Write by hand
Use Pen, Highlighter, Eraser, or Select & Move. Undo and redo keep a quick classroom explanation forgiving.
Classroom whiteboard for teachers
Work it out where the lesson lives.
When a class needs a diagram, a worked example, or a quick correction, open Whiteboard from the lesson workspace. The Mac stays in charge while a configured Sidecar iPad gives you a comfortable writing surface.
Whiteboard is part of the macOS app workflow. Download for macOS: Coming Soon. A compatible Sidecar setup is required for the writing surface.
Whiteboard · Lesson 31
Fractions
1/2 + 1/4 = 3/4
Student View · Math beside boardA board with a reason to be there
Keep the writing and the class context together.
A blank whiteboard is useful. A whiteboard that remembers the lesson it belongs to is easier to return to. Classroom Studio keeps selected reference panels beside the board while students follow the work on the classroom display.
Leave the lesson visible
Keep Class Notes, Homework, Math, Learning Target, or another selected panel beside the writing area.
Return to the same work
The board is saved with the lesson's presentation phase, so the work stays with the class and part of the lesson where you made it.
A whiteboard workflow
From “show your work” to “let’s try one.”
The point is not to turn every lesson into a drawing lesson. It is to make the moment when students need to see your thinking easier to handle.
Open it from the lesson
Start Whiteboard where the lesson is already open, rather than leaving the plan to find a separate tool.
Choose the reference
Keep the prompt, homework, class notes, or Math panel beside the board so students know what the writing is answering.
Write, then teach the next step
Use the Sidecar writing display for the teacher input and keep the classroom display focused on the board and selected context.
Release details
Useful when the hardware is ready too.
DownloadComing Soon
Writing surfaceConfigured Sidecar iPad setup.
Classroom displayOptional second display for Student View.
Questions about the setup?
OBXSoft support can help clarify the intended Mac, Sidecar, and classroom-display arrangement.