Free collaborative online whiteboard

What is an online whiteboard for?

An online whiteboard recreates, in the browser, the free writing surface of a classroom board. Use it to explain a concept, correct an exercise, sketch an idea or draw while you talk — the audience watches everything take shape live.

EduTools' whiteboard is used inside a room: your participants have nothing to install, they follow your annotations in real time from their screen. It's the ideal tool to make an explanation concrete.

Freehand drawing, shapes and image import

You get a pen, shapes (lines, rectangles, arrows), an eraser, a wide choice of colours and a text tool. The board is deliberately larger than the screen: you can extend it in every direction so you never run out of room.

You can also import an image — a diagram, a photo, an exercise — and annotate on top of it. The hand tool lets you move the image and pan around the board without erasing anything.

What you can do

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Freehand drawing

Pen, shapes, eraser and over 20 colours to explain visually.

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Image import

Drag an image in or paste it from the clipboard, then annotate over it.

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Expandable surface

Extend the board in every direction; you never run out of space.

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Hand tool

Move images and content with no risk of erasing your work.

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Live display

Your annotations appear instantly on participants' screens.

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Saved boards

Keep several boards per room and pick them up again later.

When to use it?

✓Correct a maths exercise live
✓Sketch a line of reasoning during a training
✓Run a visual brainstorm
✓Annotate a shared document or image

Using the whiteboard

Nothing to prepare: a board is created in one click and stays available from one session to the next.

Create a board and attach it to a room

From "Whiteboards", create the board then link it to the relevant room. Participants reach it without any extra link.
Choose who can draw

Two distinct uses: you write and the group watches, or everyone contributes. Open writing to all for brainstorming, keep it closed for a lecture.
Write, annotate, import

Pen, shapes, text zones and image import. A photo of a textbook page or an imported diagram becomes material for collective annotation.
Keep the trace

Content is saved: reopen the board next session to pick up where you left off, or export it to share.

Tips

A counter shows who is connected and who is drawing right now: useful for spotting participants who stayed spectators.
Write larger than feels natural: what is readable on your screen is not on a phone.
In a hybrid lesson, a shared whiteboard beats a camera pointed at a physical board, which is always unreadable remotely.

Frequently asked questions

Is the online whiteboard free?

Yes. The whiteboard is available from EduTools' free plan. Paid plans increase the number of boards you can create.

Can my participants draw too?

The whiteboard is driven by the host, who draws and annotates while participants follow live. It's ideal for clear, legible explanations.

Can I import an image into the board?

Yes. You can drag and drop an image, upload it or paste it from the clipboard, then annotate over it.

Is the board limited to the size of the screen?

No. The drawing surface is larger than the screen and extends in every direction, so you never run short of space.

The collaborative online whiteboard