While working on a Jamboard, you can add text, shapes, or notes to your jam. You can also add shapes from the Jamboard app and add notes from a web browser.
Write or draw in a jam
You can write or draw in the frame using the stylus on the board, your finger on the app, or your cursor in a web browser.
- Create or open a jam.
- On the toolbar, tap Draw
.
- (Optional) To change pens, tap a marker, highlighter, or brush tool.
- (Optional) To change colors, under the pens, tap a color.
Add shapes and drawings to a jam
Feature currently only available on a Jamboard and the Jamboard app
You can add polished text, shapes, and drawings to your jam. For example, when you draw a square, Jamboard cleans up the edges and angles of your drawing. You can draw images, such as circles, cats, or bicycles.
- On a Jamboard, create or open a jam.
- On the toolbar, tap Draw
.
- Tap Assistive drawing tools
one of the following tools:
- To clean up written text, tap Handwriting recognition
.
- To format shapes, tap Shape recognition
.
- To recognize and clean up drawings, tap Autodraw
. (Feature not available on the phone app)
- To clean up written text, tap Handwriting recognition
- Add your drawing or text.
Add notes to a jam
Feature currently only available on a Jamboard and a web browser
- Create or open a jam.
- On the toolbar, tap Insert note
.
- Tap a color to change the note’s color.
- Use the on-screen keyboard to add text to the note.