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Whiteboard?
I am looking for the ability to use a whiteboard to draw and demonstrate processes as a teaching tool within AS. I currently use MS Whiteboard, external to the AS presentation, as a web-based tool - in real time. Can it be imbedded in some way? Any one seen this done? (I realise it is using AS as a synchronous delivery tool.)
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I have never seen any whiteboard application running within SL...I tried by embedding a Google jam board as a SL web object, also a Miro board. When publishing, neither of them worked I'm afraid. You just get the message 'Jamboard / Miro refused to connect'.
Thanks John.
You can create your own whiteboard tool with Javascript. Thus use that in Storyline. Some Javascript libraries that do that are:
https://caboodle-tech.github.io/whiteboard/index.html
https://github.com/caboodle-tech/whiteboard
But this sample is a simple single user whiteboard, i suppose you want multiple users to simulteanously draw in Storyline. Well thats possible too... search for 'multiuser whiteboard javascript library' and you will find quite a lot.
One i had working before in Storyline360 is:
https://togetherjs.com/
Togetherjs is a library by Mozilla and easily connects multiple users to your slides.
Here is a sample showing drawing...
https://togetherjs.com/examples/drawing/
So it is possible... but you need some good Javascript skills to get it working.How would you add this whiteboard into Storyline? The only way I can think of is taking the URL and inserting it as a Web Object. Is there another way?
You could add a Canvas Div with javascript and draw on that. Check my posts for Canvas or draw and you will find some more info.
