About Whiteboard.fi
Whiteboard.fi is an online whiteboard service designed for teachers and classrooms. It lets teachers set tasks and see student responses, which supports formative assessment and individual feedback in physical classrooms as well as during remote teaching.
The tool is run by Digital Teaching Tools Finland Ltd, a Kahoot! company. The vendor lists FERPA certification, COPPA Safe Harbor status and California Student Privacy certification, and it publishes a guide for teachers moving over from Jamboard. The vendor presents the service as free for teachers and classroom use.
Key features
- Whiteboard for classroom activities
- Student responses visible to the teacher
- Templates for lessons
- Works in class and remotely
- Teacher feedback on individual work
Good fit for
- →Running formative assessment in class
- →Moving classroom whiteboard activities off Jamboard
- Tags
- whiteboard
- education
- classroom
- teachers
- formative-assessment
- free
- remote-teaching
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