Workplace glossary

What is Digital Whiteboard?

Definition & practical guide1 min read

A digital whiteboard is a shared online canvas for visual collaboration: sticky notes, diagrams and sketches that in-room and remote participants edit together. Tools include Miro, Mural, FigJam and the whiteboards built into Zoom and Teams.

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They fix the biggest hybrid-workshop failure, which is a physical whiteboard remote attendees cannot see or touch. Rooms used for workshops increasingly pair a large touchscreen with the digital canvas, so the wall and the tool are the same surface.

Common questions

What does Digital Whiteboard mean in simple terms?

A digital whiteboard is a shared online canvas for visual collaboration: sticky notes, diagrams and sketches that in-room and remote participants edit together. Tools include Miro, Mural, FigJam and the whiteboards built into Zoom and Teams.

What goes wrong with Digital Whiteboard?

They fix the biggest hybrid-workshop failure, which is a physical whiteboard remote attendees cannot see or touch. Rooms used for workshops increasingly pair a large touchscreen with the digital canvas, so the wall and the tool are the same surface.