Managing content for activities and assessments

Requires a SMART Learning Suite subscription

Use the content manager to save question sets, lists, matching activities, class lists, and more so you can reuse them in other lessons.

To open the content manager

  1. Click Activities in the SMART Notebook toolbar.

    The Select an Activity dialog box opens.

    Tip 

    You'll find the Manage Content icon throughout the activity wizard. Select it to open the Manage Content dialog box.

  2. Select Manage Content.

    The Manage Content dialog box opens.

To create and save new content

  1. In the Manage Content dialog box, open the Create New list. Select the type of content you want to create, and then follow the on-screen instructions to add content.

  2. Select Save.

    All content you create and save is stored on your computer, making it available from the content manager in other SMART Notebook lesson files opened on that computer.

To edit content

  1. In the Manage Content dialog box, locate and select the item you want to edit.

  2. Make any changes you'd like, and then select Save to save then changes.

To save content from an activity or assessment

  1. In the lesson file, locate the activity that contains the content you want to save.

  2. Select Edit in the top-right corner of the activity’s page.

  3. Select Save .

  4. Enter a name for the content and select Save.

To use saved content for a new activity or assessment

  1. Create a new activity using the activity wizard.

  2. Select Load .

    A list of available content appears.

  3. Select the saved content you want to use for the new activity or assessment.

  4. Select Load.

To delete saved content

  1. In the Manage Content dialog box, locate the item you want delete and select its icon.

Follow these steps if you’re using SMART Notebook on a new computer and want to transfer lists and other content you used for Notebook activities to the new computer:

To transfer content using a SMART Notebook file

  1. Create a new Notebook file.

  2. Create an activity using the content you want to transfer. See To use saved content for a new activity or assessment.

  3. Repeat step two for each piece of content you want to transfer.

  4. Save the Notebook file.

  5. Copy the Notebook file to the new computer and open it.

  6. Save the content using the activity wizard’s content manager. See To save content from an activity or assessment.

Note 

This method is recommended if you have a few items to transfer. If you have a many items to transfer, use the method below.

To transfer content using the computer’s file directory

  1. For Mac computers, browse to the following directory in Finder:

    Copy
    ~/Library/Application\ Support/SMART\ Technologies/Notebook\ Software/Addon\ Data/com.smarttech.lab/_nb

    OR

    On Windows computers, browse to the following directory in File Explorer:

    Copy
    C:\Users\[this your user name]\AppData\Roaming\SMART Technologies\Notebook Software\Addon Data\com.smarttech.lab\_nb

  2. Create a copy of the _nb file folder.

  3. Copy the new _nb file folder you created in the previous step over to the new computer.

    Tip 

    Use an external storage device, such as a USB drive, to transfer the file between computers.

  4. On the new computer, navigate to the same location listed in step 1.

  5. Replace the _nb file folder on the new computer with the _nb file you saved from the old computer .

    Important 

    Copying this file replaces existing content you have saved in the new computer’s _nb file. Lists or other activity content that you have saved on the new computer will be overwritten.

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  • manage activity content
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