ActivInspire Personal Edition includes a subset of the rich functionality available in ActivInspire Professional Edition.
You can download it free of charge.
The following sections outline the differences between the two editions for each of the following categories:
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Feature is included. |
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Parts of this feature are included. See the Details column. |
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Feature is not included. See the Details column. |
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Personal Edition |
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Multi-page Select |
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Design Mode |
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You need Design Mode to switch certain settings on or off to make changes to a flipchart. |
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Actions Authoring |
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You can play back existing actions except:
You need ActivInspire Professional to create new actions. |
More about ActivInspire > Making flipcharts interactive > Working with actions
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Text Editing |
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Object Layering |
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Send to front/to back |
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Themed Templates |
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The Resource Library in ActivInspire Professional includes a wide range of themed templates, for example for Dual User mode, to speed up lesson creation. |
More about ActivInspire > Working with resources > Adding resources to a flipchart |
Object Properties |
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You can display all object properties in the Property Browser. You cannot change properties for functionality that is not included in ActivInspire Personal. Such properties are 'greyed out', for example:
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More about ActivInspire > Working with objects > Changing object properties
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Align Object |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the alignment tools in Edit > Transform > Align. |
More about ActivInspire > Working with objects > Transforming objects |
Rubberstamp Object |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Rubberstamp to quickly insert many copies of a resource into a flipchart. |
Exploring ActivInspire Studio > ActivInspire's Browsers > Resource Browser Exploring ActivInspire Primary > ActivInspire's Browsers > Resource Browser |
Drag a Copy |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to edit an object's property, so that during a lesson, many copies of the object can be created simply by clicking and dragging the object. |
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Grid Designer |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to edit grids or create your own grids. |
More about ActivInspire > Working with objects > Creating and editing grids |
Grid Mask |
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Select Tool |
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Object Labelling |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to add labels to objects, or format existing labels and customise their behaviour. |
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Page Notes |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to add page notes to a flipchart page. |
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Drag and drop from system |
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You can drag and drop text and graphics from your computer's desktop and from other applications into a flipchart. |
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Shapes Library |
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The Shapes Library is not included in ActivInspire Personal, therefore you cannot use it to create new shapes. You
can change existing shapes with Edit
Shape Points
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First steps with ActivInspire > Adding and manipulating shapes. |
Local Resource Search |
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More about ActivInspire > Working with resources > About resources |
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Professional Edition |
Personal Edition |
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Screen Recorder |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Screen Recorder to create your own animations. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using the Screen Recorder |
Sound Recorder |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Sound Recorder to create your own sound files. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using the Sound Recorder |
Play Flash Objects |
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Graphics/Image Support |
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Support for Flash Video Format (.FLV) files |
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Linked Documents in Flipcharts |
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Professional Edition |
Personal Edition |
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Import SMART Notebook |
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Import SMART Gallery |
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Import PowerPoint |
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On Windows computers, you can import PowerPoint presentations. |
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Import QTI /XML |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to import these types of files into a flipchart. |
More about ActivInspire > Importing and exporting files > Importing files
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Import ExamView |
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Import PDF |
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Export voting results to Microsoft Excel® |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to export questions and answers to Excel spreadsheets for further processing and storage. |
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Professional Edition |
Personal Edition |
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Pen Modifiers |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Pen, Highlighter or Magic Ink tools to draw shapes that behave like annotations. |
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Fill Tool |
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Duplicate |
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You can copy objects, but you cannot duplicate them. |
First steps with ActivInspire > Copying, pasting and duplicating objects |
Page Reset |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to quickly roll back a page to the state it was in when it was last saved, for example, when you began an activity. |
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Right Click/Popup Menus |
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Page Zoom |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to zoom in on parts of a flipchart page for closer inspection, or out of a flipchart page for a bird's eye view. |
A tour of ActivInspire > Exploring ActivInspire Studio > Viewing a flipchart A tour of ActivInspire > Exploring ActivInspire Primary > Viewing a flipchart |
Page Scale |
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XY Origin Tool |
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Without the XY Origin Tool, you can only spin an object around its centre. In ActivInspire Professional, you can add an origin point anywhere on a page and spin objects around it. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Math tools > Setting the XY Origin |
Browsers |
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Pen Tool and Pen Width Indicator |
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Teacher Lock |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to lock ActivInspire to prevent changes if you are away from the board. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Teacher Lock |
Desktop Annotation |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Pen, Highlighter and Eraser to write on your desktop or on any application you have open on your desktop. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Annotating the desktop |
Learner Response System functionality |
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You can use all functionality with the following exceptions. You need ActivInspire Professional to:
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Dual User mode |
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You can collaborate at the board, but only by sharing the teacher's Pen. You need ActivInspire Professional and an ActivBoard that supports Dual User mode to collaborate at the board using Student and Teacher ActivPens at the same time. |
More about ActivInspire > working at the board > Working in Dual User mode |
Feature |
Professional Edition |
Personal Edition |
Details |
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Page Turn effects |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to add animated Page Turn effects. |
More about ActivInspire > Making flipcharts interactive > Using Page Turn effects |
Actions playback |
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You can play back existing actions except:
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More about ActivInspire > Making flipcharts interactive > Working with actions |
Action objects can be dragged |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to select objects that have an associated action to another location in the flipchart. |
More about ActivInspire > Making flipcharts interactive > Working with actions |
Access to Promethean Planet |
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Search for resources on Promethean Planet and download to ActivInspire |
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Magic Ink |
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Eraser |
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Ability to resize icons |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to make icons larger or smaller to suit different learners. |
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User Profiles |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to switch, save or load profiles. You can change all ActivInspire's application settings. However, some changes will not be effective in ActivInspire Personal, for example:
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More about ActivInspire > Making profiles work for you > Creating and switching profiles |
User Defined Buttons |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to create your own User Defined buttons. |
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Drag-on Buttons |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to drag objects from the page onto the third column of the Main Toolbox, the Toolbox Shortcut Bar. |
First steps with ActivInspire > Copying, pasting and duplicating objects |
Application Settings |
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You can change all ActivInspire's application settings. However, some changes will not be effective in ActivInspire Personal, for example:
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Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Handwriting Recognition Tool |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to turn annotations instantly into text. |
More about ActivInspire > working at the board > Using Handwriting Recognition |
Convert to Text |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to convert annotations into text. |
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Shape Recognition Tool |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to turn annotations instantly into shapes. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Shape Recognition |
Convert to Shape |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to convert annotations into shapes. |
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Dotted and dashed lines |
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Localisation |
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ActivInspire Personal Edition is available in the same languages as ActivInspire Professional. You can change the application settings from the local language to any of the other available languages. |
Feature |
Professional Edition |
Personal Edition |
Details |
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Color Picker |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to select any colour from your ActivInspire window and use it to change the colour of an object. |
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Clock, Count down/Count up |
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Tickertape |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Tickertape to get messages across to your class. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Tickertape |
Snap to Grid |
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Compass |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Compass to quickly draw simple arcs with the outline and fill characteristics of the Pen. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Maths tools > Using the Compass |
Revealer |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Revealer to sustain interest and suspense, by gradually revealing the contents of a flipchart page. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using the Revealer |
Calculator |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to display the Calculator on the board to let your students enter figures for instant results. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Maths tools > Using the Calculator |
On-screen Keyboard |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to use the On-screen Keyboard to create typed text while at the board. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using the On-screen Keyboard |
Spotlight |
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Dice Roller |
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You need ActivInspire Professional to roll up to five dice on the board for fun, number games or drawing lots. |
More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Maths tools > Using the Dice Roller |
Time Stamp |
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Spellchecker checks entire flipchart |
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You can spell check selected text, but you cannot spell check the entire flipchart. |