Whiteboarding with Google Slides

Have students share ideas, create moodboards, work on problems, and collaborate in real time using Google Slides.

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Credit to: Habi Education Lab

Feedback & Comments
  • For professors – if you are conducting this activity online and during a synchronous class, you have the added benefit of being able to check in on and monitor your students work by viewing the slides directly on Google Slides.
  • We recommend setting up the needed elements (ex. text & instructions, shapes, images, etc.) on a Google slide before the activity, then duplicating the slide for each of your students.
  • If you want to create a template where students cannot move certain elements, you can check out these two video guides for the basics:
  • Both students and professors can utilize the Comment feature of Google Slides
  • If you want to try a more powerful tool for digital whiteboarding, you can check out Miro – tech tool box guide coming soon!
U.N.I.T.A.S. Design Principles demonstrated in this design pattern:
U.N.I.T.A.S. Design PrinciplesApplication
Nurtures student wellbeingThe activity is rich with opportunities for students to both easily share their work and collaborate with their classmates.
Thoughtfully doneThe classic post-its and manila paper classroom work can be translated into the online setting with some creativity and preparation on the part of the professor.

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