and then it is available to everyone under File Manager > Public Library > Images Videos Uploaded videos are listed under My Library->Videos. Videos can be searched by file name using search box as depicted below New video can be uploaded from Device or from PC/Laptop using button Video playback can be started by clicking on thumbnail. Video can be made public and then it is available to everyone under File Manager > Public Library > Videos 3D models Uploaded 3D files are listed under My Library > 3D models. 3D models can be searched by file name using search box as depicted below New 3D model/object can be uploaded from Device or from PC/Laptop using button 3D model can take time to upload and progress of upload is indicated by progress bar as depicted below. 3D object rendering can be started by clicking on thumbnail. 3D model/object can be made public and then it is available to everyone under File Manager > Public Library > 3D models Audio Uploaded audio files are listed under My Library > Audio. Audio file can be searched by file name using search box as depicted below New Audio file can be uploaded from Device or from PC/Laptop using button Audio file playback can be started by clicking on thumbnail. Audio file can be made public and then it is available to everyone under File Manager > Public Library > Audio Documents Uploaded documents are listed under My Library > Documents. Documents can be searched by file name using search box as depicted below New document can be uploaded from Device or from PC/Laptop using button Document viewing and navigation can be started by clicking on thumbnail. Document can be made public and then it is available to everyone under File Manager > Public Library > Documents

Share · QRCode · Email · Copy Link · Google Classroom

Share Menu Share menu can be accessed by clicking on Share icon in Whiteboard which then brings menu shown on Right side. Sharing of lesson can be done via QRCode, Email, Copy Link and share to Google Classroom. Share by QRCode Feature can be enabled by clicking on QR icon in Share menu which will then show below screen. User can select one or more pages that need to be shared which will then be bundled into PDF file. It will then show QRcode that can be scanned using mobile phone camera to get link to PDF file containing selected lesson pages. Share by Email Feature can be enabled by clicking on Email icon in Share menu. This will show screen with option to select the pages. After selection you can proceed to send mail having PDF file containing selected lesson pages. Note: Recipient emails should have been configured for user by Admin in Admin portal. Share by Copy Link Feature can be enabled by clicking on Copy link icon in Share menu. This will show screen with option to select the pages. After selection you can proceed to copy link that provides link of PDF file containing selected lesson pages. Share by Google Classroom Feature can be enabled by clicking on Google icon in Share menu. This will show screen with option to select the pages. After selection you can proceed to Google Classroom screen where you can provide PDF file containing selected lesson pages. Note that user needs to sign in to Google account and user should have already access to Google Classroom.

Collaboration tools · Virtual Classroom · Collaboration

Virtual Classroom Virtual Classroom allows teacher and students to interact over AV-Chat and Text Chat. Teacher can create virtual class by clicking on Class icon. It will bring up below screen that allows to create virtual class and generate code for virtual class that can then be shared by email or copy link with students. On Student laptop/PC browser: Student can use link to open page and join class after providing their name. After joining, teacher can see student videos under Students tab. All students can view other student videos under Student tab. Student can view teacher under Classroom tab. Student needs to give required permission for Camera and Microphone to enable Audio-video chat. Text chat can be performed between teacher and students in Messages tab as shown in screens below from teacher and student perspective respectively. Once teacher ends class by clicking on End Class button then all students will also exit class and will see screen as indicated on right. Collaboration While starting Virtual Class teacher can configure Collaboration mode as Presentation or Collaboration. In Presentation mode, whiteboard operations made by teacher is visible to all students and students cannot make any whiteboard operations. In Collaboration mode, whiteboard operations like draw, text typing, insert images/shapes are allowed by students as well which are then visible to all members of virtual class.