Jamboard

Jamboard is a collaborative whiteboard application created by Google. It allows the user to create a whiteboard using interactive and online sticky notes which can be added by any other user if they have access to the board. This is a perfect tool for both inside and outside of the classroom.

As Jamboard is a Google app, it has many in-built features which allow you to use it potentially with other applications, such as Google Meet and Google Classroom. Also, any Jamboard created will automatically be saved into your personal Google Drive so you can easily share and move this with others!

Like with many Google apps, you can start a Jamboard by opening up Google Chrome and clicking on the 9 dots in the top right hand corner and scrolling down to open Jamboard.

You can also use this link to open up the Jamboard page.

Once onto the homepage, click the plus icon in the bottom right hand corner to create your first Jam!

Tip - If you know you want to have your Jamboard in a certain folder in your Google Drive, you can create one directly in that folder and it will automatically save in that folder! - No more moving files!

Jamboard as a tool has been created for one thing - collaboration.

Having Jamboard in your arsenal is a huge bonus, especially as the college is moving ever closer to a blended learning model with students and staff being able to work from home. Jamboard creates a live document which can be amended by anyone in real-time.

Users are able to:

• Add Sticky Notes

• Draw and Add Shapes

• Upload images

• Add Text Boxes

There is also a Laser Pointer which allows you to direct users to important information.

There is a Cheat Sheet provided on the right which has important information about the interface of Jamboard.

There are multiple different ways you can share a Jamboard. You can share them directly through the Jamboard screen with the Share button in the top right hand corner, or you can share them through your Google Drive.

A great feature of Jamboard is that it is integrated with a lot of different Google applications. The main ones that would be useful for you would be how you use it in your Google Classroom and Google Meet.

If you go into the Google Classroom you would like to meet with and start up the Google Meet button, on the call interface you will see the three dots next to the end call button. If you click on the three dots, you will be given a number of different options. To start an interactive Jamboard whilst in the call - select Whiteboard.

You can then start working collaboratively with those in the call and a great bonus of this is that they all receive a copy of the board in their Google Drives!