Smartboards

Overview

Smartboards are flat panel displays that allow for the delivery of interactive, tactile content, classroom collaboration, and information sharing. Smartboards are located in each classroom at St. John’s School.

New Smartboards (now being installed in classrooms) have the following features:

  • A connected AppleTV for wireless content sharing (AirPlay)
  • Network connectivity and a built-in Chrome web browser
  • Collaborative whiteboarding with Smart KAPP
  • The ability to play saved Notebook lessons from a smartphone via the Notebook Player App

Eligibility

  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Getting Started

Connecting to a Smartboard

All Smartboards are equipped with a physical Thunderbolt connector for screen sharing from laptops. New Smartboards also support wireless screen sharing with Apple TV.

Dongles and adapters can be borrowed from IT to support connectivity to laptops that do not have a Thunderbolt port.

Using Smart Learning Suite

All St. John’s School faculty and staff laptop computers have the Smart Learning Suite installed.

  1. Open "Launchpad"
  2. Select and open "Notebook"

DVDs played from laptops will not work when connected via AirPlay. DRM (Digital Rights Management) on computers will block DVD playback over AirPlay. Laptops playing DVDs must be connected through Thunderbolt.