Access and Use of Instant Whiteboard

Teachers can now quickly launch an Instant Whiteboard session from the homepage. Upon
selecting Instant Whiteboard, the teacher will be taken to a blank canvas where they can
create dynamic lessons in front of the class. You can watch a screencast of these instructions
by clicking here.
To launch Instant Whiteboard:
1. Select the Instant Whiteboard
from the “quick features”
located at the top of the
homepage.
2. The Instant Whiteboard will
open.

3. In the Instant Whiteboard, notice the available tools within the toolbar that run along
the bottom of the screen. Notice that the connection panel also available in the
Instant Whiteboard space. The connection panel is located top right of the screen
which will allow teachers to easily connect students, send cards and polls as desired.

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Instant Whiteboard Tools:

Text Tool
Teachers can select the text tool from the
toolbar and enter text. Users can update the
textbox fill color, border, and opacity. Teachers
can change the text color by using the fill tool.
Shape Tool
All the shapes from lesson builder
are available in presenter. A user can
add a shape from the toolbar and
change the fill color, border, and
opacity with component properties.

Annotation Tool Eraser

Pen and highlighter are inside the pen
menu. A user can select their drawing tool and
choose their color, line thickness, and drawing
style.
A user can select eraser from the toolbar
and then open the menu options to select their
eraser thickness by pixel, eraser style, and
clear all annotation. The eraser tool is only
intended to erase annotations made on the
card.

Selector
By selecting the selector tool, you can
grab and move text boxes, shapes, and other
resources on the card. This will be located on
the bottom in the toolbar.
Toolbox
Teachers have access to their math
tools, graphing calculator, revealer, and
spotlight. The close icon for spotlight and
revealer has been moved to the left to
accommodate for the new connection panel.

Fill Tool Zoom and Reset

A new fill tool has been added to Users can zoom in on card
our toolbar! You can select your card content and then select reset view to
background and shapes to quickly see all of the card.
update their color. You can also change
the text color by selecting the text in the
text box. Note that this does not change
the section card.

Undo and Redo Card Notes

User can quickly undo and redo
Card notes are available on the
annotations, moving shapes and text boxes,
top left corner of a lesson card.
and other actions.

Next and Previous Cards A user can quickly navigate through their lesson cards by selecting
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Card Carousel
The card carousel quickly allows users to scroll through and see all of their lesson cards. The card
selected from the carousel opens in presenter.

Add a Card - With the card carousel open, a user can add a new card to their lesson.
This card will insert after the card that the user is currently on and open in presenter.
Student Cards - By selecting the student card icon, the teacher can see all of the
student cards they created in lesson builder. The teacher can select one of these
cards to open it in presenter.

Connection Panel
The new connection panel allow teachers to quickly add a
student as well as send cards and polls while they are in
presenter.
This is the central location to:
● Connect Students
● Send Card (Individual or All)
● Send a Poll
● Open Active Class

Class Code Send Card

The class code is available for
the teacher’s active class in presenter.
Students joining an Open Class could us this
code to connect.
Send a card is located in the
connection panel. Teachers can select all
students, individuals or groups (if created) to
send the card. Students will see this card until
the teacher sends a different card or starts a
poll.

Polling

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All poll types are in the connection panel. For multiple choice and likert scale polls, users
can see their detail poll options by selecting these types from the poll menu. All other types will
automatically send to the student. See Interactive Poll Results for the Poll Results viewer for more
information.

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