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WHAT IS IT?
FigJam is an interactive whiteboard tool designed to facilitate collaboration and creativity in various settings, including education. As part of Figma’s suite of design tools, FigJam offers a user-friendly and engaging platform for brainstorming, diagramming, and visualizing ideas. It enables educators and students to work together in real-time, regardless of their physical location, enhancing the collaborative learning experience. With tools like sticky notes, drawing tools, shapes, and pre-made templates, FigJam simplifies the process of organizing thoughts and creating visual representations of complex concepts.
Ideal for a dynamic educational environment, FigJam supports a range of interactive activities such as mind mapping, project planning, and group discussions. Its real-time collaboration feature allows multiple users to contribute simultaneously, making it perfect for classroom workshops, remote learning sessions, and team-based projects. Additionally, FigJam integrates seamlessly with other Figma products and various educational tools, ensuring a smooth workflow and the ability to share and present content effortlessly. This accessibility and versatility make FigJam an invaluable resource for educators seeking to foster a participative, visually engaging, and highly productive learning atmosphere.
QUICK START GUIDE
To use FigJam, students will need to log in with their Microsoft 365 email address, rather than clicking the "Log in with Google" button.
Account: studentid#@dentonstudent.org | Password: Regular Password
ideas for classroom usage - Click to expand
ideas for classroom usage - Click to expand
Interactive Brainstorming Sessions: Use FigJam for live brainstorming, where students can contribute ideas using sticky notes, diagrams, or sketches during class discussions or group projects.
Visual Mind Maps: Facilitate the creation of mind maps for various subjects, helping students organize their thoughts on complex topics, plan essays, or study for exams.
Flowcharts for Processes: Encourage students to create flowcharts in FigJam to visually map out scientific processes, historical events, or literary plots, enhancing their understanding of sequences and relationships.
Class Feedback Boards: Set up a FigJam board to collect feedback on lessons or projects, where students can leave comments or suggestions anonymously.
Group Projects and Presentations: Assign collaborative projects where students can use FigJam to organize their research, plan their presentation layouts, and practice their talking points together.
Language Arts Activities: Create storyboards or character maps for literature classes, helping students visualize and analyze texts.
Science Lab Diagrams: Have students draw and label diagrams of lab setups or scientific concepts, facilitating a hands-on learning experience.
Historical Timelines: Students can use FigJam to create detailed timelines of historical periods or events, adding images, dates, and short descriptions.
Art Class Critiques: Use FigJam during art classes for peer critiques. Students can upload their artworks to a shared board and provide constructive feedback to each other.
Digital Whiteboard for Blended or Remote Learning: Leverage FigJam as a digital whiteboard during remote learning sessions, engaging students in real-time interactive lessons. It works great with Promethean panels!
VIDEO guides and walkthroughs
VIDEO guides and walkthroughs
Click on the links below to access a video walkthrough for that particular task or feature.
Setup, Navigation & Creation
Classroom Management & Sharing
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