• About Whiteboard
• Connecting to the Whiteboard Server
• Typing and Modifying Text
• Drawing and Modifying Lines and Objects
• Moving Text, Lines, or Objects
• Deleting Text, Lines, or Objects

• Changing Background Color
• Clearing the Drawing Area
• Uploading Images from Your Computer
• Importing Images from WebCT My-Files
• Saving and Loading Files

What do you want to do?

• draw lines
• change line thickness
• change line shape
• change line color
• draw objects
• change object thickness
• change object shape
• change object color
• fill object
• unfill object
  

Drawing lines  | Top

This tool allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to draw lines in the Whiteboard screen, and view the results in real-time during an online discussion. Whiteboard allows one user to draw at a time.

Line Drawing icons include:

Freehand line
Straight line

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Line Drawing icon.
   
2. Click anywhere on the Drawing Area and keep the mouse button depressed.
3. To draw your line, drag the mouse.
4. When you have finished drawing your line, release the mouse button. Other users may now see the line you drew.
5. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

Modifying lines | Top

This feature allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to change the following characteristics of a line: thickness, shape, and color.

To change the line thickness | Top

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles will appear around the line.
2. On the Line Thickness Modifier icon at the bottom of the Whiteboard screen, click the line thickness you want.
3. To change the thickness of a line, click any one of its selection handles. The line appears in the new thickness. Any new lines you draw will appear in the new thickness.
4. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
5. To confirm, click OK.

To reshape a straight line | Top

Note: Whiteboard currently allows you to reshape straight lines only.

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles will appear around the line.
2. Click the Reshape icon.
3. Click any one of the selection handles around the line you want to reshape and keep the mouse button depressed. Ensure the cursor's crosshairs are inside the selection handle.
4. To reshape the line, drag the selection handle.
5. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

To change the color of a line | Top

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles will appear around the line.
2. On the Foreground/Background Color Selector at the bottom of the Whiteboard screen, click the square on the upper left. A black border appears around it.
3. On the Color Palette, click one of the six colors.
4. To change the color of a line, click any one of its selection handles. The line will appear in the new color. Any new lines you draw will appear in the new color.
5. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

Drawing objects  | Top

This tool allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to draw objects in the Whiteboard screen, and view the results in real-time during an online discussion. Whiteboard allows one user to draw at a time.

Drawing Object icons include:

Empty oval
Filled oval
Empty rectangle
Filled rectangle

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon.
   
2. Click anywhere on the Drawing Area and keep the mouse button depressed.
3. To draw your object, drag the mouse.
4. When you have finished drawing your object, release the mouse button. Other users may now see the object you drew.
5. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

Modifying objects | Top

This feature allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to change the following characteristics of an object: thickness, color, shape, fill, and unfill.

To unfill an object | Top

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Unfill icon. Selection handles will appear around any objects that can be unfilled.
2. To unfill an object, click any one of its selection handles.
3. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
4. To confirm, click OK.

To fill an object | Top

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Fill icon. Selection handles will appear around any objects that can be filled.
2. To fill an object, click any one of its selection handles.
3. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
4. To confirm, click OK.

To reshape an object | Top

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles will appear around the object.
2. Click the Reshape icon.
3. Click any one of the selection handles around the object you want to reshape and keep the mouse button depressed. Ensure the cursor's crosshairs are inside the selection handle.
4. To reshape the object, drag its selection handle.
5. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

To change the color of an object | Top

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles will appear around the object.
2. On the Foreground/Background Color Selector at the bottom of the Whiteboard screen, click the square on the upper left. A black border appears around it.
3. On the Color Palette, click one of the six colors.
4. To change the color of an object, click any one of its selection handles. The object will appear in the new color. Any new objects you draw will appear in the new color.
5. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

To change the thickness of an object | Top

1. On the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles will appear around the object.
2. On the Line Thickness Modifier icon at the bottom of the Whiteboard screen, click the line thickness you want.
3. To change the thickness of an object, click any one of its selection handles. The object appears in the new thickness. Any new objects you draw will appear in the new thickness.
4. To clear the Drawing Area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
5. To confirm, click OK.

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