Promethean interactive panels have now been rolling out to schools for 4 Years and 2020/21 should see the final units being installed in the remaining classes.
Many teachers are still using Smart Notebook for their presentations. Whereas teachers can still legitimately use the software on products that are not smart products, Smart have highlighted that the older versions which can be used under the license agreement may stop working at some point. Smart have also advised to download the discontinued V16 software which may work a little longer.
However as Promethean boards will soon be the only type of interactive panels in schools it is strongly advised that all new presentations are created in ActivInspire and that Teachers that have not already done so begin importing smart files to ActiveInspire. This will ensure that the support needed will be available in future years and that they will not be affected should Smart software stop working.
To see how easy it is to migrate Smart presentations to ActiveInspie please view this 55 second video created by Promethean. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbHUMgPnMvk
There are also 8 Introduction to Promethean and ActivInspire courses scheduled for the near future, which will cover the creation of new presentations and the importing of Smart presentations amongst other topics.
The dates for your diary are:-
- 15th Jan – Buckie High School
- 16th Jan – Elgin High School
- 20th Jan – Keith Grammar
- 22nd Jan – Milnes High School
- 28th Jan – Lossiemouth High School
- 30th Jan – Forres Academy
- 3rd Feb – Speyside High School
For further details on these course, or if you require any further information on either creating new presentations or migrating presentations to Active Inspire, please contact Alison McCook Education Technologist. learn.tech@moray.gov.uk
