You might be asking yourself, “Why would I need to use Jamboard?” Simply put, if you want to collaborate on a brainstorming effort for a project, or an idea, or maybe you’re teaching remotely… a digital whiteboard is a great tool to have at your disposal. Digital whiteboards can be used in classrooms, remote learning or team collaboration, families, and just about any kind of use case where a physical whiteboard would be of use. But, unlike regular whiteboards, digital whiteboards can be used anywhere that has a computer and an internet connection. Also: Microsoft is about to retire Teams Free (classic) Google Jamboard makes it easy to:
Write or draw with a stylus or your mouse.Insert images from Google search.Drag and resize text and images.Add shapes and sketches.Share a Jamboard for real-time collaboration.Use a laser pointer to walk collaborators through your work.
But how do you use Google’s Jamboard? Let me show you.
Requirements
The only things you’ll need to use Jamboard are:
A computerA web browserAn internet connectionA valid Google account
With those at the ready, let’s use Jamboard
Creating your first Jamboard
Pen – which can be switched to Marker, Highlighter, or Brush, and you can also switch between colors.Eraser – for when you make mistakes.Select – so you can select and move different elements.Sticky Note – add sticky notes to the board.Image – to add images to your board. These can be uploaded from your computer, from a link, a webcam, Google Images, Google Drive, or Google Photos.Circle – which can be switched to a number of shapes.Text boxLaser pointer
The recipient will receive the email invite which gives them access to the Jamboard, where they can collaborate with you in a brainstorming session, sure to result in genius! The reason for this is the Jamboard app will save the file in whatever directory you are currently in. If you create every Jamboard in the root directory, there will be no organization and you might have trouble finding your files later. Having done that, click the New button, click More from the drop-down, scroll down, and click Google Jamboard. Also: The best collaboration apps And remember, whenever you need to open that Jamboard for further brainstorming, go to Google Drive, navigate to the folder housing the file, and double-click to open it in the Jamboard app. Another way to open your Jamboards is to go to http://jamboard.google.com, where you’ll see all of your previous Jamboards ready to open.
