Teach live with a digital whiteboard over Zoom, Meet or Teams
The whiteboard runs in a normal browser tab, so it works with any video call. Share that tab — or the whole window — and your students see every stroke as you draw it. There is nothing to install in the meeting app and nothing for students to join.
- Share the browser tab from Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams before you start writing.
- Press K for the laser pointer to point at things without leaving marks — the red trail fades by itself.
- Zoom in on the part you're explaining with Ctrl + scroll or a pinch, so students on small screens can read it.
- Press Shift + 1 to zoom back out and show the whole board at the end.
Handwriting with a pen, stylus or Apple Pencil
The pen is built for handwriting. It smooths out shaky lines and, with an Apple Pencil or a pressure-sensitive stylus, the line gets thicker as you press harder — so your working looks like it would on paper. With a mouse or a finger, the pen imitates pressure from your speed instead.
- Pen (P) in three sizes and any colour for writing and sketching.
- Highlighter (M) — a see-through marker for the step you want everyone to look at.
- Eraser (E) — drag across a stroke to remove it; undo brings it back.
On an iPad, open the whiteboard in Safari, write with the Pencil, drag with two fingers to move around and pinch to zoom.
A blackboard mode for screen shares and dark rooms
Turn on Dark mode from the menu and the canvas becomes a dark board with light ink — easier on the eyes on a projector and closer to a classic blackboard. Your colours are adjusted only on screen: an exported image keeps the colours you drew with.
Prepare lesson boards before class
Set the board up in advance and open it when the lesson starts. The whiteboard autosaves in your browser, and Save to file (Ctrl + S) keeps a separate .whiteboard file for each class or topic that you can open again with Ctrl + O.
Start from the Math lesson template, or build your own board with a title, a diagram and empty space to work into. Choose the Grid or Dots background from the menu at the top right when you need to draw graphs or keep handwriting straight.
Math on the whiteboard: equations, graphs and diagrams
Most teachers write equations by hand with the pen, exactly as they would on a real board. For typed notes, the text tool accepts any character your keyboard can produce, including symbols such as ², √, π and ≤. There is no equation editor or LaTeX input — handwriting is the fast path.
- Graphs: switch on the Grid background and Snap to grid, then draw the axes with the line tool (L). Hold Shift for perfectly straight lines.
- Geometry: rectangles, ellipses, diamonds and triangles, plus lines with as many bends as you need.
- Labels: double-click a shape to type inside it, or add free text anywhere with T.
Share the board with students after class
Give students the board they watched you build:
- PNG image — upload it to Google Classroom, Canvas LMS, Moodle or your class page.
- SVG image — sharp at any size, good for printing a handout.
- Share link — each student opens their own editable copy and can add their answers.
All three are in the menu: Export image, and Share a link.
Student privacy: no accounts, no data collected
There are no logins, no email addresses and no tracking. The board is stored in the browser of the person drawing it and is never uploaded, so there is no student data to protect or hand over. Follow your school's own rules on classroom tools all the same.
How to teach a lesson on the online whiteboard
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Open the lesson board
Open the whiteboard, or start from the Math lesson template, and pick the Grid or Dots background from the menu at the top right.
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Share your screen
In Zoom, Google Meet or Microsoft Teams, share the browser tab or window that has the whiteboard in it.
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Write and highlight
Use the pen (P) for handwriting and the highlighter (M) to mark the key steps. Press E for the eraser.
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Point with the laser
Press K and point at the board. The red trail fades by itself, so the board stays clean.
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Save and send the board
Export a PNG for your class page, share a link so students get their own copy, or save a file to reuse next lesson.