Access SMART Notebook

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Summary	Request, install, and activate SMART Notebook
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What is SMART Notebook?

If you're using, or looking to use, SMART Notebook software, we have licenses. Here's how you can request a Notebook license, install the software, and activate it. SMART Notebook is interactive software to use with Riverdale's interactive projectors. Using the included classroom pens, you can open a SMART Notebook file on your computer, connect your computer to the projector via USB-C, and then use the interactive digital pens directly on the whiteboard while projecting. Your writing will be digitally captured in the notebook and can be saved and exported in a variety of formats.

Activate or reactivate SMART Notebook

Installing SMART Notebook for the first time

For MacOS

1. Please complete the "Technology Purchase or Upgrade Request" form found here.
2. Once approved, install SMART Notebook 22.0 SP2 through Self Service on your school-issued computer.
3. After installing, open Notebook from your Applications folder
4. Click Sign In
5. Click on Google on the page that loads and sign-in with your Riverdale email address and passphrase
6. You have now activated SMART Notebook Pro and have access to all the features!

For Windows:

1. Please complete the "Technology Purchase or Upgrade Request" form found here.
2. Once approved, install the latest version SMART Notebook from this website on your school-issued computer: SMART Notebook download link.
3. After installing, open Notebook by searching for it in the Windows 11 Start Menu
4. Click Sign In when prompted
5. Click on Google on the page that loads and sign-in with your Riverdale email address and passphrase
6. You have now activated SMART Notebook Pro and have access to all the features!

Update existing SMART Notebook license

If you already have SMART Notebook installed, and you're seeing a banner warning of an approaching expiration date, here are the steps to take to activate our newer license:

Step 1 - Click on the SMART System Menu button in your Menu bar (Mac), or in the Windows Notification Area (Windows). Select Check for Updates and Activation.

Step 2 - Select Account and then click Sign-in. Sign-in with your Riverdale email address in the web browser that pops up

Step 5 - Confirm that it now reads "Activated", and click Finish.