Using Smart Recorder; Accessing And Exiting Smart Recorder - Smart Technologies Smart Board User Manual

Using SMART Recorder

If you're a Windows operating system user, you can use SMART Recorder to record
everything you do on a SMART Board interactive whiteboard, no matter which application
you're using. Anyone with SMART Video Player or Windows Media Player installed on their
computer can play the recording back and watch it like a movie. If you have a microphone
attached to your computer, you can even record audio in sync with your data. Teachers and
trainers, for example, can record and play back an entire lesson.
SMART Recorder produces standard Audio Video Interleave (AVI) files that can be viewed
with SMART Video Player or Windows Media Player. Although you can use any version of
Windows Media Player to play the videos created with SMART Recorder, we recommend
that you install the latest version of Windows Media Player. This software is available free of
charge from www.windowsmedia.com/download.
As long as your computer meets the requirements for SMART Board software, you can use
SMART Recorder. However, for best performance we recommend you use a computer that
meets the following requirements:
•
400 MHz processor
• 64 MB RAM
• a sound card and a microphone (recommended) that are compatible with Windows
operating systems
To improve the quality of your recordings, follow these tips when selecting computer and
recording equipment:
•
Use the fastest computer you can. Screen recording and audio compression take a lot of
computing power. Faster machines do a better job.
•
Invest in a high quality microphone. The most common problem is poor quality audio,
which is almost always due to an inadequate microphone. Audio playback can only be as
good as the audio input.

Accessing and Exiting SMART Recorder

To open SMART Recorder:
Press the SMART Board icon and select Recorder. The SMART Recorder toolbar will open
and the SMART Recorder icon will appear in the system tray.
SMART Recorder Toolbar
SMART Recorder Icon in system tray
Small SMART Recorder Toolbar
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