This article runs through the use of the in-call Whiteboard tool.
Last Updated: November 2022
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How to use the Whiteboard tool
- Click on Apps & Tools+, you'll be shown a list of available tools that can be used in call. Next, click on Add a whiteboard.
- Now you can access the Whiteboard. We have different features available when using the Whiteboard.
These will come up on the top of your whiteboard in the annotations bar. If you don't see the bar just move your cursor to to top of the screen until it appears. Features available are as follows:

- Point & move
- Stickers - tick, cross, smiley emoji, star, hand and question
- Draw
- Highlighter
- Text
- Sign
- Erase
- Undo
- Clear all
- Zoom in and out
- Rotate left and right
- Toggle to full screen
- Download
To use these, simply click on the feature you'd like to use - and use it by clicking on the whiteboard with your mouse.
When you click on the feature you would like to use, a drop down box with colour choices will appear for you to select the colour you would like to use for the Whiteboard.
The colours can be changed on the following features:
- Stickers
- Draw
- Highlighter
- Text
- Sign
To undo something you have done on the Whiteboard, simply click on the Undo feature.
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