@davidjamesweir@mementomori.social
Post #826642
2026-03-28 19:37 UTC
Okay, help: what's a good compromise for a whiteboard for one-off use in a lecture? I want to collect student ideas, group them together and talk them through interactively while showing the whiteboard on a screen. Nothing more.
For a long time I would have used Flinga Whiteboard (https://flinga.fi/) but my employer stopped paying for it. They do pay for Miro but it's horrendously complicated to use, and a steep learning curve for a one-off activation exercise in class.
Is there something simple, freely available (maybe - ideally - open source) that is at the Flinga end of complexity rather than Miro?
#education #EdTech #whiteboard #AcademicChatter
Replies (3)
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@drmikepj@mastodon.social 2026-03-28 19:42
@davidjamesweir@mementomori.social do you have Padlet? I mostly use it for sticky-note tasks but it can do whiteboards too. You could also potentially use Zoom or Teams with audio disabled (but nasty!)
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@daltux@snac.daltux.net 2026-03-28 21:16
I think you could take a look at #Excalidraw, released under MIT/Expat license: https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw #FreeSoftware #FreeAsInFreedom #whiteboard
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@esko@hcommons.social 2026-03-29 06:35
@davidjamesweir@mementomori.social We've been making do with Presemo that U of Helsinki has. Clunky and ugly, but enough for collecting ideas and facilitating discussion.