OpenBoard
OpenBoard is an open source interactive white board application primarily designed for schools.
- Free • Open Source
- Whiteboard
- Digital Painting
- Screen Casting
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
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What is OpenBoard?
OpenBoard is a cross-platform (Linux / Windows / macOS) interactive whiteboard application. It is currently maintained by the Education Department (DIP) of the Canton of Geneva in Switzerland.
OpenBoard is intended for use primarily in schools and can be used with interactive whiteboards or in a dual-screen setup with a touchscreen and secondary display.
Main features include:
- Drawing tools (pen, highlighter)
- Many different elements can be added to the board, including text boxes, pictures, videos, music and widgets (native or HTML/javascript)
- Easy management of all these elements through a built-in "library" pane
- Search tools to retrieve pictures from abulEdu.org and Pixabay.com
- Screencast function
- Desktop mode, to easily annotate anything outside of OpenBoard
- Integrated web browser
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is it from?
OpenBoard was originally forked from Open-Sankoré 2.0, which was itself based on Uniboard. This fork was created to refocus the software on its original core functionalities and values, that is the work of a teacher in a classroom, privileging the ease of use. The evolution of this software will therefore take place in accordance with these core principles.
Cross-platform: Supported platforms are Windows (7+), macOS (10.9+) and Linux (tested on 16.04).
Who is involved?
Currently, OpenBoard is maintained by the Education Department (DIP) of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. The University of Lausanne, who developped the original Uniboard software in 2003 has joined the effort by means of a logistical and financial contribution. An association project was developed in 2019.
A meeting was held in June 2016 between representatives from the universities of Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, and Geneva; the departments of Education from the cantons of Geneva and Jura; and various institutions from the canton of Vaud (Switzerland) to together reflect on the desired evolution of OpenBoard.
OpenBoard is intended for use primarily in schools and can be used with interactive whiteboards or in a dual-screen setup with a touchscreen and secondary display.
Main features include:
- Drawing tools (pen, highlighter)
- Many different elements can be added to the board, including text boxes, pictures, videos, music and widgets (native or HTML/javascript)
- Easy management of all these elements through a built-in "library" pane
- Search tools to retrieve pictures from abulEdu.org and Pixabay.com
- Screencast function
- Desktop mode, to easily annotate anything outside of OpenBoard
- Integrated web browser
Frequently Asked Questions
Where is it from?
OpenBoard was originally forked from Open-Sankoré 2.0, which was itself based on Uniboard. This fork was created to refocus the software on its original core functionalities and values, that is the work of a teacher in a classroom, privileging the ease of use. The evolution of this software will therefore take place in accordance with these core principles.
Cross-platform: Supported platforms are Windows (7+), macOS (10.9+) and Linux (tested on 16.04).
Who is involved?
Currently, OpenBoard is maintained by the Education Department (DIP) of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland. The University of Lausanne, who developped the original Uniboard software in 2003 has joined the effort by means of a logistical and financial contribution. An association project was developed in 2019.
A meeting was held in June 2016 between representatives from the universities of Lausanne, Neuchâtel, Fribourg, and Geneva; the departments of Education from the cantons of Geneva and Jura; and various institutions from the canton of Vaud (Switzerland) to together reflect on the desired evolution of OpenBoard.
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- Interactive Whiteboard
- Handwritten Notes
- Shared whiteboard
- Educational
- Freeform notes
- Grease Pencil
- Fullscreen support
- Handwriting
- Dual screen support
- Export to PDF
- Pencil
- Digital Painting
- Integrated Web Browser
- Real time collaboration
Supported Languages
- English
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Our users have written 3 comments and reviews about OpenBoard, and it has gotten 30 likes
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- 199 Open Issues
- Updated May 9, 2022
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OpenBoard was added to AlternativeTo by hanshuijgen on May 9, 2016 and this page was last updated Jan 27, 2021.
Recent user activities on OpenBoard
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the nice thing about OpenBoard is that it is simple to use. The additions make it usefull for different subjects. I like the clock very much. Especially that you can let it return on every slide.
Development goes steady.
Very usefull, i use it frequently, many tools.
easy to use, open source&free, many interactive add-ons for educational purposes, but no more than necessary ; made for teaching!