Writing and Drawing on the Interactive Screen

You can write notes and draw in digital ink on your interactive screen.

To write or draw using a SMART Board interactive whiteboard

Pick up a pen tray pen.
Write or draw on the interactive whiteboard.

TIP: Don't rest your elbow or the palm of your hand on the screen while you're writing.

To write or draw using an SBD600 series interactive whiteboard in dual-user mode

For the left side of the screen, pick up the black or red pen tray pen.

For the right side of the screen, pick up the blue or green pen tray pen.

Write or draw on your half of the interactive screen.
When you finish writing and drawing, return the pen to the pen tray.

To write or draw using a SMART Podium or Sympodium interactive pen display

Press a Digital Ink pen tool button.
Write or draw on the screen using the tethered pen.

To write or draw using a SMART Board interactive display frame

Pick up the supplied pencil.
Write or draw on the screen.

To write or draw using a SMART Slate or AirLiner wireless slate

Press and hold the pen's lower rocker switch.
Write or draw on the slate using the pen.

Writing and Drawing in Ink Aware Programs

If a program is Ink Aware (that is, it's integrated with SMART Notebook), whatever you write or draw on the interactive product becomes a component of the program file. You can insert your note into the program as text or insert your drawings as images using the program's toolbar options.

After you finish writing and drawing, you can save your notes.

Writing and Drawing in Non-Aware Programs

If a program is non-Aware, whatever you write or draw on the interactive product appears on a transparent layer (sometimes referred to as an ink layer) over the current program.

After you finish writing and drawing, you can save or clear your notes from the interactive screen. If you mistakenly clear your notes, you can restore them.

NOTE: You can customize the behavior of the transparent layer.

You can close the transparent layer at any time.