SMART Technologies, a leading interactive whiteboard manufacturer, has announced the release of SMART Board software 9.5 for Linux operating systems to compliment previous releases for Mac and Windows operating systems. Three core Linux distributions are supported; Fedora Core 3, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and SUSE 10.

Version 9.5 of the SMART Board software offers features such as;

• Gallery search,
• powerful annotation tools,
• full drag-and-drop functionality,
• pre-loaded digital content,
• Freehand Screen Capture tool,
• attachment and export of files,
• multi-language support in English, Spanish, French, German and Brazilian Portuguese,
• the Spotlight tool and more.

Version 9.5 can be used with all SMART Board interactive whiteboards.

Further Reading

For a better understanding of the features of Interactive Whiteboards read Presentation Technologies article Interactive Whiteboards – an Overview.

SMART Technologies have previously won awards for their software as detailed in the article SMART Technologies Wins Three Education Software Review Awards.

Read a review of one of SMART’s products, the SMART Board 600i Interactive Whiteboard.

Read the full press release from SMART Technologies.

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