As many of you know, creating an assignment in SmartMusic involves a few simple steps. Once you’ve selected a piece of music, and clicked on the Assignment button within that piece, you specify details (like a minimum tempo or how many points the assignment is worth), offer some instructions, set a due date, and indicate which class (or individual students) you’re sending it to.
Printing Repertoire lists in SmartMusic
Want to see a list of specific repertoire available in SmartMusic?
Within SmartMusic, simply click on Find Music.
SmartMusic Blog: Should You Need Help
Have you ever contacted a software manufacturer for technical support?
Once you described the problem did they immediately ask you seemingly unrelated personal questions, like, “What kind of computer/processor/soundcard do you have?”
Did it seem like they were talking about everything BUT the problem?
Mini Controls in SmartMusic 2011
Today I want to share a feature, new in SmartMusic 2011, that I feel is quite elegant.
Open any piece of music in SmartMusic 2011 and you’ll see the full controls at the top of the screen:
If the piece you’ve opened has on-screen notation, and the music takes up more than one screen, once you press “Start take,” the controls now look like this:
Then, once the music begins, these “mini-controls” disappear entirely.
Develop Critical Thinking Skills with a SmartMusic Response Assignment
At the mention of a SmartMusic assignment, most readers of this blog probably think of a repertoire-based assignment, where you send a student a piece of music to perform.
Drum Rudiments in SmartMusic
While it’s easy to focus on the benefits of SmartMusic’s many technical innovations, the continual expansion of the SmartMusic repertoire library is no less remarkable.
SmartMusic Blog: Where a “Cursor” doesn’t use foul language
While SmartMusic 2011 seems to be working great for folks new to SmartMusic, some long-time users have asked me; “How do I turn the cursor off?”
For those of you not familiar with the cursor, it is the green line that shows the beat visually:
In previous versions, the cursor could be turned off via a control panel at the bottom of the screen:
That control panel isn’t at the bottom of the screen in SmartMusic 2011.
Communicating with Parents about SmartMusic
Introducing SmartMusic into your music program? One of the most important details is effectively communicating to parents about the benefits SmartMusic offers your students.
Student Enrollment in SmartMusic 2011
As I mentioned in my last post, one of the greatest benefits the SmartMusic gradebook offers is the ability to easily manage student recordings and assessments.
SmartMusic 2011 is here, part 2
In last week’s blog post, I announced the release of SmartMusic 2011, which you can download here. While I have additional exciting news to share, first I’d like to continue where we left off by showing you a little more about SmartMusic 2011.