Smart Board (Interactive Whiteboard)

Smart Board is the brand name of an interactive whiteboard used by the Warner School of Education in LeChase Hall. The first floor classrooms (which are shared between Warner and AS&E) have a number of these Smart Boards installed. Warner School IT support is responsible for warranty repairs and support for the whiteboards in LeChase Hall.

*NOTE: Your laptop has to meet miniumum requirements

If you want to use the whiteboard with your laptop first download and install the drivers from Smart Board's website here: Smart Board Support site (Link gets you to the Smart Product Drivers. You choose latest driver for your Mac or PC, download & install).

Directions for Mac (PDF)
Directions for PC (PDF)

The Smart Board drivers will allow you to hook your laptop to the Smart Board USB cable which will turn it into a large scale "tablet" you can use to open/close or draw on your PowerPoint slides. Good options for this style of lecturing would be Word, PowerPoint or Microsoft OneNote (Download MicroSoft OneNote) which all allow you to mark-up a blank page with whatever notes you want to write on the board during class. These Microsoft Office applications are "ink-aware" when you attach the Smart Board USB cable and will allow you to mark-up blank pages or PowerPoint slides with the pens located in the pen tray on the Smart Board.

Some links to videos of Smart Board being used in the course of a lecture:

1. Introduction to the Smart Board (requires Flash plug-in)
2. Teaching Physics with a Smart Board (Vassar College)