About SMART Notebook

SMART Notebook is subscription-free software designed for use with a SMART Board interactive display. SMART Notebook has many features you can use to create, edit, and deliver engaging lessons to your students, including:

• Creative pen tools

• SMART Ink for writing and drawing in digital ink

• SMART Ink presentation tools, such as screen shade, spotlight, and more

• Infinite cloner

• Interaction with objects on the page

• Widgets, such as interactive dice, timers, and spinners

• Text, line, table, and shape tools

• Video and image search add-ons

• Gallery of images

• Ability to import PowerPoint (Windows only) and PDF files and convert them to SMART Notebook files

SMART Notebook Plus is an upgrade to SMART Notebook that comes as part of a subscription. SMART Notebook Plus adds a variety of features to the subscription-free version, such as:

• Game-based activity templates that enable class brainstorming, collaborative quizzes and games, formative assessments, and individual game play

• Ability to connect student devices for playing activities and completing assessments

• Additional lesson creation tools, such as SMART Blocks, concept maps, and more

• Full touch capability when presenting SMART Notebook lessons on a non-SMART Board interactive display

For a complete comparison of the versions, expand the section below.

What’s changed

Previously, the subscription-free version of SMART Notebook was called “SMART Notebook basic version.” As of SMART Notebook 22, the basic version is no longer available. Instead, you can download the latest version of SMART Notebook and use it without a subscription.

If you have a subscription to SMART Notebook Plus, it includes all the features of the subscription-free version and adds a number of enhanced features for lesson creation and delivery. If you’re an existing subscriber, there’s no need to change anything. You’ll continue to have access to the additional features that come with a subscription.

Learn more about the differences between SMART Notebook and SMART Notebook Plus.

Comparing SMART Notebook and SMART Notebook Plus features

When you purchase a subscription, you’ll get additional features with SMART Notebook Plus. Use this table to quickly compare the features available in each version. For more information about how some features differ between the two versions, see About SMART Notebook Plus features.

Feature	SMART Notebook	SMART Notebook Plus
Formative assessments	1 If the file has existing assessments, the content is maintained but cannot be edited. New assessments cannot be created.
No watermark
Video Search add-on
Image Web Search add-on
Concept Mapping add-on	2 If the file has existing concept maps, these are maintained. New concept maps cannot be created.
Lesson Recorder add-on	3 Existing recordings will play, but you cannot create new recordings.
SMART Blocks add-on	4 If the file has existing SMART Blocks, you can run them. You cannot add new SMART Blocks.
Activity Builder add-on	5 If the file has an existing activity, you can play it. You cannot edit or add a new one.
Touch interactions 6 When using SMART Notebook on a computer connected to an interactive display.	Only with SMART Board interactive displays
Transparent background
Full screen view
Dual page view
Disable trial		N/A
Disable upgrade notifications		N/A
Share files to SMART Account (Lumio and SMART Board display with iQ)