Zoom Whiteboard

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Digital board for brainstorming, interactive collaboration and creative presentations in real time

Access to the service

Create a board directly in the Zoom meeting, in the Zoom desktop client or Zoom web portal. Sign in to Zoom with the URZ login.

To Zoom

For whom

All members of the University of Jena with a university account

Description

The Zoom Whiteboard is a function in the Video conferencing tool ZoomXwhich can be used for video conferencing during studies, courses and business meetings at the University of Jena. It enables collaboration on a digital pinboard and the joint development of ideas and content.

Possible applications and technical functions

You can use the whiteboard for e.g:

  • Brainstorming in groups, collecting ideas
  • Project planning
  • Development of concepts and processes
  • Collection of feedback
  • Structuring content
  • Activate participants, e.g. start a discussion, opinion polls

Functions:

  • Free design with drawing tools, post-its, templates for diagrams etc.
  • Sharing of boards and simultaneous editing by several people in real time
  • Tracking mode for joint viewing and presentation
  • Creating and editing whiteboards directly in the Zoom meeting or outside of meetings

Good to know

As an alternative to the Zoom whiteboard, you can use the Moodle activity board which you can integrate directly into your Moodle course and which has an easy-to-use column design.