Meetings: Using the Whiteboard

Whiteboard Features

The Instructor and Presenter can use a Whiteboard in Meetings (and students, if allowed).
On the Whiteboard tool bar, at top, select a tool to click on and draw with, such as:

• First tool: Select a T (text), a line, shapes (circle, triangle, rectangle), and a pencil (freehand drawing)
• Second tool: For shapes, you can pick a thickness; for text, choose a font size
• Third tool: Click on the color box to pick a drawing color
• Fourth tool: Click on the backward arrow to undo your last action
• Fifth tool: Click on the trashcan to clear the whiteboard
• Last tool: The Instructor/Presenter can click on the bottom whiteboard icon, "Multi-User Whiteboard" icon, to allow ALL participants to draw on the whiteboard.
  • You can draw on the default presentation page, an uploaded document, or you can upload a blank document.
  • To draw perfect shapes (rectangle, circle, triangle), click and hold the Ctrl or Shift key on your keyboard, then click and draw your shape.

I need a blank page to draw on!

• "Upload" and display the default presentation, as it contains blank slides:
  • In the lower left corner below the Presentation, click on the Actions button (a plus sign), click on "Upload a Presentation", then to the right of default.pdf, click on the circle button to display the default.pdf, which contains blank pages
  • At the bottom middle of the presentation area, click on the next arrow, to get to a blank slide to use with the Whiteboard.
  • The default presentation (default.pdf) contains five blank slides.