SMART Learning Suite Reviews & Product Details

The Smart Notebook software itself is pretty great for math/science teachers and offers a great suite of tools for them to use. A lot of our teachers prefer creating their class presentations through Smart Notebook rather than Powerpoint as it iss more robust and intuitive to use.

When the SMART Boards work, they integrate flawlessly with the Notebook software to allow a great interactive teaching experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The Smart Boards themselves feel more like oversized neutered Android phones and are extremely limited in their capabilities. We have consistent issues with the screen casting on about 30% of the boards deployed at our school. Our vendor technicians have not been able to resolve the issues over many, many service visits. A lot of the time the best solution we can provide is to factory reset the board and hope it makes it through the day before it inevitably malfunctioning again. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that it’s very easy to access from just about any device - cell phone, computer, iPad, etc. I also like the fact that they include study materials and guides that you can use when completing assignments. They help you not only understand the material more, but it also helps you study and prepare for exams. It’s also a bonus that the textbooks (if purchased digitally) can be pulled up from the suite as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I dislike that some of the assignments were very long and tedious. I also dislike that there were a few glitches throughout the assignments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SMART learning suite creates continuity online so you can take SMART Notebook activities anywhere by logging into your SMART account. It enables you to create a variety of widgets, interactive activities and handouts that are student friendly and can be accessed from mobile devices or tablets for student ease. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Some of the features from the desktop application for SMART notebook aren’t enabled on the Learning Suite online like graphic or animations for photos. This limits the interactive portion of the Notebook files. As well, some Learning suite online features don’t translate into the desktop app. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that I can import old lessons to the Suite Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The price. The fact that I can't just have notebook anymore without Suite Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Smart suite is essential in my classroom. I use smartboard lessons everyday that correlate with the days of jective and lesson in my classroom and it allows the students to the hands on and get up and touch the board and be fully engaged throughout the lesson! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There is really nothing that I dislike about smart suite in my classroom. the way my projector is set up I often have to recalibrate but that's not really anyting against the smart suite product itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love The integration with the SmartBoard and the ability to give formulas as men’s multiple-choice assessments I love the game based learning activities which allows students to do things such as monster quizzes flip out and sort out quizzes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I wish the content on the quizzes and the various assessments was more easily accessible for state exams. A state exam database directly linked to the SmartBoard activities would make it easier to set them up Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I can look up topics that I am interested in learning about. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sometimes there’s too much information, brain overload. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That is is interactive. You can use it in conjunction with other tech hardware and software Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

That you need a laptop with the SMART software to create or open the slides you have created. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is user friendly, my students love it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Unfortunately, there are frequent updates needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that I can create of use flipcharts, or just use every day for ALL aspects of the day in my classroom. I also love that that SMART provides teachers a countless options to spruce up lessons with hands on buzzers and engaging visual and audio additions. I must also give a thumbs up to SMART LAB. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

My only complaint is that sometimes I feel like there are too many options and they're hard to remember how to find specific tools when you need them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I love that there are hundreds templates and activities already in place to use or modify in the classroom. I was asked by a teacher to convert my jpg art lessons to smart interactive ones and I am learning how to create appropriate activities for my lessons. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I would like to see more tutorials for all the templates. Since I am new to this technology because my school never hooked up my smart board, I have a learning curve to make up! I find it easy to use but there are so many different features that I would appreciate more tutorials for both teachers and students. I found a few glitches and don't know how to report them. I would like to see a place for feedback on each activity. I would appreciate an online chat in real time with tech who could help me troubleshoot while creating. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is a nice interactive way for the teachers to bring the students' attention to the front of the room in a way that the chalkboard was failing to do. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It seems a little antiquated and at the end of the day, it really does just seem like a re-imagining of the chalkboard, not a new concept altogether. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are many different choices of products and different ways to use the interactive features with students. It allows my students to use things I have created, or found off SMART resource sights, to practice things "hands on". Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The latest update does not work well, or in some cases at all, with flashplayer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to draw and write on computer/board Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Does not integrate with other platforms (Microsoft & Google) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.