Enabling Interactive Classrooms

The transition to interactive whiteboards represents more than a hardware upgrade; it provides a foundation for new, dynamic, and hands-on pedagogical approaches. By bridging traditional "chalk and talk" methods with the digital future, DTS and Estates and TEU are Optimising Organisational Resilience and Readiness through technology that is secure, resilient, and human-centred. Whether leading a small seminar or a large collaborative workshop, these tools enable staff to deliver the Innovation, Creativity, and Enterprise that defines the DCU student journey.

Stakeholder Spotlight

“The new screens are fun, dependable, neat, tidy, and easy to use. A true blessing; manna from heaven. You can write on them in two colours depending on which end of the magic pen you use. You can save what you've written or simply wipe it off with your fist. They are wonderful.” — Dr Emer Ní Bhrádaigh

Why Move Beyond the Whiteboard?

Interactive screens offer a suite of features that enhance how students engage with ideas and materials:

• Digital Canvas: Unlike a standard whiteboard that requires constant erasing, the interactive board offers up to 20 pages of writing space per roll. You can easily scroll back to previous points, ensuring no ‘lightbulb moment’ is ever lost.
• Seamless Wireless Casting:  Effortlessly open Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and PDFs directly on the screen through casting. You can annotate over live videos or websites in real-time, creating a seamless flow between your presentation and your notes.
• Multi-User Collaboration: The ‘InGlass™’ touch technology allows up to 20 people to write or draw simultaneously. This turns the board into a communal hub for brainstorming, group problem-solving, and student-led presentations.
• Save & Share to Loop: No more students taking blurry photos of the board. At the end of a session, you can save it directly to a USB drive and upload to Loop, ensuring every student has high-quality, digital notes immediately, which aligns with principles of Universal Design for Learning.
• Unrivalled Precision: The interactive board’s passive pen provides a natural, pen-to-paper writing feel with virtually zero lag. It even recognises different thicknesses—you can use the thin tip for writing and a wider side for highlighting or "painting."

Technical Resources

For comprehensive guidance on using the interactive boards, including hardware setup and connectivity, please view:

• Using the Samsung Flip screen as an Interactive Whiteboard
• Casting from Your Laptop to the Samsung Flip screen