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Interactive Displays: Sympodium and SMART Podium (pen display) guide
Some classrooms and conference rooms on campus are equipped with Interactive Sympodiums and
SMART Podiums. These interactive displays are similar to the interactive whiteboard in functionality, but
are much smaller. The image from the Sympodium and SMART Podium screens are typically projected
onto a larger projection screen or wall for large audience viewing. A special stylus to interact with the
screen is required as opposed to using your fingers.
You can use these interactive displays to:
project images from the desktop computer or laptop onto the screen,
write annotations on your PowerPoint presentation that will be displayed on the screen, and
save any notes or markings you make on your presentation to your laptop and make them
available to your students online.
This document is a guide on preparing the Sympodium and SMART Podium for use in a classroom. Find
some features of the Sympodium ID350 and SMART Podium SP524 below.
Screen shots may vary from room to room. However, functionally these displays work the same way. More
information on Classroom AV support can be found at http://kb.mcgill.ca/it/classroom.
Note: We recommend you use the desktop computer which has the SMART Notebook software already
installed.
If you wish to bring and use your laptop to interact with the display first ensure the room has a USB
connection cable, then download the Product Drivers and Ink from SMART.
Find separate instructions for the room on connecting a laptop to display and how to use other AV
equipment on the Classroom Audiovisual Instructions Tool.
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Using the Sympodium and SMART Podium
PC
Mac
a. Click on Start > Control
Panel > SMART Board.
b. Under TASKS, click on
Orient/Align the SMART
Product.
a. Click Go> Applications.
b. Double click on SMART Technologies
> Control Panel.
c. Under TASKS, click on Orient/Align
the SMART Product.
If you are using the desktop computer, select Local PC on the AV control panel.
If the room allows you to use your laptop, once you have set it up, select HDMI or VGA.
Calibrating laptop image by orienting the Interactive Display
To interact with the Sympodium or SMART Podium, you need to calibrate the laptop image with the image
on the interactive display.
1. Select your Operating System for instructions below:
2. Using the pen click on the screen to orient it.
3. Your laptop will now be oriented with the interactive display and ready to be used.
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Features of the Sympodium – ID350
Power Button
Power indicator glows orange when Off/ glows blue when On.
Battery Free Tethered Pen
A tethered pen acts like a mouse and enables you to write or draw over any application.
The Pen Tools
Use the pen tools to change ink color quickly or activate the eraser.
The Function Buttons
Use the function buttons for quick access to common functions such as accessing the On-Screen
Keyboard, the Smart Notebook, etc.
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Features of the Sympodium – SP524
Front view
A Illuminated buttons - Press the
illuminated buttons for quick
access to pen colors and other
functions.
B. Interactive screen
C. Control panel - Contains the
on-screen display (OSD)
control buttons and three USB
A 2.0 receptacles.
D. Status indicator - Indicates the
communication status of the
interactive pen display.
E. Power button
F. Magnetic pen holder - Stores
the tethered pen when you
finish writing so you always
know where to locate the pen
next.
G. Tethered pen - Touch the tethered pen to the interactive pen display surface to
control your computer and to write notes over any program or your desktop with
digital ink. The tethered pen is battery-free.
H. Connection panel - Contains the connections needed to use your interactive pen
display with your computer and other devices.
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View of control panel
A. On-screen display (OSD) control buttons -
Use to select and configure options in the
on-screen display menu settings.
B. USB receptacles - Use the three USB A 2.0
receptacles to connect USB devices.
View of illuminated buttons
A. Capture
B. Launch software
C. Keyboard
D. Eraser
E. Black color
F. Red color
G. Green color
H. Blue color
I. Select
J. Right-click
K. Help
L. Orient
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