The perfect introduction
Have everyone introduce themselves while they learn how to use the digital cards
The following explanation assumes you have created a session and everyone has joined that session on the Communicarda App.
If you are unsure about these steps, check out Getting Started
1/ Moving through the cards: ARROWS
Hold up your tablet or phone running the Communicarda App and showing the tool bar at the bottom.
"Let's quickly learn how to use your lovely digital cards, and get to know each other a little better at the same time!
Pointing to the left/right arrows:
"There are two ways to move through your cards.
Here's the first one: click on either the left or right arrows.
Do this with me: click, click, click, click, click, STOP!
Now, click on the plus icon (Select Card).
You have just selected your first card (albeit a random one!)
2/ Moving through the cards: SWIPE
Now, start swiping across the screen:
"The second way to move through your cards is to swipe.
Single tap your screen to go to full screen view.
Do this with me: swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, swipe, STOP!
Now, this time, you can add this card to your Selection with a simple double-tap.
OK, now you try! Select one more card for yourself either by swiping or using the arrows and then double-tapping or using the plus icon.
You should now have 3 cards in your Selected Pack.
If you don't see the bottom Toolbar, just touch the screen once to bring it back. The Select Card icon will have the #3.
Let’s click on the green Next button to jump to the Selected Pack.
3/ See your selected cards: SELECTED PACK
Pointing to the toolbar icons:
"On the Selected Pack screen, you can click or swipe through your 3 selected cards. This is a good screen for refining and sharing your choices with people beside you (or on screen).
Let’s refine your pack down to 2 cards by deleting one of your Selected Cards. Touch the screen once to bring up the Toolbar (if it’s not already showing). Click on the minus icon (Delete Card). That’s it – your card has been sent back to the Main Pack and you now have 2 selected cards.
4/ See your cards laid out: LAYOUT SCREEN
Pointing and clicking on the Next button in the bottom right:
"Now, let’s see your remaining 2 selected cards laid out together. Click on the green Next button in the bottom righthand corner.
You are now on the Layout and Share screen. This screen is also good for refining your choices and is the screen you use to Share your choices for all to see using the Share button (which we will do in our next activity).*
To delete a card from the layout
As you touch and drag one of the cards:
Let’s see how to delete cards from this screen – just touch and drag one of your cards over the Bin icon in the bottom right of the layout area and release. That’s it – your card has been sent back to the Main Pack.
*Note to facilitator: Why didn't we have them 'SHARE' to Communicarda?
If you are running a fully online session, you might prefer to have participants click Share to show their final card on the Communicarda Session View and then you can bring up each person's card in turn to have them introduce themselves (Step 5).
However, we have also found that instead of sharing the Communicarda screen at this stage, if you stay in your video conference app's "gallery view" and having participants simply hold up their device to the camera, actually works nicely for this initial activity. This is because participants are almost always animated as they talk about the image on their mobile, and more importantly, everyone else will be focused on the person sharing, which helps to promote initial connection.
5/ Introduce yourself!
Pointing to the remaining card:
You now have one card remaining on your Layout Screen. Let's use this random card to introduce yourself!
[FOR IN-ROOM] So, with that in mind, turn to the person beside you, and share something about yourself using this card as a springboard*.
[FOR ONLINE] So, with that in mind, I want each of us to share something about ourselves to the group using this card as a springboard*.
Now, this time we picked a random card. But always remember, any card can mean anything to anyone at any time – there are no set meanings for the cards. So, in our next activity always feel free to pick whichever cards seem to resonate for you.
*It’s good practice for you to go first to demonstrate a short response, and for you to be put on the spot just like your participants.
6/ Delete your last card: DONE!
As you touch and drag the last card on the screen:
OK, that’s it! We know a little bit more about each other, and we are ready to move on to a deeper question.
Let’s delete this card and get ready to start over – just touch-and-drag the card over the Bin icon and you will be zapped back to the top of the pack!
Now move on to your main image card topics, or merge into your other content.
