SUMMARY
The possibilities of using smartphones to perform various tasks within the scope of the course of information technologies for students of art universities are considered. The article describes research and analysis on a wide range of issues related to the choice and setup of software for creating their own illustrative material, musical accompaniment, print ready compilations of concert programs, posters, playbills, etc. It is shown that smartphones are already able to compete with desktop computers or laptops and the only thing that imposes certain limitations is relatively small screen size due to which the convenience and efficiency of working with mobile applications is sometimes inferior to the use of appropriate programs in a computer environment. The issues of the integration of mobile devices into the local network of the educational institution and communication techniques not only for exchanging data in the form of files, but also for screen mirroring of the smartphone to larger screen of a Smart TV or computer monitor using wireless protocols Wi-Fi and Direct Wi-Fi . Based on research results, the MirrorOp Sender - MirrorOp Receiver technology, that implements the mirroring, was selected. After practical experiments with the corresponding mobile sender application and receiver program on the Windows platform, it was found out that such broadcast is possible only when the IP addresses of the smartphone and the computer to which the monitor is connected are on the same subnet, and if this is not the case, it is necessary to change the physical connection of the computer to the local network. The capabilities and conveniences of mobile applications such as WPS Office and the Canva graphic-design tool for composing text and graphic components when creating your own content are examined in detail. The practice of the approaches used to study information technologies showed an interest of the students, particular of those who had previously used a smartphone only as a telephone.