Step 1: Deciding what you need:
Start by asking a few questions about your use case:
- How often will you need to use a whiteboard or annotate?
- Will you be writing complex equations?
- Will your board work include mapping, diagrams, or intricate details?
- Will your board work be words, symbols, or complex math?
Step 2: Map your answers
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Infrequent use |
Frequent use |
Use case |
- Infrequent use
- No equations
- No maps, diagrams, or intricate details
- Just words. No math or symbols
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- Frequent use
- Math and equations
- Use of diagrams and intricate details
- Symbols, complex math, and text
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Consider |
- using your existing computer with Zoom, share the whiteboard, and use your mouse (or touchpad) to draw or write (you can also annotate over a shared desktop screen such as a PowerPoint slide or Word document)
- use your existing computer with Zoom, share the whiteboard, and type on the whiteboard (could also be done in sharing a Word document and typing or Excel Spreadsheet)
- use a document camera/ web camera placed above a piece of paper to write or draw
- a monitor with touch capabilities and a stylus
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- iPad and an Apple Pencil work great (but please, do not buy refurbished, the cost difference is minimal and the trouble can be more costly)
- Wacom drawing tablet with Zoom Whiteboard feature – this is a mouse like solution where you use a stylus on a blank pad and look at your computer screen to see what you are writing.
- Microsoft Surface
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