Interactive Whiteboards Buying Guide

Interactive whiteboards (also known as smart boards) resemble traditional dry-erase marker boards but have the added functionality of touch recognition. Users can interact with computer programs, documents, and images by touching the screen with a stylus or even with a finger. Benefits to those giving business presentations or academic lectures include advanced content interaction, increased audience engagement, sharing and storing of presentation events and interaction with networked computers and peripherals.

• Easy to Use
• Audience Engagement
• Content Interaction
• Touch Technology
• Enhances Collaboration
• Integrated Technology
• Interactive Learning/Presentation
• Sharing Resource
• Connected to The Internet
• Peripheral Devices and Interconnectivity
• Effective Annotation of Documents

An interactive whiteboard gives you the ability to interact with projected content. Using included stylus pens, or your finger in some cases, you can draw lines, highlight text, and interact with elements such as hyperlinks or buttons. This interactivity allows a presenter or a teacher to draw attention to specific parts of a lesson or presentation in real time. Furthermore, the teacher or the student can launch applications from the whiteboard to bring together various multimedia technologies without having to sit behind a computer or podium. Students, particularly younger students, also enjoy the tactile sensation of engaging physically with the board, rather than absorbing information passively.

• Record lessons for remote learning
• View and participate with lessons and worksheets
• Watch educational videos and play educational songs
• Take attendance
• Conduct behavior reward programs
• Teachers can pull up a student’s work from their tablet to display on the whiteboard, thus achieving a paperless classroom.
• Students can show their work on the whiteboard, creating an interactive experience that enhances student learning.

• Encourages real-time collaboration in the boardroom or offsite locations
• Touch-screen flat panel
• Easily write, draw, edit, move, and save information instantly
• Rotate, zoom in or out, and erase with a natural fingertip gesture
• Windows® 10 Based Controller
• Use preferred apps to connect the whiteboard to a dedicated computer
• Instant communication and idea sharing with videoconferencing or connecting to devices
• Two-way collaboration
• Available in a variety of sizes and resolutions to meet any organization’s needs

To connect your interactive board to your computer, there are two cables that are required: a VGA cable and a USB cable. The VGA cable supplies the video signal to the projector and the USB cable provides the interactivity connection between the interactive whiteboard and the computer. Plug one end of the VGA cable into the wall point and the other into the computer. Plug the small end of the USB cable into the wall point and the other (flat) end of the USB into your computer. Note: The instructions above assume that a wall plate is being used for the installation; some installations may use a HDMI cable instead of a VGA cable.

Use the supplied micro-fiber cloth and dampen with water if needed. For stubborn marks - spray Windex onto the micro-fiber cloth first, then wipe the surface. Avoid using any harsh abrasives as these can damage the whiteboard surface.

Although the Interactive Whiteboard is not designed for use with permanent markers, should someone write with one on the board, use a regular dry-erase marker, scribble back and forth over the permanent marker ink and erase. You will see it gradually disappear. Repeat if necessary.

Interactive Whiteboards can be used with your finger or a stylus. No special pens are required so there is nothing to lose or replace. No batteries are required for the stylus.