Getting started with game-based activities
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SMART Notebook features a game-based learning environment, real-time student collaboration tools and a suite of formative assessment tools. These activities help students memorize concepts and facts, identify objects, learn vocabulary definitions, and more.
You can use SMART Notebook’s activity wizard to create the following game-based activities. Click the links to learn how to create, play, and review each activity.
Notes
Account Sign In is required to create and play SMART Notebook activities and enable student device contributions. For more information see Signing in to your SMART Account.
To ensure the best possible user experience with game-based activities, see Browser, device operating system, and network recommendations.
Activity | Delivery | Question type | Details | Ideas | Skills |
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At the SMART Board and/or to student devices Group or individual | Fill in the blank Answers checked:
| Use up to 300 characters Add up to ten blanks Images not supported | Create a fill-in-the-blank activity using:
| Deduction Composition Memory | |
At the SMART Board and/or to student devices Group or individual | Flash card Answers checked: Instantly | Use up to 150 characters Supports images Choose which side is shown face up | Create a set of flashcards using:
| one-one correspondence Memory Vocabulary | |
At the SMART Board Either two players or two teams | Multiple Choice True/False Answers checked: Instantly | 150 characters Data collected on team performance and how questions were answered | Create a question set reviewing the topics/concepts covered in the lesson. Create a question set to test prior knowledge before the lesson starts. | Review content Prior knowledge | |
At the SMART Board and/or to student devices Group or individual | Picture or diagram with hidden labels | Create up to ten labels Add optional notes for each label (up to 150 characters) | Create a study tool for students to check work and review lessons. Add labels to:
| Memory Deduction Parts of Systems | |
At the SMART Board and/or to student devices Group or individual | Matching two things together, one right answer | Optional Category Name Supports images | Use a matching exercise for:
| one-one correspondence Memory Vocabulary | |
At the SMART Board and to student devices (student devices are required for this activity) | Multiple Choice True/False Check Answers:
| Doesn’t support images Some data collected on team performance and how questions were answered Team results are shown on the SMART Board. Individual results shown on student devices. | Create a question set to:
| Review content Activate prior knowledge | |
At the SMART Board and/or to student devices Group or individual | Order or rank Check Answers:
| Supports Images | Create a ranking order for:
| Comparison Deduction Sequencing Arrangement | |
At the SMART Board and to student devices (student devices are required for this activity) | Open-ended Short answer Responses shown on board | Response space:
| Use to enable students to:
| Brainstorming, Personal Connections, Questioning, Conclusions and Connections | |
At the SMART Board Either as players or teams | Multiple Choice True/False Checks answers: Instantly | Up to 4 players or teams Some data collected on performance and how questions were answered | Create a question set that tests the lesson’s concepts. | Encourages quick thinking, competition, memory recall | |
At the SMART Board and/or to student devices Group or individual | Sorting into two categories Checks answers: Instantly | Two category names Ten items per list Images supported, Customize Graphics | Use this activity to:
| Classification Grouping |
Use the recommended web browsers, device requirements, operating systems and network capacity to ensure the best possible experience with interactive activities and assessments on hellosmart.com. Some websites must also be white listed before activities on hellosmart.com will work correctly.
Web browser, device operating system recommendations and network recommendations
Note
When using activities on hellosmart.com, students may check their website access at http://hellosmart.com/connection/check.html.
Web browser recommendations
The latest version of:
Google Chrome
Safari
Firefox
Windows 10 Edge
Note
Android devices must use Chrome or Firefox.
Ensure JavaScript is enabled in your browser.
Device operating system recommendations
Any computer running the latest version of Windows 10 or any Mac running OS X 10.13 or later
Any iPad or iPhone upgraded to the latest iOS
Any Android phone or tablet with Android version 8 or later
Any Google Chromebook upgraded to the latest Chrome OS
Important
Mobile device-enabled activities are not currently supported on the first generation iPad or Samsung Galaxy Tab 3.
Network recommendations
SMART Notebook activities on hellosmart.com are designed to keep network requirements as low as possible while still supporting rich collaboration. The network recommendation for Shout It Out! alone is 0.3 Mbps per device. A school that regularly uses other Web 2.0 tools should have enough network capacity to run SMART Notebook activities on hellosmart.com. If activities on hellosmart.com are used in conjunction with other online resources, such as streaming media, greater network capacity could be required, depending on the other resources being used.
Website access requirements
A number of SMART products use the following URLs for software updates, collecting information, and backend services. Add these URLs to your network’s allowlist to make sure SMART products behave as expected.
https://*.smarttech.com (for updating SMART Board interactive display software and firmware)
http://*.smarttech.com (for updating SMART Board interactive display software and firmware)
https://*.mixpanel.com
https://*.google-analytics.com
https://*.smarttech-prod.com
https://*.firebaseio.com
wss://*.firebaseio.com
https://www.firebase.com/test.html
https://*.firebasedatabase.app
https://api.raygun.io
https://www.fabric.io/
https://updates.airsquirrels.com
https://ws.kappboard.com (for updating SMART Board interactive display software and firmware)
https://*.hockeyapp.net
https://*.userpilot.io
https://*.mixpanel.com
https://*.sentry.io
The following URLs are used for signing in to and using your SMART Account with SMART products. Add these URLs to your network’s allowlist to make sure SMART products behave as expected.
https://*.smarttech.com
http://*.smarttech.com
https://hellosmart.com
https://content.googleapis.com
https://*.smarttech-prod.com
https://www.gstatic.com
https://*.google.com
https://login.microsoftonline.com
https://login.live.com
https://accounts.google.com
https://smartcommunity.force.com/
https://graph.microsoft.com
https://www.googleapis.com
The following URLs are used to enable content from YouTube. If you want SMART product users to be able to insert and play YouTube videos when using SMART products, allow the following:
https://*.youtube.com
https://*.ytimg.com
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