myViewBoard™ Graduate
Whiteboard Online/Classroom
Section 1: Getting Started
Welcome to the Whiteboard Online Section! If you've already trained on the Whiteboard App, many things here will be familiar to you. In the section we'll help you sign in, launch Whiteboard and start using the basic tools! If this is your first time, be sure to watch all the videos and participate in the optional quizzes/challenges. We think you'll love using Whiteboard Online!
How to setup a myViewBoard.com account and access Whiteboard Online/Classroom
Use basic annotation tools
Changing the Canvas background
Watch the videos to get all the information you'll need. There's an optional unit quiz to test your understanding, however, it is not graded. Also did we mention we have an awesome myViewBoard Community! You'll need to have your myViewBoard account already set up but once you do, head over to community.myviewboard.com. To help you get started in the community we have a post ready for you here.
**As a reminder there is nothing to turn in. The Assignment Review is a self check for understanding and is not graded! We've also included optional challenges to help you get as hands on with the software as possible!**
Step 1: Watch the videos
Optional Digital Resources
Challenge!
Log into www.myviewboard.com and open Whiteboard/Classroom
Use the basic tools like Pen, Eraser and Shapes
Section 2: Import with the Magic Box
Basic Whiteboarding is cool, but what about the ability to import your content? Add YouTube Videos? Images!? Okay you need the Magic Box. Yes, it's definitely where the Magic Happens! In this section you'll...
Learn how to import Google Docs, PDFs. Office Docs and other content
Understand how to add YouTube videos and images to your Canvas
How to add website bookmarks to your Canvas for quick access
Step 1: Watch the videos
Optional Digital Resources
Challenge!
Import something from your Cloud Storage
Add an image or YouTube video to your import content
Section 3: Saving and Sharing
As you've already learned, cloud integration is a key component of myViewBoard Whiteboard Online/Classroom. In this section, we'll explore the various ways that you can save and share content in myViewBoard. You'll learn the following:
How to save and open a myViewBoard canvas via the cloud
How to share your myViewBoard Canvas as a PDF and QR code
In reflection, leave a comment below on how you think saving to the cloud makes things easier/harder.
Step 1: Watch the videos
Optional Digital Resources
Challenge!
Save your Canvas to the cloud (then try opening it)
Use the QR share and scan the created QR code
Section 4: Advanced Tools
You've got all the basics, but what about advanced tools? Things like editing and manipulating objects, using text to speech, translation tools and screen recording can all be beneficial to maximizing the reach of your content/instruction. In this section we'll cover the following:
Select and edit objects
Use the adorning menu
How to take screenshots or make screen recordings
Use Immersive Reader
Utilize custom backgrounds from your Cloud Storage
Step 1: Watch the videos
Optional Digital Resources
Challenge!
Select and edit objects using the Adorning Menu
Use Immersive Reader with a passage
Screenshot another website onto your Canvas
Section 5: Student collaboration (Coming soon!)
This section specifically focuses on the features of Classroom! You'll notice that the whiteboarding features of Whiteboard and Classroom are identical. The key difference between the two, is that Classroom allows students to join live and collaborate on the Canvas. Think of it like participants having the ability to "digitally come up to the board" and participate. In this section we'll cover the following.
How participants join the dashboard and how to manage their participation
Enabling and disabling participant tools
Putting participants into huddles
Chat and communication features
myViewBoard™ Graduate Certification Test
This is it, the last step to becoming a myViewBoard Graduate! This test will cover the myViewBoard Whiteboard Online/Classroom software. Note that some questions are scenario based and require you to apply your knowledge of the myViewBoard software in different classroom situations.
Completing the other sections in this course is not required to take/pass this test, however, it is highly recommended that you watch all the videos to be as prepared as possible.
Upon successful completion of the test, you'll receive an email with a certificate and your myViewBoard Graduate badge. If you do not pass the test, no worries, you are allowed to take it again! Note that you must score at least a 90% to pass.