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Digital whiteboard

A digital whiteboard for the classroom: draw and write with a pen, a pencil or a highlighter and point with the laser, on a lined or graph page. It needs a free teacher account.

This is the Draw from OpenEduCat Board, where it sits next to everything else you use in a lesson.

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The Draw after sign-in: pens, the laser, shapes and nine pages, and full screen for the projector.

Key facts

Tools
Pen, pencil, highlighter and laser, and 4 shapes
Pages
9 backgrounds, from blank and lined to graph and four-line
Eraser
Whole strokes, or only part of one
Where it runs
This page and OpenEduCat Board
Languages
English
Price
Free
Account
A free teacher account; students never sign in

Ways teachers use it

  • A maths problem worked step by step on graph paper.Maths
  • Handwriting practice on the four-line ruling.Primary
  • The parts of a diagram, pointed out with the laser, which fades by itself.
  • A quick sketch to explain a new word or idea.

How to use it

  1. Press Pointer or draw at the start of the widget bar, or press A, to draw over the whole board.
  2. Choose a pen, a pencil, a highlighter or the laser, and a colour.
  3. Press Esc to leave.
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OpenEduCat Board puts this whiteboard on one page with a timer, a name picker and a QR code, for the projector.

Free account. Sign in once on each device; the board then works offline. The drawing you make here travels with you.

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Related tools

  • No student accounts.
  • No ads.
  • Data-processing agreement on request.
For schools

Questions

Is this a digital whiteboard for the classroom?

Yes. Draw and write on the page with a pen, a pencil or a highlighter, and press Full screen to show it large on the projector.

What pages can I draw on?

Nine: blank, lined, wide ruled, four-line, graph, dotted, isometric, music staff and a clock face. Choose one in the settings.

Can I undo a mistake?

Yes. Undo and Redo are in the tool row, and Undo also brings back a drawing you cleared.

Can I keep a drawing?

Yes. Download as image in the settings saves it as a picture. This page saves nothing else; open it on the board and the drawing is saved with your screen in your account.

Running a whole school? OpenEduCat for schools keeps it on one platform.

See OpenEduCat for schools
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