Why
- Whiteboards are traditionally a great facilitation technique, and a collaborative whiteboard is a way to do this virtually.
- Ideas:
- Create an end of workshop debrief/takeaway whiteboard for your participants to reflect on what they’ve learned, how they feel, etc.
- Brainstorm ideas, clump them or vote on them.
Good to Know
- We recommend Zoom Whiteboard, it has great functionality and is included in your UMN Zoom license. Similar whiteboarding tools that people like are FigJam and Miro.
- Zoom Whiteboards are persistent beyond a meeting, and can even be used by in-person audiences who want a virtual whiteboard
- You can auto-populate sticky notes on a whiteboard from a spreadsheet and you can also save your whiteboard data to a spreadsheet.
- Virtual whiteboards have inherent accessibility challenges. Although the mode itself meets accessibility requirements, whiteboards usually convey information through visual location, color, shapes, and orientation. Use with thoughtfulness.
Examples
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