Smart Technologies 2011 - Manual (Page 8)

Features
Feature Description
Integration with
SMART Notebook
software
Open SMART Response software from a tab in SMART Notebook
software. With SMART Notebook’s Gallery of more than 6,000 items of
graphic-rich content, you can add images and other multimedia content to
your questions and/or assessments.
SMART Notebook Full
Screen mode toolbar
When you put SMART Notebook software in Full Screen mode, SMART
Response buttons for creating questions, running assessments and
viewing results appear in the toolbar. You can use SMART Notebook
software in Full Screen mode to reduce distractions while presenting your
lesson.
SMART Notebook
Transparent mode
toolbar
When you put SMART Notebook software in Transparent mode, SMART
Response buttons for creating questions, running assessments and
viewing results appear in the toolbar. In Transparent mode you can use
other applications and see supporting content while presenting your
lesson.
Multiple assessment
options
Compile questions for formative and summative assessment, prepare
quizzes or exams in advance and ask spontaneous questions to gauge
student comprehension at any point during a lesson.
Teacher Tools Access, view and manage all assessment data in one location. This
powerful tool enables you to create class lists and manage tests and
quizzes.
Question variety Teachers can ask different types of questions, including true or false, yes
or no, multiple choice, multiple answer, numeric fraction or math
expression and text answer.
Familiar user interface SMART Response software’s intuitive software lets you create pages that
have clear, contextual and concise information for users at any level of
experience.
Math expression
questions and
intelligent grading
When you create an expression question with a correct answer, you can
choose which intelligent expression grading option that SMART Response
uses to determine which mathematically equivalent answers you want to
accept as correct.
Monitoring students
during and after the test
You can monitor how much time is remaining for a quiz. Grades are
immediately calculated after the test and displayed in graphical charts and
numeric tables.
C H A P T E R 1
About the SMART Response system
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