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myViewBoard Whiteboard interface overview
After opening Whiteboard, you will see the working area and toolbar icons. Additionally, the Whiteboard session information is at the upper-left corner and the Whiteboard Settings icons are at the upper-right corner.
You can also generally find more tools and options by tapping any icon in the main toolbar twice. Just like a regular whiteboard, you can use a 
Pen tool to write on the board and an 
Eraser to clear writing or objects.
Essential Whiteboard Features
Windows
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Infinite Canvas: The working area is infinite — press
Infinite Canvas and zoom in and out of or pan around the canvas. Great for moving seamlessly through a topic within the same page! -
New Page: Add new pages by pressing
New Page in the floating toolbar. It's up to you how you choose to display your materials; on different pages, or different parts of the same page (or a combination of both). -
Magic Box: You have access to a host of interactive tools via
Magic Box. -
Embedded Browser: Browse the web within Whiteboard with
Embedded Browser, with the option to easily add web images, videos, and pages to your canvas. -
Import content: Display your existing files and content with the
Import feature (found within Magic Box). -
Windows Toggle button: Navigate your Windows system's apps and web browser while still having access to Whiteboard annotation tools, using the
Windows Toggle button. Switch between pen tools and mouse navigation by toggling between 
and 
. To add Magic Box elements in Windows mode, double press the desired feature (drag and drop is not supported in this mode).
KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
The Windows version of Whiteboard supports keyboard shortcuts to allow quick switching between tools. For the full list, view the Keyboard shortcut page.
Android
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Infinite Canvas: The working area is infinite — press Infinite Canvas and zoom in and out of or pan around the canvas. Great for moving seamlessly through a topic within the same page!
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New Page: Add new pages by pressing New Page in the floating toolbar. It's up to you how you choose to display your materials; on different pages, or different parts of the same page (or a combination of both).
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Magic Box: You have access to a host of interactive tools via Magic Box.
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Embedded Browser: Browse the web within Whiteboard with Embedded Browser, with the option to easily add web images, videos, and pages to your canvas.
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Import content: Display your existing files and content with the Import feature (found within Magic Box).
iOS
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Infinite Canvas: The working area is infinite — press Infinite Canvas and zoom in and out of or pan around the canvas. Great for moving seamlessly through a topic within the same page!
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New Page: Add new pages by pressing New Page in the floating toolbar. It's up to you how you choose to display your materials; on different pages, or different parts of the same page (or a combination of both).
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Magic Box: You have access to a host of interactive tools via Magic Box.
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Embedded Browser: Browse the web within Whiteboard with Embedded Browser, with the option to easily add web images, videos, and pages to your canvas.
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Import content: Display your existing files and content with the Import feature (found within Magic Box).
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Reset lesson: For when you want to revert your lesson to the most recently saved state, tap the reset lesson
icon. This icon will appear only after opening a lesson file.
APPLE PENCIL SUPPORT
As an iOS app, Whiteboard for iOS supports Apple Pencil interaction for iPad users. As with other apps on iOS, actions taken with the pencil match the same actions users accomplish with their finger.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHITEBOARD VERSIONS
To learn more about which features are supported across different versions of Whiteboard, view the Features comparison page.