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Contents Welcome About this guide About SMART Classroom Suite software Installation considerations A typical configuration Installing SMART Classroom Suite software The teacher experience Teaching Assessing students Resources for teachers Monitoring students Fostering communication and collaboration The student experience Managing files Completing assignments and taking notes Completing assessments Communicating and collaborating Resources for students Customer support Online information and support Trainin
Overview Guide Welcome About this guide About SMART Classroom Suite software SMART Notebook software SMART Notebook SE software SMART Response interactive response system SMART Sync software Other components SMART Product Drivers Gallery content SMART Notebook Math Tools 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 SMART Classroom Suite™ interactive learning software is a suite of SMART Technologies software for teachers and students.
OVER VIEW GU ID E Welcome 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 Sync™ classroom management software In addition, the suite includes SMART Product Drivers, Gallery content and a 30--day trial of SMART Notebook software Math Tools.
OVER VIEW GU ID E Welcome 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 The Gallery, which is available in both SMART Notebook software and SMART Notebook SE software, contains clip art, backgrounds, multimedia content, .
Overview Guide Installation considerations A typical configuration Installing SMART Classroom Suite software Using the installation wizards Using the command line interface Using SMART Install Manager 4 6 6 6 6 This chapter is intended for your school’s system administrators. It presents a typical configuration of SMART Classroom Suite software and describes installation options.
OVER VIEW GU ID E Installation considerations The following is an example configuration: In this example configuration: l SMART Sync Class List Server is in a location on the school network that is accessible to the teacher, system administrator and student computers. The SMART School file isn't accessible to student computers. N N OTE SMART Sync Administrator Tool creates SMART School files, which contain class information for the other components of SMART Sync software.
OVER VIEW GU ID E Installation considerations 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 the installation wizards for smaller installations and either the command line interface or SMART Install Manager for larger installations.
OVER VIEW GU ID E Installation considerations the SMART Classroom Suite software 2010 System Administrator’s Guide (smarttech.com/kb/150907).
Overview Guide The teacher experience Teaching Assessing students Resources for teachers Content Gallery Essentials Lesson Activities Toolkit Help and documentation Monitoring students Fostering communication and collaboration The teacher works primarily with SMART Notebook software, SMART Response interactive response system and SMART Sync Teacher components of SMART Classroom Suite software.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The teacher experience 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 materials for all learning types (visual, auditory and kinesthetic).
OVER VIEW GU ID E The teacher experience Each question appears on its own page in the .notebook file. The teacher can add graphics or other objects to each page to enhance its questions.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The teacher experience SMART Response CE software supports the following question types: Type Description Yes or no Students are presented with a question and must answer yes or no. True or false Students are presented with a statement and must determine whether it’s true or false. Multiple choice Students are presented with a question and a set of possible answers and must choose one of the answers.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The teacher experience Type Description Short answer Students are presented with a question and must provide a short answer (a word or phrase). Example 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 clickers. Resources for teachers SMART Technologies offers several resources for teachers so that they can get the most out of SMART Classroom Suite software.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The teacher experience 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 Technologies website (education.smarttech.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The teacher experience T TIP 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).
Overview Guide The student experience Managing files Completing assignments and taking notes Completing assessments Communicating and collaborating Resources for students Content Help and documentation 16 16 17 18 19 19 19 The students work primarily with the SMART Notebook SE software and SMART Sync Student software components of SMART Classroom Suite software.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The student experience 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.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The student experience l N Self-learn using lesson activities from the teacher or the Gallery N OTE 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 installation.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The student experience 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 TIP The teacher can choose when to give students feedback by changing the assessment’s Feedback properties before sending the assignment to the class.
OVER VIEW GU ID E The student experience 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. Resources for students SMART Technologies also offers several resources for students. Content Students, like teachers, have access to Gallery content.
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