Ideal for classrooms and lecture halls, SMART products combine tradition with technological innovation. They’re simple yet powerful tools for creating and sharing information, designed to fit with the way instructors already work. SMART products include interactive whiteboards, interactive pen displays and software. They provide a central place from which instructors can access electronic material, easily present
that information and add impromptu comments.

SMART products meet the needs of technology savvy students and faculty, and they’re easy to
integrate, simple to maintain and long lasting.

User Friendly: Having the best technology means little if people can’t use it. SMART products are designed to be intuitive, enabling people to walk up and use them without extensive training.

Flexible: What do theoretical mathematicians, athletic coaches and interior design students have in
common? All benefit from the use of SMART products, whether they’re conducting research, analyzing game footage or designing downtown office space. SMART products support flexible learning modes
by facilitating seeing, doing and collaborating – all within the same instructional period.

Research Ready : Engaging visuals, intelligent software and media integration capabilities help bring research into the classroom. SMART products help bridge the gap between study and discussion by providing a medium that works naturally for both.

Easily Integrated : To be effective, even the most sophisticated technology should be simple to implement and use. With this understanding, SMART designs products that enhance and work seamlessly with
existing and future technologies. The SMART Classroom Innovative products for innovative minds.
 

In Class
Ideal for displaying research, critiquing design proposals or preparing for upcoming labs, SMART’s interactive whiteboards enable users to present, alter and save information as a group.

The intuitive functionality of these products simplifies start-up. Your finger acts as a mouse, controlling any computer application, so you can control multimedia, images and documents on the large screen simply by touching the display. If you pick up one of the pens, you instantly switch into writing mode. Notes are written in digital ink directly over background images, such as documents, images or websites, and can be converted to text. These notes, including the background, are saved to a file, creating great review material for students of any discipline.

The SMART Board interactive whiteboard also includes a host of other features. Athletic departments, film classes and others will appreciate the ability to write over moving video and save their notes. A recording function captures all activity on the interactive whiteboard, with an audio track, into an AVI file to keep track of material covered in lectures. Other presentation-friendly functions include a Gallery full of clip art, an array of highlighting tools, page templates and more, all providing flexible ways for instructors to prepare and deliver content.

How It Works
Your computer desktop is displayed by a digital projector onto the surface of the SMART Board interactive whiteboard. A touch on the display surface is translated into a mouse click, so you can control your computer with a finger. If you pick up a pen from the SMART Pen Tray, the interactive whiteboard knows you want to write and converts your next touch into digital ink. When you put the pen back into the tray,
it automatically switches back into mouse mode.

How It Integrates
Available in front-projection, rear-projection and overlay models, SMART Board interactive whiteboards work with your computer and projector or flat-panel display. The large screen and flexible software make sharing information easier, and LinQTM software enables a networked laptop to be controlled from the interactive whiteboard.

Rear-projection cabinet models include a projector, audio system and equipment space. In addition, they can be connected to external audio and projection systems for use in larger rooms, while an optional room-control module connects to your room-control system.