Collaboration  Tools

(F) - Free           (FPU) - Free & Paid Upgrades          (LFT) - Limited Free Trial           (P) - Paid
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Bulletin Boards
  • Lino - (F) Organize and share your thoughts with sticky notes with a desktop, Apple, or Google Play App.
  • NoteApp - (FPU) "Organize your thoughts visually, and quickly add notes with one click. Easily find them again in seconds."
  • Padlet - (FPU) Add sticky notes, links, videos, and images to brainstorm, collaborate, organize, or sort ideas and content on Padlet's wallpaper or maps.
  • Pinside - (F) A free online pinboard as a way to exchange information privately or publicly using notes with text, images, and the ability to comment
  • scrumblr - (F) Use notecards of post-its on any self-created board. You can even change the marker color of the notecards!
  • Simplenote - (F) All your notes, synced on all your devices, saved everywhere. Stay organized, share lists, see edit history, and publish notes. Available on many platforms.
  • Stormboard - (FPU) Post notes, photos, and videos to a shared wall. Collaborators may comment on items posted to the wall or dots to vote on the ideas they prefer.
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Documents
  • ​Google Drive - (FPU) Create and share your work online. Access your documents from anywhere. Most organizations have unlimited storage for education accounts.
  • ​Quip -  (LFT) (P) (free trial, then $10/month paid subscription) Create and share docs from any device. You can collaborate on the same version of the document at the same time.
  • Splashtop Classroom- (F) View and control the teachers PC/Mac directly on your Chromebook or using your Chrome Browser.
  • Zoho Docs - (LFT) Create documents that can be shared with your team. Collaborators can edit a shared document simultaneously.
  • Microsoft Office Online - (FPU) An online version of office that can be used collaboratively. Includes Word, PowerPoint and Excel. Many organizations pay for this subscription.
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Meetings
  • BigBlueButton - (F) BigBlueButton is an open source web conferencing system for online classes. The platform maximizes time for applied learning by enabling students to collaborate and receive feedback in real-time.
  • ​Google Chat - (FPU) Create a meeting and invite up to 15 participants to participate with audio and/or video. To enhance your virtual meeting share Google Docs and your desktop.
  • Google Meet - (FPU) Make video calls with up to 30 users per high-definition video meeting.
  • ​Zoho Meeting - (LFT) (P) Create a meeting for one host and one participant using the free version. Paid versions allow more hosts and participants. You can share your desktop and embed a meeting in a website for easy access. 
  • Zoom - (FPU) Use this video conferencing platform to record sessions, collaborate on projects, and share or annotate on one another's screens. 
  • Teams - (P) Microsoft Teams is the messaging app for organizations where real-time collaboration and communication, meetings, file and apps come together.
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Whiteboards
  • Canva for Education: Online Whiteboard - (F) Canva offers an online whiteboard feature to allow your learners to collaborate simultaneously.
  • Conceptboard - (FPU) Collaborate in this visual workspace with whiteboard functionality. 
  • ​Doceri - (F) (LFT) (P) Apple (F), Windows (P) $4.99), or Desktop application (LFT) ($30) are one-time purchases with no subscriptions or fees and free updates. Interactive whiteboards and screen recorders allow for hand-drawn graphics and built-in deskto control.
  • Educreations - (FPU) Browser & iPad App Store application that can record your voice and iPad screen, share videos instantly, videos stored safely in the cloud.
  • ​Explain Everything - (FPU) Create engaging lessons, assign activities and tasks. Record instructions and give interactive presentations.
  • FigJam - (FPU) FigJam empowers teams to build better products, together. Define ideas, align on decisions, and move work forward—all in one place.
  • Groupboard - (FPU) Browser, App Store, and Google Play applications that allow for advanced collaborative online whiteboard and web conferencing software for online tutoring.
  • ​LiveBoard - (FPU) LiveBoard helps online tutors and other educators worldwide create, record and share their lessons from anywhere and anytime.
  • Lucidspark - (FPU) Maximize team connection, collaboration, and creativity with Lucidspark. Move seamlessly from ideation to planning and building.
  • Miro - (FPU) The online collaborative whiteboard platform to bring teams together, anytime, anywhere
  • ShowMe - (FPU) An easy way to create and share lessons on your iPad.
  • Splashtop Classroom- (F) View and control the teachers PC/Mac directly on your Chromebook or using your Chrome Browser.
  • Stormboard - (FPU) Collaborate, brainstorm in real time with easy-to-use online whiteboard
  • ​Twiddla - (LFT) Collaborative whiteboard app with chat feature. Does not require a login or sign up. Create a board and share the link with others. Open in Puffin on an iPad to use the Text tool.
  • Whiteboard.chat - (FPU) Complex interactive whiteboard that offers a full instructional experience. 
  • Whiteboard.fi - (FPU) Free online whiteboard tool for teachers and classrooms. It helps you engage your students, both in the physical classroom and during remote teaching.

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