Differences between Professional and Personal Editions

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:

 

Symbol

Indicates

P

Feature is included.

Parts of this feature are included. See the Details column.

X

Feature is not included. See the Details column.

Authoring

Feature

Professional Edition

Personal Edition

Details

 More info...      

Multi-page Select

P

P

 

First steps with ActivInspire > Working with pages

Design Mode

P

X

You need Design Mode to switch certain settings on or off to make changes to a flipchart.

More about ActivInspire > Making profiles work for you > Creating and switching profiles > Choosing application settings

Reference > Settings > Design Mode

Actions Authoring

P

You can play back existing actions except:

  • Dual User Mode

  • Design Mode

  • Show Action Browser.

You need ActivInspire Professional to create new actions.

More about ActivInspire > Making flipcharts interactive > Working with actions

Reference > Actions

 

 

Text Editing

P

P

 

 

Object Layering

P

P

 

 

Send to front/to back

P

P

 

 

Themed Templates

P

X

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

P

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:

  • Action properties

  • Container properties

  • Label properties

More about ActivInspire > Working with objects > Changing object properties

Reference > Properties

 

Align Object

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to use the alignment tools in Edit > Transform > Align.

More about ActivInspire > Working with objects > Transforming objects

Rubberstamp Object

P

X

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

P

X

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.

Reference > Properties > Miscellaneous

Grid Designer

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to edit grids or create your own grids.

More about ActivInspire > Working with objects > Creating and editing grids

Grid Mask

P

P

 

 

Select Tool

P

P

 

 

Object Labelling

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to add labels to objects, or format existing labels and customise their behaviour.

Reference > Properties > Label properties

Page Notes

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to add page notes to a flipchart page.

First steps with ActivInspire > Creating page notes

Drag and drop from system

P

P

You can drag and drop text and graphics from your computer's desktop and from other applications into a flipchart.

 

Shapes Library

P

X

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 .

First steps with ActivInspire > Adding and manipulating shapes.

Local Resource Search

P

P

 

More about ActivInspire > Working with resources > About resources

Multimedia

Feature

Professional Edition

Personal Edition

Details

 More info...      

Screen Recorder

P

X

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

P

X

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

P

P

 

 

Graphics/Image Support

P

P

 

 

Support for Flash Video Format (.FLV) files

P

P

 

 

Linked Documents in Flipcharts

P

P

 

 

Import or Export other file formats

Feature

Professional Edition

Personal Edition

Details

 More info...      

Import SMART Notebook

P

P

 

 

Import SMART Gallery

P

P

 

 

Import PowerPoint

P

P

On Windows computers, you can import PowerPoint presentations.

 

Import QTI /XML

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to import these types of files into a flipchart.

More about ActivInspire > Importing and exporting files > Importing files

 

Import ExamView

P

X

Import PDF

P

X

Export voting results to Microsoft Excel®

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to export questions and answers to Excel spreadsheets for further processing and storage.

Importing and exporting files > Exporting files.

Presenting at the board

Feature

Professional Edition

Personal Edition

Details

 More info...      

Pen Modifiers

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to use the Pen, Highlighter or Magic Ink tools to draw shapes that behave like annotations.

First steps with ActivInspire > Writing on a flipchart.

Fill Tool

P

P

 

 

Duplicate

P

X

You can copy objects, but you cannot duplicate them.

First steps with ActivInspire > Copying, pasting and duplicating objects

Page Reset

P

X

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.

First steps with ActivInspire > Deleting stuff

Right Click/Popup Menus

P

P

 

 

Page Zoom

P

X

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

P

P

 

 

XY Origin Tool

P

X

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 Maths tools > Setting the XY Origin

Browsers

P

P

 

 

Pen Tool  and Pen Width Indicator

P

P

 

 

Teacher Lock

P

X

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

P

X

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

P

You can use all functionality with the following exceptions.

You need ActivInspire Professional to:

  • Edit the student database.

  • Export questions and answers to Excel

  • Set asynchronous questions with the question wizard

  • Run self-paced questions sessions

Using Learner Response Systems

Dual User mode

P

X

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

Interactivity and Engagement

Feature

Professional Edition

Personal Edition

Details

 More info...      

Page Turn effects

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to add animated Page Turn effects.

More about ActivInspire > Making flipcharts interactive > Using Page Turn effects

Actions playback

P

You can play back existing actions except:

  • Dual User mode

  • Design Mode

  • Show Action Browser

More about ActivInspire > Making flipcharts interactive > Working with actions

Action objects can be dragged

P

X

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

P

P

 

 

Search for resources on Promethean Planet and download to ActivInspire

P

P

 

 

Magic Ink

P

P

 

 

Eraser

P

P

 

 

Ability to resize icons

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to make icons larger or smaller to suit different learners.

More about ActivInspire > Making profiles work for you > Creating and switching profiles > Choosing application settings

User Profiles

P

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:

  • Multimedia settings

  • Design Mode settings

More about ActivInspire > Making profiles work for you > Creating and switching profiles

User Defined Buttons

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to create your own User Defined buttons.

More about ActivInspire > Making profiles work for you > Creating and switching profiles > Defining your own buttons

Drag-on Buttons

P

X

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

P

You can change all ActivInspire's application settings. However, some changes will not be effective in ActivInspire Personal, for  example:

  • Multimedia settings

  • Design Mode settings

More about ActivInspire > Making profiles work for you > Creating and switching profiles > Choosing application settings

Keyboard Shortcuts

P

P

 

Reference > Keyboard Shortcuts

Handwriting Recognition Tool

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to turn annotations instantly into text.

More about ActivInspire > working at the board > Using Handwriting Recognition

Convert to Text

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to convert annotations into text.

Shape Recognition Tool

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to turn annotations instantly into shapes.

More about ActivInspire > Working at the board > Using Shape Recognition

Convert to Shape

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to convert annotations into shapes.

Dotted and dashed lines

P

P

 

 

Localisation

P

P

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.

More about ActivInspire > Making profiles work for you > Creating and switching profiles > Choosing application settings

Power Tools

Feature

Professional Edition

Personal Edition

Details

 More info...      

Colour Picker

P

X

You need ActivInspire Professional to select any colour from your ActivInspire window and use it to change the colour of an object.

First steps with ActivInspire > Writing on a flipchart

Clock, Count down/Count up

P

P

 

 

Tickertape

P

X

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

P

P

 

 

Compass

P

X

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

P

X

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

P

X

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

P

X

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

P

P

 

 

Dice Roller

P

X

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

P

P

 

 

Spellchecker checks entire flipchart

P

You can spell check selected text, but you cannot spell check the entire flipchart.

First steps with ActivInspire > Adding and formatting text