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Google's upcoming discontinuation of Jamboard by the end of 2024 sets the stage for exploring a range of alternative digital whiteboard applications, aimed at both educational and collaborative uses. Miro stands out for its user-friendly interface, variety of customizable templates, and extensive interactive features such as sticky notes, text resizing, and real-time collaboration. The video also covers Lucidchart and Lucidspark from Lucid Company, highlighting their capabilities in creating flowcharts, diagrams, and interactive whiteboarding respectively, with tools that include sticky notes, shapes, and connectors.
Another significant mention is Figma's FigJam, particularly noted for its accessibility to educators and rich suite of brainstorming tools. Canva for Education is showcased for its ease of use in manipulating whiteboard templates and fostering collaborative project planning. Tutorials Point and Web Whiteboard are identified as no-signup solutions ideal for simple, short-term use. The discussion wraps up with Microsoft Whiteboard, a robust alternative offering a plethora of templates for different user needs.
The video concludes with encouragements about various alternatives to Jamboard and expresses appreciation to viewers for their support.
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In this part of the video, the presenter discusses Google ending support for Jamboard at the end of 2024 and introduces seven alternative whiteboarding applications. The first alternative explored is Miro. The presenter highlights Miro’s user-friendly interface and variety of templates that can be easily customized. The platform includes advanced features such as sticky note packs and building blocks to enhance the whiteboard experience. The presenter demonstrates how to add and personalize sticky notes, adjust their size and color, and navigate the whiteboard efficiently. Additionally, text on the sticky notes can be resized automatically, similar to Jamboard, with various font styles available.
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In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various functionalities of Miro, a collaborative online whiteboard tool. Key points include the ability to change text size, track authorship of contributions, and add tags and emojis to notes. The pen tool is highlighted, which offers features such as a highlighter, smart drawings, erasers, and a lasso tool, along with customizable settings. The video also demonstrates how to share the board with others for collaboration, showing features like cursor tracking and real-time reactions. This emphasizes Miro’s capabilities for interactive and collaborative brainstorming and project work.
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In this part of the video, the presenter explores two products by Lucid Company: Lucidchart and Lucidspark. Lucidchart is used for creating charts, flow charts, and diagrams, while Lucidspark is a whiteboard solution. The presenter demonstrates how to create a new Lucidspark project using templates, specifically selecting a mind map. The interface has a variety of tools on the left side, including templates, text addition, sticky notes, shapes, connectors, and frames. The presenter shows how to use the pen tool, add text to circles, and create and connect new nodes within the mind map. They also explain how to customize arrows and lines, leave reactions using emojis, add tags, and use Post-its.
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In this segment of the video, the presenter discusses the functionalities of Lucid Spark and Figma, focusing on their collaborative features and educational benefits. They demonstrate how to share a Lucid Spark whiteboard link for real-time collaboration, showing how edits are instantly visible to all participants, enhancing teamwork. Moving to Figma, the presenter highlights its free access for educators and showcases the FigJam board’s templates and tools designed for brainstorming and idea management. They illustrate the use of various tools including the pen, sticky notes, and tape to enhance interactivity and ease of use on the board.
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In this part of the video, the presenter discusses various functionalities and benefits of using digital whiteboards, specifically focusing on their interactive features and ease of sharing. They demonstrate how stickers and additional interactive elements can enhance the experience, especially for younger students. They show how to manage and collaborate on a whiteboard across different accounts, emphasizing the live view feature that shows all collaborators’ activities.
The presenter highlights “Fig Jam” as not just an online whiteboard but also available as a smooth desktop app. They transition to discussing Canva, specifically Canva for Education, showcasing how educators can leverage whiteboarding tools within Canva. They demonstrate accessing and using various templates, such as a project planning whiteboard, and explain how to manipulate elements within the Canva interface, like moving, resizing, and layering objects. They reinforce the collaborative aspect by explaining how templates can be shared and edited by multiple users simultaneously.
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In this part of the video, the speaker continues demonstrating alternative digital whiteboard tools. The fifth tool discussed is the Tutorials Point whiteboard, a free online resource that requires no sign-up. Key features include the ability to draw on multiple boards, use a pen tool, and select background colors and lines, which are useful for writing with a tablet or stylus. Users can download and re-upload their whiteboard content without creating an account, making it accessible without long-term storage. The sixth tool introduced is the Web Whiteboard, a lightweight version by the creators of Miro, which also requires no sign-up and auto-deletes content after 24 hours. It offers basic whiteboard functionalities such as adding and moving objects and typing notes.
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In this part of the video, the presenter discusses the benefits of using an online whiteboard tool. Users can sign in and save their whiteboard content to their accounts, though it’s also possible to use the tool temporarily without saving. Microsoft Whiteboard, accessible through whiteboard.office.com, is highlighted as an alternative, offering a variety of templates like brainstorming, daily stand-ups, workshops, and project planning. The presenter demonstrates how to select and use a brainstorming template, showing its interactive features like adding sticky notes, reactions, and using a pen tool for annotations. The video concludes by addressing concerns over the discontinuation of Google Jamboard, assuring viewers that multiple alternatives exist to suit different requirements and thanking channel members for their support.
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