How much does SMART Board software cost?

SMART Notebook software versions 21.0 and earlier use a technology called TLS 1.0 and 1.1 to protect your data when it’s sent over the internet. However, these older technologies now have some weaknesses that make them susceptible to attacks by malicious agents. To keep your data safe while using SMART software, SMART Notebook is phasing out the use of TLS 1.0 and 1.1 and implementing new protections.

To avoid disruptions and stay up-to-date with the best security practices, SMART recommends updating to the latest version SMART Notebook by July 2024. If you don't update by then, you’ll see an error message that says “Trial period has expired” even if you have an active SMART Notebook Plus (SMART Learning Suite) subscription.

To update SMART Notebook

Follow the links below for complete instructions on deploying an update or using the SMART Product Updater to update SMART software.

• For individual installations and updates using the SMART Product Updater, see this support topic.

• For deploying updates to Windows or Mac computers: See the Updating the software chapter of the deployment guide for your operating system. To find the deployment guides, visit the Documents page.

Benefits of upgrading

Beyond ensuring your data is secure, SMART Notebook 23 also provides several improvements that will enhance the user experience. To learn about the new features that come with the latest version, SMART Notebook 23, see the release notes.

With the basic version of SMART Notebook

Activities

Use game-based activity templates to create interactive activities. Type of activities include matching, fill-in-the-blanks, label reveal, sorting, and more. Learn more about activities.

These activities help students memorize concepts and facts, identify objects, learn vocabulary definitions, and more. Activites can be played as a class or students can connect to the activities using their devices and play them in small groups or individually.

If the file has existing activities, the content is maintained but cannot be edited. New activities cannot be created.

Existing activities can be played as a class at the SMART Board.

Only activities which require student devices (such as Monster Quiz) can be played individually on student devices.

Formative assessments

Use the response 2 wizard to create actionable question sets. Focusing on formative assessments, this feature supports the need for educators to effectively assess students in order to guide learning. Students can complete assessments using their own devices. Learn more about assessments.

If the file has existing assessments, the content is maintained but cannot be edited. New assessments cannot be created.

Video Search add-on

Use the Video add-on in SMART Notebook to search for YouTube or other online videos or paste a link and add videos into pages.

If the file has existing videos, you can play them but you cannot search for or add new videos.

Image Web Search add-on

Search and add images directly from Bing into your lesson. Only royalty-free, age-appropriate image results will turn up.

If the file has existing images, they still appear, but you cannot search for and add new images using this add-on.

Concept Mapping add-on

Use Concept Mapping to quickly create concept maps that encourage dynamic participation from students. You can use ink gestures along with traditional interactions to build concept maps. Learn more about concept mapping.

If the file has existing concept maps, these are maintained. New concept maps cannot be created.

Lesson Recorder add-on

Using SMART Recorder, you can record your actions on your interactive product. If you connect a microphone to your computer, you can record your voice as well.

After you create a recording, you can play the recording on any computer using Windows Media Player (Windows operating systems) or QuickTime software (macOS operating system software).

Learn more about recording lessons.

Any existing recordings will play, but you cannot create new recordings.

SMART Blocks add-on

SMART Blocks is an add-on that enables you to perform math activities with your class by writing numbers on the page, and then connecting them to a SMART Block. You can choose from seven different equation types to work with.

Learn more about using SMART Blocks.

If the file has existing SMART Blocks, you can run them.

You cannot add new SMART Blocks.

kapp add-on

Save notes taken on a SMART kapp whiteboard directly into the SMART Notebook page. You can take your kapp notes and and erase, resize, convert-to-text or graph them within your Notebook lesson.

Use the timeline feature to replay the work students have done and observe their decision-making and how their ideas evolved.

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Maestro

The Maestro add-on connects SMART Notebook software and the SMART Notebook app for iPad enabling you to remotely control and interact with lessons from the SMART Notebook app on your iPad.

Learn more from the SMART Notebook Maestro quick start guide.

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Screen View

When presenting lessons you can use the following views:

• Full Screen view expands the page area to fill the interactive screen by hiding the title bar, toolbar, taskbar and sidebar.

• Transparent Background view enables you to see the desktop and windows behind the SMART Notebook software window and continue to interact with the open, transparent page.

• Dual Page view displays two pages side-by-side.

Dual page and transparent background options are not available.

Share files to board or share using a link

Share files using the Share to Board or Share using a Link features.

These features are not available.

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SMART Learning Suite

A SMART watermark appears on each page when the computer is not connected to a SMART Board.