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Whiteboard for teaching — free, online, no login
Quick answer: a free online whiteboard built for lessons. Sketch the idea, drag in hand-drawn figures and labels, then export the whole board as one clean PNG for a slide, a worksheet or a homework handout.
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What teachers use it for
The same board covers a lesson intro, a worked example and a revision sheet.
Labelled diagrams
Draw the shape, then label the parts. A diagram a student can read at a glance beats a paragraph every time.
Worked examples
Number the steps and draw the method beside each one, so the reasoning is visible, not just the answer.
Vocabulary boards
One word, one picture, one short definition. Useful for language classes and for any subject with its own jargon.
Revision maps
Turn a topic into a board with branches for sub-topics — the compression is what makes it stick.
Timelines & processes
Arrows and boxes make a sequence obvious: causes and effects, cycles, historical order.
Handouts & worksheets
Export the PNG and drop it into a slide deck, a printed worksheet or the class page.
Why a hand-drawn board teaches better than a slide
The brain stores a picture and a word together more reliably than either one alone. A label attached to a drawing is remembered better than the same label in a paragraph — which is why anchor charts, science diagrams and maths working-out all survive in classrooms that have otherwise gone digital.
A hand-drawn line also reads as provisional and made-now, rather than corporate and finished. For teaching, "made for you, today" is the more useful signal.
How a lesson board comes together
Start with the one sentence the board has to teach: "photosynthesis turns light into sugar", "keep the balance on both sides", "these three causes led to this event". Then lay out three zones — the claim across the top, the evidence in the middle, the takeaway at the bottom.
Drop in the figures you need from the hand-drawn library: a leaf, a brain, a coin, a stickman, a clock, a magnifying glass. Add your own strokes for anything specific to your subject, write short labels, and export the PNG.
Reuse without redrawing
Because the board exports as one image, the same visual works in a slide, a printed handout, a homework reminder and a revision page. That is the difference between a board you use once and a resource you keep.
Boards also stay in your browser between sessions, so you can build a set of lesson visuals over a term rather than starting each one from scratch.
Frequently asked questions
Is the whiteboard free for teachers?
Yes. No account, no watermark, no export limit, and no per-seat licence. It runs in the browser on school laptops, Chromebooks and staff desktops.
Can students use it too?
Yes. There is nothing to sign up for and no personal data is collected, so a student can open the board, draw and export a PNG without an account.
Does it work on a Chromebook or tablet?
Yes. It runs entirely in the browser with nothing to install, and the touch targets are sized for a finger.
Can I use the boards in my own teaching materials?
Yes. Every template, figure and prop is cleared for commercial use, so boards can go into paid course material, printed worksheets and lesson packs.
Does it make videos?
No. It exports one still PNG — which is what a slide, a worksheet and a handout all want.
open it, draw on it, export it ✎