SMART Notebook Installation Manual

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Installation checklist for SMART
education software and hardware

1.0 Software readiness

SMART Notebook® collaborative learning software can be installed without installing SMART Board®

interactive displays. The following steps are intended to guide you through the installation process and

help you to validate the end result.

Typically, you will have received a license key to activate your installation and claim your subscription. It is

not required to proceed at this time, although it’s recommended.

NOTE

You can install SMARTNotebook software using a USB drive or downloading a file from smarttech.com.

Software installation checklist

Create your administrator account in the SMARTAdmin Portal if you haven’t done so. See

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Creating a SMART Account for the SMART Admin Portal

Claim your software in the SMARTAdmin Portal. See Claiming software in the SMART Admin

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Portal for more information.

Add more administrators in the SMARTAdmin Portal to the organization. See Managing

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administrators.

Download and install SMARTLearning Suite (includes SMARTNotebook software,

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SMARTProduct Drivers, and SMARTInk).

NOTES

Windows computers: Make sure you have administrator privileges

Mac computers: If there are issues installing SMARTLearning Suite, see Resolving issues with

SMART Learning Suite and SLS Online on macOS operating systems.

In the SMARTAdmin Portal, provision teachers' email addresses to give them sign-in based

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access to SMART Notebook anywhere it is installed

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Make sure you can add images from the Gallery icon in SMARTNotebook software.

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Open SMARTNotebook software.

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To open the Gallery tab, click .

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Click to expand Gallery Essentials.

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The Gallery is divided into two sections. The top section of the Gallery is the category list.
When you select a category or subcategory in the list, its contents appear in the bottom
section of the Gallery.

Open a folder in Gallery Essentials and expand a subfolder.

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Click and drag an image to the page.

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Make sure you can add images using Image Web Search in SMARTNotebook software.

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Open SMARTNotebook software.

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To open the Add-ons tab, click .

2.

Click Image Web Search.

3.

Enter a search term like “dinosaur” and click .

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After the results appear, click and drag an image to the page.

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Once teachers have been provisioned, make sure they can sign in to SLS Online and they can

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add a lesson to the library. See Adding lessons and resources in SMART Learning Suite Online.

2.0 Hardware installation and setup

Install your SMARTproducts according to SMART installation guidelines, making sure the cable routes are

managed and contained. Prior to receiving your SMARTproducts, you should have been given the pre-

installation checklist to address moving the display, preparing the wall mount, installing on a mobile stand,

and selecting and properly extending cables. At the end of the pre-installalation checklist is a workbook

that will help you address those items.

Use the following checklists alongside the SMART Board interactive display illustrated installation

instructions, installation and maintenance guide, user guide, the pre-installation information, and the post

installation checklist.

Printed illustrated installation instructions can be found in the accessory box in the mail slot of the SMART

product. You can also find a PDF of the illustrated installation instructions on the SMARTproduct’s support

site.

Please refer to these printed and online materials to assist with mounting your SMART product.

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The following checklist will help you verify and validate that the installation has been performed correctly

and all equipment is working as expected.

iQ experience configuration

Connect the SMART product to power, turn on the SMART product, and follow the setup wizard.

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Connecting power and turning on your SMART Board 7000R or 7000R Pro for the first time

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Connecting power and turning on your SMART Board 6000S or 6000S Pro for the first time

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Connecting power and turning on your SMART Board MX (V2) or MX (V2) Pro for the first

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time

Turning on your SMART Board 7000 or 7000 Pro for the first time

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Turning on your SMART Board 6000 or 6000 Pro for the first time

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Turning on your SMART Board MX for the first time

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NOTE

The display needs an internet connection for some of the iQ experience features to work
properly.

Update the iQ system software.

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NOTE

If the SMART product isn’t connected to a wireless network, you can download and save the
iQ system software file to a USBdrive and update the SMART product manually. See the
download pages below for your SMART product instructions and files for updating via USB.
You can also find release notes and previous versions.

Updating firmware and software for your SMART Board 7000R or 7000R Pro

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Updating firmware and software for your SMART Board 6000S or 6000S Pro

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Updating system software for your SMART Board MX (V2) or MX (V2) Pro

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Updating firmware and software for your SMART Board 7000 or 7000 Pro

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Updating firmware and software for your SMART Board 6000 or 6000 Pro

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Updating iQ system software for your iQ appliance (SMARTBoard MX)

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SMARTBoard 6000 and 6000 Pro / SMARTBoard 7000 and 7000 Pro / SMARTBoard MX

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Update your SMARTproduct’s touch or scaler firmware. You can update the firmware wirelessly
or download and save the firmware to a USBdrive and update the SMART product manually.

NOTE

This step doesn’t apply to SMARTBoard 7000R, 7000R Pro, 6000S, 6000S Pro, MX-V2, and
MX-V2 Pro series interactive displays.

Scaler firmware 6.2 (current version) for SMART Board 7000

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SMART Board 6000 series touch firmware

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Firmware 2.0.6.1 (current version) for 65" SMART Board MX displays

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Firmware 2.0.6 (current version) for 75" SMART Board MX displays

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Firmware 2.0.6 (current version) for 86" SMART Board MX displays

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Install network certificates. See Installing network certificates for the iQ experience.

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Configure a network proxy. See Configuring a network proxy for a SMART display with the iQ

experience.

(Optional) Configure the clean up settings. See About the iQ experience and navigating the

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Home screen for more information about cleaning up the display.

Adjusting settings for your SMART Board 7000R or 7000R Pro

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Adjusting settings for your SMART Board 6000S or 6000S Pro

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Adjusting iQ settings for your SMART Board MX (V2) or MX (V2) Pro

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Adjusting settings for your SMART Board 7000 or 7000 Pro

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Adjusting iQ settings for your SMART Board 6000 or 6000 Pro

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Adjusting iQ settings for your SMART Board MX

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(Optional) Setup a lockdown certificate. See Locking down the iQ experience Settings app.

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(Optional) Setup a SMARTRemote Management account. SMART Remote Management

software will allow you to add and manage apps on your SMART product. See Creating and

activating a SMART Remote Management domain account.

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(Optional) Enroll and connect the SMART product to SMARTRemote Management. See

Enrolling a SMART Board interactive display in SMART Remote Management.

iQ experience verification

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Sign in to your SMARTAccount and verify you can access the SLSOnline lesson library on the

SMART product. See Syncing SMART Notebook and SMART Learning Suite Online files to the

iQ experience.

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Open the Player app on the SMART product and make sure you can write with the pen and

erase using the palm or eraser.

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(Optional) Test that a device is able to share its screen with the display using Screen Share. See

Sharing your device’s screen to the display.

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