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Updating, Downloading, Installing, & Activating SMART Notebook 16.1 for Windows
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What’s New in 16.1?
What’s New in 16.1?
SMART Technologies has released an August ‘16 update for SMART Notebook collaborative learning software that includes several new features and enhancements. In this release, look for these new features:
- Lesson Activity Builder (LAB) has a new name and is now SMART lab
- SMART lab has three new themes with sound, including Rock Stars, Underwater and Monsters
- SMART response 2 beta assessments platform is an all-new formative assessments platform that students access with mobile devices
- There are new HTML 5 widgets for the popular interactive gaming elements; including Clock, Timer, Spinning Wheel, Dice and Pull tab
- Image search add-on allows you to search for images directly from the add-on window in Notebook
- Drag images directly into Notebook and toggle between images and the installed clip-art
- The Notebook Installer experience has been simplified
In addition, they’ve enhanced several existing features, including:
- Copy/Paste Page features in the Page Sorter
- Color options for the Text Pen
- Locked objects can be limited to vertical and horizontal movement
- Screen Shade can be recolored
- Enhanced Picture Transparency options
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Updating the Software
Updating the Software
10-25 minutes
- View the SMART Notebook Product Update software window
- This is done either automatically once a month or can be initiated by going to SMART Notebook > Help > Check for Updates and Activiations
- Choose to Update SMART Notebook software
- Choose Yes to allow the following product updates will be installed:
- Choose (when it pops up) to allow the SMART Notebook from SMART Inc to makes changes to your computer.
- Wait for the downloading to start and being installing
- Choose the Installer software in the task bar
- Check the box for “I have read and accept the terms of use” after you have read the terms of use
- Choose NEXT
- Wait for the installtion to complete
- Choose Finish when the install completes
- Wait and SMART product update will verify that the software installation is complete
- Wait for SMART Product Updating software to run again and share that your software is up-to-date
- Exit all updates and other software.
- Use SMART Notebook 16.1
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Download the Software
Download the Software
(at home or to reinstall it on a computer)
10-15 Minutes
- Close all open applications
- Open your web browser to www.smarttech.com/software
- Scroll and find SMART Notebook collaborative learning software
- Select Download
- Provide the license key (please contact Tech Department for detail)
- Select SMART Notebook 16.1
- Confirm your operating system, select Windows
- Select USB Installer
- Select Download
- If prompted, download the file to your downloads folder, select Save.
- The file is fairly large and could take up to 10 minutes or more to download over slower connections.
Install the Software
Install the Software
10 Minutes
- Close all open applications
- Open your Downloads folder
- Scroll to find the file named, “smart16-1-usb.exe”
- Double-click to launch the installer software
- The Education Software 2016 window will open, uncheck the option to Check for newer versions of the software before installing, select Next
- Select I accept the terms in the license agreement, select Next
- Select Next
- Check all four options for SMART Notebook, Response, Product Drivers, and Ink; select Next
- Check both options for SMART System Menu and SMART Response Desktop Menu; select Next
- Uncheck Make SMART ink Document Viewer the default PDF viewer, select Next
- Uncheck Enable the Customer Experience Program on all devices, select Next
- Check Lesson Activity Toolkit and all options for the Gallery Essentials, select Next
- Select any additional languages, select Next
- Select Install. Depending on the speed of your computer, this process takes 5-10 minutes.
- When the installation completes, you will be prompted to Activate your software, select Finish.
Activate the Software
Activate the Software
5 Minutes
- The SMART Software Activation window will open, select Add
- Type the Product Key (please contact Tech Department for detail) select Add
- Check I accept the terms in the license agreement, select Next
- Check Submit request automatically (recommended), select Next
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Launch SMART Notebook 16.1
Launch SMART Notebook 16.1
- From the desktop, double-click the SMART Notebook 16 icon
- SMART Notebook will launch and open the Tutorial for SMART Notebook 16.1 file.
- Review the What’s New pages to learn about the new features available in the August ‘16 release of SMART Notebook.
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