Documents and Whiteboards

With the Documents and Whiteboards menu, you can upload documents to the system and add a whiteboard.

Adding a whiteboard

To add a whiteboard to your virtual classroom for in-class use, follow these steps:

1. Click Whiteboard.
   
2. Name your Whiteboard activity, specify for how long this activity stays on the page with a timer, and click Save.
   
   The Whiteboard will be displayed in the Activities section.
3. Click the Play button on the whiteboard to display it on the screen and make visible to students.
   
4. To explain your lesson to students using drawings, use the pen, highlighter, pointer, and eraser tools in the left toolbox.
   
5. To remove the whiteboard from the main screen, click the Pause icon.
   

Uploading a document

To upload documents to your virtual classroom for in-class use, follow these steps:

1. Click on the Upload Document button.

2. Then click on the blue plus button.

3. Since only PDF files are uploaded to the system, select your relevant PDF document and click the Open button.

4. Your file has arrived, but click on it to reflect it in the activities section.

5. You will see that your document is in the activities section.

6. In order for the document to be reflected on the main screen, you must activate its visibility by pressing the Play button, as in other activities.

7. The document is opened to the visibility of students.

8. Press the pause icon on your file in the Activities menu to remove it from the main screen.

IMPORTANT: You can upload only PDF files to the virtual classroom. If you have PowerPoint presentations, please convert them to PDF before uploading.