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Google Jamboard

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What is Google Jamboard?

Google Jamboard is a collaborative whiteboard, available as an add-on to Google Workspaces.

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Google Jamboard for the win. Simple and easy to use.

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Verified User
Contributor in Information Technology (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Before Covid, team building and brainstorming activities were all done face-to-face. It was paper and pencil. Once we moved to a completely remote way of working, we were faced with a problem. How do we continue with team building, goal setting, training and other activities? The Google Jamboard came in handy. It made life much easier for everyone involved. Now we could benefit from the same tool used in a live environment, but used digitally. The tool has a friendly interface and is easy to use, making it accessible to all. The ability to collaborate online on the same activities makes it the perfect choice.

Pros

  • Handwriting and shape recognition
  • An infinite number of frames
  • All platform access( mobile app, pc etc)

Cons

  • Shapes and sizes
  • Handwriting
  • Panel Zooming
  • Slow loading when the board is big

Return on Investment

  • Improved our events
  • Reduces papers and other similar
  • Improves communications

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Miro

Other Software Used

Miro, Canva

Pros and Cons of Google Jamboard

Incentivized
Swati Bansal
Consultant in Human Resources at PwC (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

For collaborating, and organising events internally as well since it is an interactive tool. We have hosted virtual baby showers, graduation ceremonies, and welcomed new members to the team and firm using Google Jamboard. The tool has been really helpful in lending colour to these event, and making them more fun and interactive.

Pros

  • Collaborating
  • Interactive
  • Facilitating

Cons

  • Changing font
  • Changing sizes of items
  • More user friendly
  • More features
  • Different than a slide view

Most Important Features

  • Interactive
  • Colourful
  • Collaborative

Return on Investment

  • Better collaboration
  • Saves time, and effort because multiple people can work simultaneously
  • Helps with brainstorming
  • Less user friendly

Alternatives Considered

Miro

Other Software Used

Miro, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Teams

Share ideas with your peers using just your phone

Incentivized
Gosia Plotka
lecturer in Information Technology at DMU (10,001+ employees employees)

Pros

  • intuitive
  • works well on mobile
  • provides some level of personalisation
  • multiple boards
  • downloading and saving boards

Cons

  • Jamboard includes nice set of function that allows to do basic and not so basic things
  • I am not really sure if there is a need to add any more functions
  • I am pretty happy with the set available
  • of course it may not work well on iOS but I guess it is kind of obvious

Most Important Features

  • works on mobile so students can easy use it even during f2f session
  • supports ideation and synthesis of ideas
  • is intuitive

Return on Investment

  • supports active learning
  • increases students engagement during the session
  • bridges the gap between tutor and students

Alternatives Considered

Miro

Other Software Used

Miro, Microsoft Teams, Blackboard Collaborate

Engage Students & Support Active Learning with Google Jamboard

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Mariann HawkenView profile
Acting Director, Instructional Technology in Information Technology at University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1001-5000 employees employees)

Pros

  • Interactive whiteboard tools.
  • Shareable with Google users or anyone with a link.
  • Downloadable as PDF to use as reference or learning asset.
  • Participants can write/draw or use notes tool to contribute.

Cons

  • Tools can be a little clunky at times.
  • Sticky notes always appear in the same place, requiring participants to move to a different place on the Jamboard in order to see all notes created.
  • Unclear who adds what to a Jamboard, so it's hard to evaluate student contributions.

Most Important Features

  • Easily shared with Google users or anyone with a link.
  • Easy to use for collaboration and engagement.
  • Displayable in a web conference session with instantaneous updates for active learning.

Return on Investment

  • Faculty love having an active learning tool that's easy to use in synchronous sessions.
  • Not as well known as other Google apps like Docs, Sheets, or Slides.
  • Can be used synchronously (for live engagement) or asynchronously (for self-paced learning).
  • Easy to miss in the Google Suite or forget it's available to use.

Other Software Used

Webex (formerly Webex Teams), Panopto, Evernote Skitch

Peer Collaboration: That's my JAM!

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Carly McPartlandView profile
1st Grade Teacher in Human Resources at Greater Latrobe School District (201-500 employees employees)

Pros

  • Colorful and engaging designs and layout
  • Freeform format
  • Real-time collaboration without lagging or download wait-time
  • Can be used for many different purposes-- business, education, personal, etc.

Cons

  • Designs and layout can appear simplistic rather than profession
  • Large amounts of users may have trouble editing the same board at once
  • Those unfamiliar with Google programs may need additional support

Most Important Features

  • Collaboration between peers, both educators and students
  • Automatic saves (no lost work, no wasted time)
  • Google integration and the ease of sharing throughout the Google technology suite

Return on Investment

  • Increased student engagement and creativity
  • New and innovative platform for projects and data-sharing
  • New means of presenting content to staff and students

Other Software Used

Google Classroom, ClassDojo, PowerSchool eSchoolPLUS