Google Jamboard Reviews & Insights

Before Covid, team building and brainstorming activities were all done face-to-face. It was paper and pencil. Once we moved to a completely remote way of working, we were faced with a problem. How do we continue with team building, goal setting, training and other activities? The Google Jamboard came in handy. It made life much easier for everyone involved. Now we could benefit from the same tool used in a live environment, but used digitally. The tool has a friendly interface and is easy to use, making it accessible to all. The ability to collaborate online on the same activities makes it the perfect choice.

It gets the job done, although it does not have all the features of other similar tools. If you are doing a small team building or brainstorming session with less than 5 people this is perfect, but once the number of participants is increased the tool becomes slow and hard to track and the lack of options in some cases or types of exercises leaves a lot to be desired.

For collaborating, and organising events internally as well since it is an interactive tool. We have hosted virtual baby showers, graduation ceremonies, and welcomed new members to the team and firm using Google Jamboard. The tool has been really helpful in lending colour to these event, and making them more fun and interactive.

More suited - Collaboration, and interactive experience. Hosting events virtually - Can be presented over calls - Brainstorming, gathering ideas and sorting them based on theme etc Less Suited - Professional presentations with the client - Doesn't have a timer option - Lacks ability to add media content (music and video)

We regularly use Jamboard for our real-time jam sessions, throwing ideas on topics we are researching.

For any situation where collaborative work is needed.

I have been using Jamboard more since we started to teach online as I found it a very good tool to increase students engagement during the session or as a part of a warm-up exercise when everyone joins in. I tend to ask an open-ended question that is linked to the content I mean to cover to check students initial understanding of the topic. Not so long ago I remember someone using it as a tool supporting discussion between researchers and academics.

In the context of the classroom or discussion with different people (e.g. to exchange ideas between researchers) Google Jamboard could be successfully used as a very good tool. It does not require even to have a computer as it works perfectly well on smartphones that most of us have nowadays. Also, the fact that there is not much functionality so is easy to navigate works in its favour.

Google Jamboard is used for active learning and synchronous engagement during online learning. It solves an important problem of providing an interactive tool for students and faculty to use during a live session, particularly with breakout groups when such tools are [not as] easily deployed to both the entire class or small groups for engagement. While we do not have physical whiteboard support for Jamboard, our faculty use it in virtual classrooms and staff use it during virtual training sessions. We've also used it at virtual conferences to support participant engagement.

Google Jamboard is ideal for live, synchronous sessions to support collaboration and engagement. It can be used for the entire class, small group, or independent work. Create a Jamboard for a simple student knowledge check, or annotation exercise, or sorting activity. Insert a Google document, spreadsheet, or presentation, and have students annotate the file. There are many types of active learning activities you can do with a Google Jamboard!

Google Jamboard is an online collaborative space where multiple users can share information and share ideas seamlessly. Users are able to add animations, as well as use visually striking design elements that engage learners and other users. In any business or organization, users can collaborate and bring together ideas and projects in one space without the rigid format of a document or spreadsheet.

[Google] Jamboard's functionality allows anyone to create a visual representation of information while remaining open to collaboration with others. Students can use the program to solve math problems by writing on their touch screens, while others create timelines of their lives with different shapes, formatting, and text options. Teachers can use it jointly during professional development to brainstorm new ideas and make note of those they would like to implement. The possibilities feel endless.