This item displays what is displayed on the user's computer screen but can be manipulated with a digital pen and saved for later viewing.

The interactive whiteboard uses touch detection for user input – e.g. scrolling, right mouse-click – in the same way normal PC input devices, such as a mouse or keyboard, detect input. A projector is used to display a computer's video output on the interactive whiteboard, which then acts as a large touch screen. The interactive whiteboard typically comes with four pens, which use digital ink and replace traditional whiteboard markers.

Tablet computers are used primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, apps and web content. A tablet's size and weight fall between those of contemporary smartphones and laptop computers. The tablet is controlled by a multi-touch display and has a virtual onscreen keyboard. The tablet accesses the internet through WiFi and can easily be connected to a TV using S-VGA or HDMI using corresponding adaptor.

Verizon has donating a number of Android tablets to NMU. The 20 Samsung Galaxy 2 tablets are available for departments and faculty to check out from the CITE. The tablets are to be used for educational use, and documentation of the projects for which they are used is required as part of this program. Review these NMU Tablet Check-Out Guidelines for details.

This item provides a hard surface on which to write on that is displayed on the user's computer screen and can be saved digitally.

Flash has become a popular method for adding animation and interactivity to web pages; Flash is commonly used to create animation, advertisements, and various web page components, to integrate video into web pages, and more recently, to develop rich Internet applications.

Design professional layouts for print and digital publishing. Adobe® InDesign® CS4 software breaks down the barriers between online and offline publishing. Create compelling print layouts, immersive content for playback in the Adobe Flash® Player runtime, and interactive PDF documents.

Additional licenses available through the helpdesk to be installed on instructor machines. Adobe Photoshop is a graphics editing and image manipulation program. It can be used to create images, add to or edit existing photos and images. Users can rotate, crop, compress and save images in a variety of formats. Additional layer functionality allows users to preview different versions of an image before saving a final version. Photoshop can also be used to create web image galleries.

Create dynamic flyers, posters, banners, and other promotional documents.

Open-Sankoré is a free and open-source interactive whiteboard software compatible with any projector and pointing device.