Page 2 - Product Registration
Trademark Notice SMART Board, SMART Classroom Suite, SMART Notebook, SMART Response, SMART Sync, SMART Exchange, the SMART logo and smarttech are trademarks or registered trademarks of SMART Technologies ULC in the U.S. and/or other countries. Microsoft and Windows are either registered trademarks o...
Page 3 - Contents
Contents Welcome 1 About this guide 1 About SMART Classroom Suite software 2 Installation considerations 4 A typical configuration 4 Installing SMART Classroom Suite software 6 The teacher experience 8 Teaching 8 Assessing students 9 Resources for teachers 12 Monitoring students 13 Fostering communi...
Page 5 - About this guide
Welcome About this guide 1 About SMART Classroom Suite software 2 SMART Notebook software 2 SMART Notebook SE software 2 SMART Response interactive response system 2 SMART Sync software 2 Other components 3 SMART Product Drivers 3 Gallery content 3 SMART Notebook Math Tools 3 SMART Classroom Suite™ ...
Page 6 - About SMART Classroom Suite software; SMART Notebook software; SMART Sync software
About SMART Classroom Suite software SMART Classroom Suite software integrates the following SMART Technologies software: l SMART Notebook™ collaborative learning software l SMART Notebook™ SE (Student Edition) collaborative learning software l SMART Response™ interactive response system l SMART Syn...
Page 7 - Other components
Other components SMART Product Drivers SMART Product Drivers enables teachers’ computers to work with SMART Board interactive whiteboards or other SMART products. The drivers include the Floating Tools toolbar and other software tools that teachers can use with their SMART products. Gallery content ...
Page 8 - Installation considerations; A typical configuration; Overview Guide
Installation considerations A typical configuration 4 Installing SMART Classroom Suite software 6 Using the installation wizards 6 Using the command line interface 6 Using SMART Install Manager 6 This chapter is intended for your school’s system administrators. It presents a typical configuration of...
Page 10 - Installing SMART Classroom Suite software; Using the installation wizards; Using the command line interface; Using SMART Install Manager
Installing SMART Classroom Suite software Schools can install SMART Classroom Suite software on teacher and student computers using one of the following: l Installation wizards l Command line interface l SMART Install Manager (using Windows® Group Policy for deployment) SMART Technologies recommends...
Page 12 - The teacher experience; Teaching
The teacher experience Teaching 8 Assessing students 9 Resources for teachers 12 Content 12 Gallery Essentials 12 Lesson Activities Toolkit 13 Help and documentation 13 Monitoring students 13 Fostering communication and collaboration 14 The teacher works primarily with SMART Notebook software, SMART...
Page 13 - Assessing students
Each .notebook file contains one or more pages and each page contains objects, such as freehand objects, straight lines, geometric shapes, text, graphics,tables and Adobe® Flash® Player compatible files. Many objects contain visual, audio and interactive elements, enabling the teacher to create mate...
Page 16 - Resources for teachers; Content
Type Description Example Short answer Students are presented with a questionand must provide a short answer (aword or phrase). After creating the questions in SMART Notebook software, the teacher can start the assessment and have students respond using SMART Notebook SE software or SMART Response cl...
Page 17 - Help and documentation; Monitoring students
Gallery Essentials is organized into predefined categories (Arts, Geography, History, Mathematics, and so on) to allow for easy browsing. Alternatively, teachers can enter search terms in the Gallery tab to locate the content they want to use in their files. Lesson Activities Toolkit The SMART Techn...
Page 18 - Fostering communication and collaboration
T T I P The teacher can organize the thumbnail images into groups. This allows the teacher to monitor and interact with students in groupings that reflect the structure of the class (for example, Team A, Team B and Team C, or Remedial Students, Mainstream Students and Honors Students). With SMART ...
Page 19 - The student experience
The student experience Managing files 16 Completing assignments and taking notes 16 Completing assessments 17 Communicating and collaborating 18 Resources for students 19 Content 19 Help and documentation 19 The students work primarily with the SMART Notebook SE software and SMART Sync Student softw...
Page 20 - Managing files; Completing assignments and taking notes
Managing files SMART Notebook SE software includes a digital binder in which students can store their .notebook and other files, including Microsoft Office documents, graphics and audio and video files. Students view and organize the contents of their binder in the My Binder tab. In the My Binder ta...
Page 21 - Completing assessments
l Self-learn using lesson activities from the teacher or the Gallery N N O T E All .notebook files that a student creates or opens in SMART Notebook SE software are saved in a single folder on the student computer or on the network. (The school’s system administrators specify this folder during in...
Page 22 - Communicating and collaborating
Before starting an assessment, students must connect to the class by clicking a class name in the Quick Links view of the My Home tab: After finishing the assessment, students can receive feedback. T T I P The teacher can choose when to give students feedback by changing the assessment’s Feedback ...
Page 23 - Resources for students
l Send files to the teacher l View files received from the teacher If the teacher starts a collaborative assignment in SMART Sync Teacher software, the assignment’s file and a sidebar appear on each student’s desktop. The students can then work in their groups to complete and hand in the assignment....
Page 24 - Customer support; Online information and support; Appendix A
Customer support Online information and support Visit www.smarttech.com/support to view and download user’s guides, how-to and troubleshooting articles, software and more. Training Visit www.smarttech.com/trainingcenter for training materials and information about our training services. Technical su...
Page 25 - General inquiries; Registration
General inquiries Address SMART Technologies3636 Research Road NWCalgary, AB T2L 1Y1CANADA Switchboard +1.403.228.5940 orToll Free 1.866.518.6791 (U.S./Canada) Fax +1.403.228.2500 E-mail [email protected] Registration To help us serve you, register online at www.smarttech.com/registration . A P P E...