You can add text, shapes, or notes to a whiteboard.
You can also add shapes from the Jamboard app and add notes from a web browser.
Write or draw in a whiteboard
You can write or draw in the frame using the stylus and your finger on a Desk 27 or Jamboard device, your finger in the mobile app, or your cursor in a web browser.
- Create or open a whiteboard.
- 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 whiteboard
These features are currently not available on a web browser
You can add polished text, shapes, and drawings to your whiteboard. For example, when you draw a square, the edges and angles of your drawing are automatically cleaned up. You can also draw images, such as circles, cats, or bicycles.
- Create or open a whiteboard.
- On the toolbar, tap Draw
.
- (Mobile app) Tap Assistive drawing tools
- Select 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 mobile app)
- To clean up written text, tap Handwriting recognition
- Add your drawing or text.
Add notes to a whiteboard
- Create or open a whiteboard.
- On the toolbar, tap Sticky note
.
Note: In the mobile app, tap Expand
Sticky note.
- To change the note’s color, tap a color.
- Use the on-screen keyboard to add text to the note.