Greetings and welcome to this tutorial. LiveBoard is an interactive drawing
board app that lets users collaborate and learn collectively in real-time. Once
you've downloaded and installed the app on your device, you will need to sign up.
You can either sign in with your Google account or create your login credentials
directly through LiveBoard. Pick a username, enter your email address and
create a password. Once you're done, click on sign up. Before you continue further
be sure to check your inbox and verify your email address by clicking the
appropriate link in the message. When you launch the application your
default workspace comes up under all groups. Here you can create boards and
record your actions. You can also create new groups to organize your work. In
practice groups are created for different lessons and subjects with the
ability to add members into them. I will tackle groups and members in a future
lesson so you can really understand its functionality and full purpose. And now
let's go ahead and create a board to demonstrate its practicality. When you
click on the green plus icon you are presented with three options: create from
PDF, join session and create board. Let's create a board with a blank layout for
now and now we'll review the two other options after. First you will need to
choose your boards orientation. Since I'm using a tablet for this tutorial,
landscape would be the best fit. Click create to proceed. Here is a blank board
with all the appropriate tools on the left side which can be used to draw, add
text or geometric shapes as well as actual images you can import from your
device. For demonstration purposes I'm going to improvise a multiplication
exercise in basic math for a group of students. To start off I'm going to add a
title at the top of my board using the text tool double click will bring more
options for any tool you select. In this case I can choose the style the size and
the color I want.
Handwriting on the board or drawing can be done with the pencil tool. There are
two types you can choose from here: brush for solid drawing and highlight if you
need to put emphasis onto something. Select the desired size and color
for the result you're looking for.
Next I'm going to add shapes, so I'll click on this geometrical icon twice to
select the shape of my choice. You can choose between square, oval, perfect
circle and line shapes. Set the size of your shapes borders, pick the right color
for your project and simply start drawing. If you enable the fill function,
the interior area of your selected shape will be completely filled with the same
color. If you wish to move things around or fine-tune here is the selection tool
at the very top of your tool bar. Now select the element you wish to displace
or modify. A line, for example, can be shortened or extended depending on your
needs. By the way, you will notice left and right arrows on every board which
will basically undo or redo your actions. Ok now I will erase these with the
eraser tool. I can do it manually or click on the green button within the
tool named clear page. This will erase everything on the board so you can start
fresh. Let me just undo that. At anytime you can use the swipe away motion
with two fingers to zoom in and out. At last if you wish to slap an image or
photograph on your board, click on the insert image tool and choose between
take photo, which will activate your device's camera or choose photo to
import and image from your gallery.
Let's examine these last two buttons on the top right corner. The first one is
your pages tab, where you can select or add new pages within the same board. To
add a new page simply click on the circled plus button. And you're good to
go. All your pages are displayed here and you can easily move back and forward. The
very last button, which is a vertical ellipsis or three dots, have additional
functions. The share option will open a new window, where you can invite
participants to join your live session. Start recording will record your actions
which can be reviewed later on. I'm going to be explaining these two functions
with more details in a separate tutorial. You can change the grid line here if you
prefer dots lines, a grid or simply plain whiteboard. And that's it for today folks.
Hope you found this tutorial helpful. Thank you for sticking around and see
you on the next lesson.