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|2=[[MyViewBoard Whiteboard|Whiteboard]] / [[Classroom]]
|3=[[Magic Box]]
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'''Magic Box''' is a powerful tools to make your Whiteboard more engaging:
* [[File:I-pop-quiz.svg|40px|link=Pop_Quiz]]  [[Pop Quiz]] - ''quickly call a pop quiz, and have your audience/students draw or type answers from their own devices''
* [[File:I-poll-quiz.svg|40px|link=Polls_Quiz]]  [[Polls Quiz|Polls]] - ''advanced polls and quizzes with many formats to choose from''
* [[File:I-magic-box-throwtool.svg|40px|link=Throw]] [[Throw]] - ''wireless file sharing to Whiteboard session''
* [[File:I-magic-box-tools.svg|40px|link=Magic_Box_Tools]] [[Magic Box/Tools|Math tools]] - ''including a compass, ruler, XY graph, and more''
* [[File:Icon Clips.svg|40px|link=myViewBoard Clips]] [[MyViewBoard Clips|Video-assisted learning with myViewBoard Clips]] - ''high quality educational videos and quizzes''
* [[File:I-youtube-icon.svg|40px|link=Magic_Box_YouTube]]  [[Magic Box/YouTube|Insert YouTube videos]]
* [[File:Icon Image-search-05.svg|40px|link=Magic_Box_Image_Search]]  [[Magic Box/Image Search|Safe web image search]]
* [[File:I-magic-box-online-widgets.svg|40px|link=Online Widgets]]  [[Magic Box/Online Widgets|Interactive widgets]]
 

Magic Box is available in [[myViewBoard_Whiteboard|Whiteboard]] and [[Classroom]]. Available features differ between platforms.


[[Magic_Box#Supported file types|Jump to Magic Box supported files]]
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!Online & <br>Classroom
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| style="padding: 10px;background-color:#323232;" |[[File:Resource Off.png|50px|center|link=]]
| style="padding: 10px;background-color:#EEEEEE;" |[[File:I-main-tool-bar-magic-box.svg|50px|center|link=]]
| style="padding: 10px;background-color:#f6f6f6;" |[[File:MT 2 Magic Box.svg|50px|center|link=]]
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==Magic Box in Whiteboard for Windows/Android==

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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;float:none;border-bottom:solid 1px #CCCCCC;">How to open Magic Box in Whiteboard for Windows</div>
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Open Magic Box by clicking the [[File:I-main-tool-bar-magic-box.svg|40px|Magic Box icon in Whiteboard for Windows|link=]] icon in the main toolbar.
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Magic-box-win.png|Whiteboard for Windows: the most feature-rich version.
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;float:none;border-bottom:solid 1px #CCCCCC;">How to open Magic Box in Whiteboard for Android</div>
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Open Magic Box by clicking the [[File:I-main-tool-bar-magic-box.svg|40px|Magic Box icon in Whiteboard for Windows|link=]] icon in the main toolbar.
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Magic-box-and.png|Whiteboard for Android comes preinstalled in ViewBoard IFPs and [[myViewBoard Box]].
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Whiteboard is available for both Android and Windows. The Windows version supports more features. All ViewBoard IFPs and [[myViewBoard Box]] devices come preinstalled with [[Whiteboard for Android]]. Both the Windows and Android versions can be downloaded for free from [https://myviewboard.com/download/ https://myviewboard.com/download/].


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|colspan="2" style="background-color:aliceblue; text-align:center;"| '''''Icons'''''
!style="background-color:aliceblue;;"| <big>[[Whiteboard for Windows]]</big>
!style="background-color:aliceblue;;"| <big>[[Whiteboard for Android]]</big>
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:AllFiles_business.png|center|40px|link=]] 
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-magic-box-file.svg|center|40px|link=]] 
|style=;text-align:center;"|'''File''' <br>Click this icon to access [[File:I-file-management-open-local-drive.svg|30px|link=]] local or cloud storage such as<br>Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive<br>[[Cloud Integration|(click here for cloud integration instructions).]]
|style=;text-align:center;"|'''File''' <br>Click the local drive icon to access additional folders in your Android device:<br>[[File:Office Off.png|30px|link=]] [[File:Iwb_Off.png|30px|link=]] [[File:I-screen-capture-camera-red.svg|30px|link=]] [[File:I-music-note.svg|30px|link=]] [[File:I-round-picture-turquoise.svg|30px|link=]],<br>cloud storages icons will appear after [[File:I-file-management-open-local-drive.svg|30px|link=]] icon
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:Sticky_business.png|center|40px|link=Sticky_Notes]] 
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-magic-box-sticky-note.svg|center|40px|link=Sticky_Notes]] 
|colspan="2" style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Sticky_Notes|Sticky Notes]]'''<br>Click here to add sticky notes in various colors to the canvas, displaying text messages.
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:LocalTool Off.png|center|40px|link=Magic_Box_Tools]] 
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-magic-box-tools.svg|center|40px|link=Magic_Box_Tools]] 
|colspan="2" style=text-align:center;"|'''[[Magic Box/Tools|Tools]]'''<br>Tools that can appear over the whiteboard/desktop such as a clock, timer, compass, calculator,<br> random dice, graph tool, and more. Some tools only available in Windows version of Whiteboard. 
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[fILE:DocumentCamera Off.png|center|40px|link=Camera]]
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-magic-box-camera.svg|center|40px|link=Camera]]
|style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Camera]]<sup>1</sup>'''<br> Click the Camera icon to use your device camera,<br>and insert the picture directly onto the whiteboard.
|style=;text-align:center;"|''Not available''
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:Icon Clips.svg|center|40px|link=myViewBoard Clips]] 
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:Icon Clips.svg|center|40px|link=myViewBoard Clips]] 
|style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[myViewBoard Clips]]<sup>2</sup>'''<br>Click the icon to browse curated, safe and certified educational videos.
|style=;text-align:center;"|''Not available''
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:I-youtube-icon.svg|center|40px|link=Magic_Box_YouTube]] 
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-youtube-icon.svg|center|40px|link=Magic_Box_YouTube]] 
|style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Magic_Box_YouTube|YouTube]]'''<br>Click the icon to browse YouTube video.<br>Drag and drop the videos onto the whiteboard.
|style=;text-align:center;"|''Not available''
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:Image_search_business.svg|center|40px|link=]] 
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:Icon Image-search-05.svg|center|40px|link=Magic_Box_Image_Search]] 
|colspan="2" style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Magic_Box_Image_Search|Image Search]]'''<br>Click the image icon to safely search the web for images, and drag and drop onto the canvas.
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:OnlineResource_business.png|center|40px|link=Online Widgets]] 
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-magic-box-online-widgets.svg|center|40px|link=Online Widgets]] 
|style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Online Widgets]]'''<br>Click the icon to browse animated widgets for a variety of themes. 
|style=;text-align:center;"|''Not available''
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:VBoardThrow Off.png|center|40px|link=Magic_Box_Throw]]
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-magic-box-throwtool.svg|center|40px|link=Magic_Box_Throw]]
|colspan="2" style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Magic_Box_Throw|Throw]]<sup>1</sup>'''<br>Click the icon to browse documents that participants have shared with the whiteboard session.<br> Participants can do this via myviewboard.com - [[Throw|learn more about Throw here]].
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:VBoardPopQuiz Off.png|center|40px|link=Pop_Quiz]]  
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-pop-quiz.svg|center|40px|link=Pop_Quiz]]  
|colspan="2" style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Pop Quiz]]<sup>1</sup>'''<br>Click the icon to create a quiz, which participants can answer from their devices.<br>The teacher can view answers from this icon.
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!style="background-color:#323232;border-color:#323232;"|[[File:PollQuiz_business.png|40px|link=Polls_Quiz]]
!style="background-color:#CCC4A1;border-color:#CCC4A1;"|[[File:I-poll-quiz.svg|center|40px|link=Polls_Quiz]] 
|style=;text-align:center;"|'''[[Polls_Quiz|Polls]]<sup>1</sup>'''<br>Click this icon to create: multiple choice, true or false,<br>rating, free response, voting, or random draw polls.<br>Answers can be saved for future reference.
|style=;text-align:center;"|''Not available''
|}
''<sup>1</sup> Available for Premium and [[MyViewBoard_Entity|Entity]] accounts.''<br>
''<sup>2</sup> Available for [[MyViewBoard_Entity|Entity]] accounts.''

==Magic Box in Classroom & Whiteboard online==

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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;float:none;border-bottom:solid 1px #CCCCCC;">How to open Magic Box in Whiteboard online</div>
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Open Magic Box by clicking the [[File:MT 2 Magic Box.svg|40px|Magic Box icon in Whiteboard online|link=]] icon in the main toolbar.
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Magic-box-qub.png|Magic Box in Whiteboard online: a different UI with only core features.
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<div class="mw-collapsible-toggle" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;float:none;border-bottom:solid 1px #CCCCCC;">How to open Magic Box in Classroom</div>
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Open Magic Box by clicking the [[File:MT 2 Magic Box.svg|40px|Magic Box icon in Classroom|link=]] icon in the main toolbar.
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Classroom Magic Box.png|Magic Box in Classroom: similar to Whiteboard online with some extra features.
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[[Classroom]] is a distance and hybrid learning solution available for [[myViewBoard Entity]] account types. It is fully browser based and requires no software download for teachers or students. [[Whiteboard]] (online) is a lightweight version of Classroom without classroom management features.

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{| class="wikitable" style="background-color:white; width:auto;text-align:center;""
!style="background-color:aliceblue; text-align:center;"| '''''Icons'''''
!style="background-color:aliceblue;"| <big>[[Classroom]] and [[Whiteboard|Whiteboard online]]</big>
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Classroom 3.0 Magic Box PC icon.svg|50px|link=]]
|'''This PC'''<br>Insert files from your device.
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Google drive.svg|50px|link=]]
|'''Google Drive'''<br>Insert resources saved in the connected Google Drive account.<br>For multipage PDFs, each PDF page is inserted into its own canvas.
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:OneDrive_Classroom.svg|50px|link=]]
|'''OneDrive''' & '''OneDrive for Business'''<br>Insert resources saved in the connected OneDrive account.<br>For multipage PDFs, each PDF page is inserted into its own canvas.
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Classroom 3.0 Magic Box image search.svg|50px|link=Magic_Box_Image_Search]]
|'''[[Magic_Box_Image_Search|Images]]'''<br>Safely search for images from the web.To insert, drag them to the canvas.
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Clips Quiz.svg|35px|link=]]
|'''Polls'''<br>Create ''True or False'' or ''Multiple Choice'' quiz<br>''*Only available in Classroom.''
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Icon Clips.svg|50px|link=MyViewBoard_Clips]]
|'''[[MyViewBoard_Clips|myViewBoard Clips]]'''<sup>1</sup><br>Insert curated, safe and certified educational videos.<br>''<sup>1</sup> Available for [[MyViewBoard_Entity|Entity]] accounts.''
|-
!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Icon YouTube.svg|50px|link=Magic_Box/YouTub]]
|colspan="2" |'''[[Magic_Box/YouTube|YouTube]]'''<br>Search for YouTube videos using keywords.<br>To insert, drag them to the canvas.<br>Switch to presentation mode (bottom left icon) to play the video.
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Icon Webpage.svg|50px|link=]]
|colspan="2" |'''Webpage'''<br>Embed a webpage link onto the canvas. Switch to presentation mode to activate.
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!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Icon Animated widget.svg|50px|link=Magic_Box/Online Widgets]]
|colspan="2" |'''[[Magic_Box/Online Widgets|Widgets]]'''<br>Animations that users can insert on the canvas.<br>In '''present mode''', users can click on an object to trigger the animation.
|-
!style="background-color:#EDEDED;"|[[File:Classroom Sketchfab.svg|50px|link=]]
|'''Sketchfab*'''<br>Browse millions of 3D models.<br>Let students explore models at their own pace in present mode.<br>''*Only available in Classroom.''
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==Supported file types==
Whiteboard and Classroom can display files from your device (such as your computer or interactive flat panel running Whiteboard), and from your cloud storage. Simply Open the Magic Box and click the first icon (file icon).

[[MyViewBoard.com Quick Start Guide#Bind a Cloud Storage Account|Click here to learn how to link your cloud storage such as Google Drive to your myViewBoard account.]]



<big>'''''Whiteboard for Windows/Android supported filetypes'''''</big>

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!style="background-color:aliceblue;"| Filetypes
!style="background-color:aliceblue;"| Whiteboard for Windows
!style="background-color:aliceblue;"| Whiteboard for Android
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|'''Whiteboard files'''
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|''.vboard'' for myViewBoard, ''.iwb'' for multiple brands,<br><u>''.flipchart'' for Promethean, ''.notebook'' for SMART,''.enb'' for Evernote</u><sup>1</sup>
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|''.vboard'' for myViewBoard, and ''.iwb'' for multiple brands
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|'''Documents'''
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|.pdf, .docx, .txt, .one, .url, 
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|.pdf, .txt, .url
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|'''Presentations'''
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|.pptx, Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Jamboard
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|Google Docs, Slides, Jamboard
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|'''Images'''
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif, .svg, .ico, .tif, .tiff
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif, .svg
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|'''Audio'''
|colspan="2" style="background-color:white;text-align:center;" |.mp3, .aac, .wma, .wav, .m4a
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|'''Video'''
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|.wmv, .mp4, .mpg, .mpeg, .3gp, .mov, .mkv, .avi, .m4v, .asf, .xesc
|style="background-color:white;text-align: center;"|.wmv, .mp4, .mpg, .mpeg, .3gp, .mov, .mkv, .avi, .m4v
|}
''<sup>1</sup> Please use [[File_Conversion|File Conversion]] to open these file formats.''


<big>'''''Classroom and Whiteboard online supported filetypes'''''</big>

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!colspan="2" style="background-color:aliceblue;"|'''Supported filetypes'''
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| '''Image Files'''
| .jpeg, .png, .gif, .svg
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| '''Documents'''
| .doc, .docx, .pdf<sup>2</sup>
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| '''Presentations'''
| .ppt, .pptx<sup>2</sup>, Jamboard, Google Docs, Slides
|}
''<sup>2</sup> Only for teachers/host.''


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|1=You can see a full comparison list of all Whiteboard features here: [[Whiteboard Features Comparison]].
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==Related Media==

{{YouTube-box|HY-FoUutoTs|Whiteboard Magic Box introduction}}
{{YouTube-box|rvSip3L-Tjg|Whiteboard Magic Box overview}}
{{YouTube-box|DLmmRnTm45g|Import Files Using the Magic Box (Whiteboard for Windows)}}
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