It was a somewhat quiet day yesterday due to many celebrating a holiday so that Tuesday may feel like a Monday to many.
Our staff don't overly use the full features of the smart board software and I can not justify the high cost of the software. We are also running an older version of the software as I agree the shift to the subscription model of licensing is way to cost prohibitive. The free SMART kapp app connects your mobile device to kapp digital whiteboards, SMART kapp iQ interactive displays and SMART kapp iQ Pro interactive. But as you're trying that, give ClassFlow a chance, and see if the formatting holds up better. It may work better for you than it did for us. You should check out SMART's web based whiteboard ( ).
11 doesn't work on Mac OS 10.12.5, which made switching to Classflow all the more important. That was exactly our problem with Notebook 11 for Mac! You can't download it anymore, and now that it's the SMART Learning Suite, it's subscription based.
Most of our computers take 45 minutes to a hour to install it which means I have to keep coming back and checking on it.
Teachers that do use it want it installed in a couple of minutes and ready to use. Our teachers don't use enough of the features to justify the cost. The High cost of upgrading is another issue. I could not get it off there website so I had to use and go back to 2013 to install it from there.
If you choose to use the online version (SMART Learning Suite Online) you can also add interactive game-based and collaborative activities to a variety of file types, and send lessons to student devices so they can complete individual handouts or work together in shared workspaces.Currently our biggest issue is getting it installed due to the fact that we are still running Version 11. It is available for Windows® or Mac® and comes with lesson creation tools, subject-specific features and time-saving templates that are easy to customise, for all age groups and subjects. SMART Learning Suite (SLS) software allows you to take static content and make interactive lessons using the SMART Notebook® element of SLS.