About education software subscriptions
You can subscribe to get access to additional features in Lumio and SMART Notebook Plus. Subscription plans are available for individual or group purchases.
Individual subscription
Single subscriptions are available to those who’d like to purchase one for themselves directly from SMART.
Group subscription
Group subscriptions are available to organizations for purchase through a SMART reseller or directly from SMART.
Purchase a subscriptionYou can purchase a subscription from the pricing page of the Lumio website. The table below provides instructions:
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Group | Group subscriptions are available through SMART’s resellers or directly from SMART. After a subscription is purchased, the administrator responsible for managing subscriptions and software at the school will need to activate the subscription within 1 year of purchase and provision users to the subscription. To purchase a group subscription
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Individual | To purchase a subscription, visit smarttech.com/lumio/pricing and under the Standard Plan option, click Buy now. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete your purchase. After your purchase is completed, you are automatically signed in and taken to the Lumio Home page. For access to SMART Notebook Plus, download the software on your computer and then sign in using the same email and password you used to purchase the subscription (your SMART Account credentials) to access all of the software’s features. Important Direct individual plan purchase is available for residents in Australia, Canada, UK, US, Puerto Rico, and Guam. If you are outside of these regions, you can purchase an individual subscription using the Group Plan option. To purchase an individual subscription using the Group Plan option
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Manage (renew or cancel) a subscriptionDepending on the type of subscription, group or single, the process to renew or cancel is different. Read the following table to learn more.
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Group | Typically, schools purchase SMART software subscriptions on behalf of their teachers and have an administrator responsible for managing them. The responsible administrator should contact the SMART reseller to renew the school’s subscription or they can click here to complete a form and begin the renewal process with the school’s preferred reseller. |
Individual | An individual plan purchased directly from SMART with a credit card is auto-renewing, billing yearly on the date of the original purchase. Canceling the subscription stops the auto-renewal, and the subscription remains active until the end of the current billing period. Manage your subscription by signing in to Lumio. Access your subscription through the user menu by selecting Manage individual plan. Note If you don’t see the Manage individual plan option, your account is likely part of a group subscription that is managed by your school or district. Contact the person responsible for managing subscriptions in your organization. From here you can manage the following subscription details:
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About active subscriptionsWith a subscription, you can access the additional features and benefits of Lumio and SMART Notebook Plus software for the length of the subscription. If you are part of a group subscription, you must be provisioned to use the software.
When the subscription ends, you will no longer have access to these additional features and benefits. For continued access, you must renew the subscription or purchase a new one.
How sign in affects your access to SMART Notebook Plus and LumioWith a subscription, you use your SMART Account to sign in within SMART Notebook to access SMART Notebook Plus’s features, or sign in to Lumio.
What happens without a subscriptionWithout a subscription, you have access to the free plan for Lumio and SMART Notebook.
To regain access to both applications’ subscription-based features and benefits, you or your school needs to purchase a new subscription or renew an existing one.