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|colspan="2" |'''Webpage'''<br>Embed a webpage link onto the canvas. Switch to presentation mode to activate. | |colspan="2" |'''Webpage'''<br>Embed a webpage link onto the canvas. Switch to presentation mode to activate. | ||
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Revision as of 12:28, 8 October 2021
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Magic Box is a powerful tools to make your Whiteboard more engaging:
Pop Quiz - quickly call a pop quiz, and have your audience/students draw or type answers from their own devices
Polls - advanced polls and quizzes with many formats to choose from
Throw - wireless file sharing to Whiteboard session
Math tools - including a compass, ruler, XY graph, and more
Video-assisted learning with myViewBoard Clips - high quality educational videos and quizzes
Insert YouTube videos
Safe web image search
Interactive widgets
Magic Box is available in Whiteboard and Classroom. Available features differ between platforms.
Jump to Magic Box supported files
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Magic Box in Whiteboard for Windows/Android
Open Magic Box by clicking the icon in the main toolbar.
Whiteboard for Windows: the most feature-rich version.
Open Magic Box by clicking the icon in the main toolbar.
Whiteboard for Android comes preinstalled in ViewBoard IFPs and myViewBoard Box.
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/.
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File Click this icon to access  local or cloud storage such asGoogle Drive or Microsoft OneDrive (click here for cloud integration instructions). |
File Click the local drive icon to access additional folders in your Android device:      ,cloud storages icons will appear after icon
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Sticky Notes Click here to add sticky notes in various colors to the canvas, displaying text messages. | |
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Tools1 Tools that can appear over the whiteboard/desktop such as a clock, timer, compass, calculator, random dice, graph tool, and more. Some tools only available in Windows version of Whiteboard. | |
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Magic Box Camera1 Click the Camera icon to use your device camera, and insert the picture directly onto the whiteboard. Icon is not displayed in Android version of Whitboard if no camera is connected to the host device. | |
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myViewBoard Clips2 Click the icon to browse curated, safe and certified educational videos. |
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YouTube Click the icon to browse YouTube video. Drag and drop the videos onto the whiteboard. |
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Image Search Click the image icon to safely search the web for images, and drag and drop onto the canvas. | |
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Online Widgets Click the icon to browse animated widgets for a variety of themes. |
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Throw1 Click the icon to browse documents that participants have shared with the whiteboard session. Participants can do this via myviewboard.com - learn more about Throw here. | |
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Pop Quiz1 Click the icon to create a quiz, which participants can answer from their devices. The teacher can view answers from this icon. | |
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Polls1 Click this icon to create: multiple choice, true or false, rating, free response, voting, or random draw polls. Answers can be saved for future reference. |
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1 Available for Premium and Entity accounts.
2 Available for Entity accounts.
Magic Box in Classroom & Whiteboard online
Open Magic Box by clicking the icon in the main toolbar.
Magic Box in Whiteboard online: a different UI with only core features.
Open Magic Box by clicking the icon in the main toolbar.
Magic Box in Classroom: similar to Whiteboard online with some extra features.
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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This PC Insert files from your device. | |
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Google Drive Insert resources saved in the connected Google Drive account. For multipage PDFs, each PDF page is inserted into its own canvas. | |
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OneDrive & OneDrive for Business Insert resources saved in the connected OneDrive account. For multipage PDFs, each PDF page is inserted into its own canvas. | |
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Images Safely search for images from the web.To insert, drag them to the canvas. | |
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Polls Create True or False or Multiple Choice quiz *Only available in Classroom. | |
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myViewBoard Clips1 Insert curated, safe and certified educational videos. 1 Available for Entity accounts. | |
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YouTube Search for YouTube videos using keywords. To insert, drag them to the canvas. Switch to presentation mode (bottom left icon) to play the video. | |
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Webpage Embed a webpage link onto the canvas. Switch to presentation mode to activate. | |
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Ladder Shuffle Random student or huddle picker with gamification elements. Present mode is required to play the game. | |
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Widgets Animations that users can insert on the canvas. In present mode, users can click on an object to trigger the animation. | |
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Sketchfab* Browse millions of 3D models. Let students explore models at their own pace in present mode. *Only available in Classroom. | |
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).
Click here to learn how to link your cloud storage such as Google Drive to your myViewBoard account.
Whiteboard for Windows/Android supported filetypes
| Filetypes | Whiteboard for Windows | Whiteboard for Android |
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| Whiteboard files | .olf & .vboard for myViewBoard, .iwb for multiple brands, .flipchart for Promethean, .notebook for SMART,.enb for Evernote1 |
.olf for myViewBoard, .iwb for multiple brands |
| Documents | .pdf, .docx, .txt, .one, .url, | .pdf, .txt, .url |
| Presentations | .pptx, Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Jamboard | Google Docs, Slides, Jamboard |
| Images | .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif, .svg, .ico, .tif, .tiff | .png, .jpg, .jpeg, .bmp, .gif, .svg, .ico |
| Audio | .mp3, .aac, .wma, .wav, .m4a | |
| Video | .mp4, .3gp, .mov, .mkv, .m4v, .avi, .xesc, .wmv, .mpg, .mpeg | .mp4, .3gp, .mov, .mkv, .m4v, .webm, .ts |
1 Please use File Conversion to open these file formats.
Classroom and Whiteboard online supported filetypes
| Filetypes | Classroom Teacher view and Whiteboard Online | Classroom Student view |
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| Image | .JPEG, .PNG, .GIF | |
| Video | *.MP4, *.MOV | |
| Audio | .*.WAV, *.AAC, *.MP3 | |
| Scalable Vector Graphics | .SVG | |
| Microsoft Word | .DOC, .DOCX | n/a |
| Portable Document Format | n/a | |
| PowerPoint | .PPT and .PPTX | n/a |
| Jamboard, Google Docs, Slides | n/a | |
Related Media
Whiteboard Magic Box introduction
Whiteboard Magic Box overview
Import Files Using the Magic Box (Whiteboard for Windows)
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