With Microsoft Whiteboard, you can easily collaborate in a hybrid workplace or classroom. Brainstorm, plan and share with others on a digital canvas, all in real time!
Collaborate on a digital whiteboard simultaneously
Use sticky notes to brainstorm ideas
Use images, text, drawings, videos and links
Make classtime more active and interactive or collaborate asynchronously
Decide who has what rights to participate
Add a timer for easy time management
Create your own Microsoft Whiteboard
Go directly to the page to create new and manage existing Microsoft Whiteboards.
How to create a Whiteboard during a Teams Meeting?
Want to collaborate during a Teams Meeting? You can start a Whiteboard very easily during the meeting. All participants in the meeting will have autamatic access to the Whiteboard.
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How to create interaction in the classroom?
How to truely create interaction in your classroom? Microsoft Whiteboard is a tool that can help you to achieve this. On this page you can read about more tips.
How to promote deep learning during your courses? On this page you can read several tips how to achieve this. Microsoft Whiteboard can help implement these tips.
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+ How do I share a Microsoft Whiteboard so that my students can participate?
In the right upper corner is a share button. Click this and choose the Edit Settings button: . Choose the setting where everyone with a VU account can edit the Whiteboard. For safety reasons it is a mandatory VU setting that all participants need to use their VU accounts. All VU students and teachers have this VU account. After you set this up, all you need to do is share the link to your Whiteboard with your students, for example via Canvas.
VU Amsterdam has a processor agreement with Microsoft, so when you use Microsoft while logged in with your VU account, all your personal information and data that you put in and pull out of Microsoft remains within the organization's own container. In other words, within the VU and therefore within Microsoft's own secure tenant, which is located within Europe. This means you immediately comply with the GDPR and the privacy legislation that applies within Europe. Your data will therefore not be analyzed by Microsoft and will not be used to improve and train their AI tool and LLM.
Do you have a question?
Your faculty has support to help you with everything regarding educational tools. You can find your faculty contact information here.
Using a new tool can be challenging and it can take some time to master the new tool. That's why the VU Education Lab offers the possibility to set up your first learning activity using this tool together with an expert, for free. Use this form or send an email to onderwijswerkplaats@vu.nl.