1. RECORDING LESSONS ON A
SMART BOARD TUTORIAL
BY: KATIE WOLF
APRIL 20, 2013

2. STEP ONE: OPEN UP SMART BOARD
NOTEBOOK

3. STEP TWO: ACCESS TOOLS
• The tool bar is located on the top of the SMART Notebook screen
• Select the video recorder on tool bar which will open a separate
window called “SMART Recorder.”
• If the SMART Recorder is NOT on the toolbar, see the next page

4. STEP THREE: VIDEO CAMERA
• If the SMART recorder is not on the tool bar it can be added by
customizing the toolbar
• Click and drag the icon to the toolbar
SMART Recorder

5. SMART RECORDER
• Red circle- start recording Square- stop recording Double line-
pause

6. STEP FOUR: BEGIN RECORDING
• When you are ready to teach the lesson, press the red circle to start
recording.
• You can tell it is recording because the time will be running.

7. STEP FIVE: TEACH THE LESSON
• Begin teaching the lesson and anything that happens on the SMART board
will be recorded, including voice if you have a microphone plugged into your
computer
• When done press the stop button
• Watch the video on the next page!

8. VIDEO OF SMART RECORDER LESSON

9. STEP SIX: PAUSE THE RECORDING
• You can press pause to pause the recording to answer questions from
students, get materials, walk around the room, etc.

10. STEP SEVEN: SAVE THE RECORDING
• WHEN THE STOP BUTTON IS
PRESSED, THE LESSON WILL BE
AUTOMATICALLY SAVED ON
YOUR DESKTOP AS THE DATE
AND TIME UNLESS CHANGED
• WHEN YOU CLICK “SAVE”
THIS SCREEN WILL APPEAR
TO SHOW IT IS CREATING A
VIDEO FILE

11. STEP SEVEN: PLAY YOUR RECORDING
• You can play the lesson by
clicking “Play recording” after it
is done saving
• On a PC, the recording will open
on Windows Media Player

12. STEP SEVEN: PLAY YOUR RECORDING
CONTINUED
• You can also play your recording by clicking on the saved icon on your
desktop
Double click here

13. STEP EIGHT: ACCESS FOR STUDENTS
• Attach the lesson to an email to send to students or parents
• Post the lesson on school webpage
• Save the lesson to play later for the student if needed

14. THE END!

15. RESOURCES
• “SMART Board: How to record lessons from the SMART Board” By Helen Mongan-Rallis. June 25,
2010
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/
• “SMARTBoard: Use the SMART Recorder to capture a live video recording of your SMART
Board
presentation. By Avi Spector. February 10, 2010. http://avispector.wordpress.com