SMART+Boards



Interactive White Boards

Interactive Whiteboards are great tools for presenting content. You can write on them, draw, insert any kind of content and they are truly interactive. By creating games or downloading from the SMART Exchange, a teacher can insert content that uses all learning modalities. In this wiki I will include the basics of using a SMART board and will add on successive features, new tools, and tutorials. With SMART Notebook software, you can create notebook files that include graphics, text, tables, lines, shapes, animations and more. You can also export your file in a variety of formats, including HTML and PDF.

SMART BOARD Basics

__ Creating a SMART Chart __

Download and install SMART Learning Suite 17 from your school system's Software Center. Once it is downloaded and installed, click on the SMART icon to open the program.

A SMART Notebook consists of these components:


 * Menu
 * Toolbar
 * Tabs (Page Sorter, Gallery, Attachments, Properties, and Add-ons)
 * Page Area

The Menu is found at the tip top of your SMART notebook and is divided into commands. These commands are subdivided by purpose.
 * The Menu **



Each section of the Toolbar has its own purpose: Actions, Add-ons, and Tools.
 * The Toolbar **



By selecting a button in the tools panel, additional buttons appear. Example: By selecting the Pens, this panel appears. You can choose your pen colors, line types, and the press line type to write or draw digital ink using that line type.
 * Finding Your Pens **



See it in Action: [|Using the Pens in SMART Notebook]


 * The Magic Pen Tool **

SMART's Magic Pen is a three in one tool. You can highlight text/objects, spotlight and magnify any object on a page. You can also write text that fades in a few seconds. With SMART's Magic Pen you have three options for highlighting text or an object.


 * Draw a circle and the Magic Pen highlights what has been circled
 * Draw a rectangle and the Magic Pen magnifies the area inside the rectangle
 * Draw or write with the Magic Pen and the word disappears in a few seconds

See it in Action: [|Using the Magic Pen in SMART Notebook]