Text board
A text board for class instructions: type the task, the page number or the steps, and they show large enough to read from the back of the room. It needs a free teacher account.
This is the Text from OpenEduCat Board, where it sits next to everything else you use in a lesson.
Key facts
- Size
- Medium, large or extra large, to read from the back of the room
- Style
- Bold, italic, lists, checkbox lines, headings, colour and highlight
- Settings
- 3 fonts, a headline style and 22 background colours or your own
- 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
- The page number and the task, on the board as the class comes in.
- Steps for a group task, as checkbox lines the class ticks off.
- Key words for the lesson, highlighted in colour.English
- A question for the class to answer in their books.
How to use it
- Add Text from the widget bar.
- Tap the text and type.
- While you type, the bar under it adds bold, a list, a heading, a colour or a highlight.
Templates with this widget
OpenEduCat Board puts these instructions on one page with a timer, work symbols and a name picker, for the projector.
Free account. Sign in once on each device; the board then works offline. The words you type here travel with you.
- No student accounts.
- No ads.
- Data-processing agreement on request.
Questions
Can I use it as a text board for the class?
Yes. Type your instructions and they fill the card at a size the back of the room can read. Full screen shows them large on the projector.
How large is the text?
Medium, Large or Extra large, and even Medium reads from the back of the room. A new text starts at Large.
Can I make a checklist?
Yes. Add a checkbox line from the bar under the text, and tick each line on the board as the class finishes it.
Can I change the colours?
Yes. Colour words or highlight them from the bar, and choose a background for the whole text in the settings, from the shared colours or a colour of your own.
Running a whole school? OpenEduCat for schools keeps it on one platform.
See OpenEduCat for schoolsCounted per page. Report a problem for bugs.