SMART Technologies 2010 User Manual

Getting Started

With SMART Sync™ classroom management software, you can manage your

classroom and communicate with your students without leaving your computer.

SMART Sync lets you observe and control your students’ computers using the

Thumbnails view, which displays real-time images of your students’ computer desktops.

You can customize this view’s appearance. In addition to viewing the desktops, you can

capture snapshots of students’ screens, take control of students’ desktops, temporarily

lock students’ computers, remotely shut down students’ computers, block Internet

access and block the use of specific applications.

You can also use SMART Sync to communicate with your entire class, a group of

students or an individual student. You can broadcast your desktop, conduct polls, send

Chapter 1