Throw

Throw , found within Magic Box, allows students to send files to a teacher's canvas, allowing the teacher to open the file to display to the class. With Throw in myViewBoard, images, videos, and other documents can be sent from student devices (using myViewBoard Companion or myViewBoard Portal) to an ongoing session.

Just invite the audience to join your session and within myViewBoard, you will receive a notification for each file thrown to the whiteboard.

Throw is a feature available in myViewBoard for Windows, Android, and iOS.

Invite students to join a session

Students must first join a session to be able to throw files to a canvas. Learn how to invite students to your session from myViewBoard to receive their files.

How to throw a file to a canvas

As a teacher and student, access Throw from a personal device to send supported files to an ongoing myViewBoard session.

Students have the following two options to access the Throw feature:

1. Use the myViewBoard Companion.
2. Access the myViewBoard Portal.

Supported file types

Before sending a file to an ongoing session, be aware of the following supported file types:

Be sure to also review supported file types by myViewBoard version.

Throwing a file

When ready, students have the following two options to send a file using the Throw features:

1. Send files through the Companion app.
2. Send files through the myViewBoard Portal.

Open thrown files

The following two options are available for viewing a thrown file:

1. Through the notifications menu:
   1. Receive a notification of the thrown file. 
   2. Press  (to the right in the title bar) to preview received files.
   3. Press the desired file.
   4. A Throw popup window will open.
   5. Double press the file or drag it onto the canvas.
2. Through Magic Box:
   1. In the main toolbar, press .
   2. In the Magic Box window, press .
   3. Double press the file or drag it onto the canvas.

View how to open thrown files in different myViewBoard versions (while getting some lesson ideas):

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