Once the Board is launched, the facilitator accesses the following interface to sort and annotate the ideas posted by the participants:
3 little dots menu
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Board title
Sharing option
Share the access code with participants so they can go directly to the Board. Click on it to display it in full screen, along with the entire invitation link and QR code. It is also possible to invite other participants from this window. Click on the lock to secure the Board by preventing access via the code (access only by email invitation)
Participants list
Display participants, invite a new one, block them, switch them to facilitator. The black dot indicates the number of participants.
Download
Download your Board data in different types of formats (image, PDF, zip, Excel, csv, Klaxoon. With "Capture", save an image of the board in its current state and share it in PNG format via the gallery.
Setting options
Colors
Modify, caption, add or delete colors (50 maximum). Discover how in video: Manage colors
Categories
Modify, add or delete categories (50 maximum)
Dimensions
Modify, add or delete dimensions (3 maximum)
Smart Zones
Display a pop-up with options to simplify the grouping of ideas by different criteria (categories, dimensions, colors, number of Likes, etc...)
Objectives
Add or modify the objectives of the Board
Background
- Show/hide the background image
- Activate/deactivate night mode (the board becomes black)
- Adjust the size of the background image
Participant Mode
Select participants rights :
- Controled mode: Participants can send ideas. Ideas will be stored in an inbox. The facilitator can then move them to the Board
- Free modes: Participants can send ideas and move them on the Board; possibility to allow them to modify locked items and/or modify drawings, images, shapes and/or modify others' ideas
Display
- Participants' views: manage participant access to the different Board views, to captures taken, and to the identity of the participant who sent an idea
- Participants' features: Allow participants to create a Live, synchronize their view and/or take captures
Reset
Display a pop-up with options to simplify the deletion of ideas or annotations
Call
Launch a Live audio and video of 5, 15, 30 minutes renewable or infinte time, or a video conference (Meet, Skype, Teams, Webex or Zoom). It is also possible to share your screen.
Synchronize
Enable simultaneous display on participants' terminals so they can follow your Board presentation
Questions
Ask a question.
Time
Timer : Display the Timer / Countdown
Pause : To block all activity on participants' terminals; click the play arrow to unblock the terminals.
Update Smart Zones
Once Smart Zones are enabled in "Options", this button allows you to integrate new ideas on the Board into idea groups
Contextual buttons
Different icons appear depending on the type of object selected:
- Questions: ask a question
- Heart: like the idea
- Pencil: edit the idea
- Eye: see the idea in a larger view (drawing or image)
- Play: create a slideshow with images of selected ideas (visible in sync)
- Label: assign a category to the idea
- Palette: change the color of the idea
Idea
Drag and drop an idea to move it, and play with its size; double-click on an idea to modify it
button
- Share : copy the link to the idea
- Duplicate : create a copy
- Size : change the size
- Planes : move the object to the foreground or backwards
- Arrow : send the idea back to the Inbox
- Trash : delete the idea
Inbox
Display the Inbox, the idea selection tool that offers different filters:
- Search by keywords
- By colors
- By category
- By number of hearts
It is in the Inbox that the ideas of the participants arrive in "Facilitator-controlled" mode. And it is always possible to place ideas in the Inbox to be processed later, for example.
Inbox in list format
Show or hide the vertical list of ideas in the Inbox; using the selection rectangle, you can move several ideas at once.
Move arrow
Activate the navigating cursor in the board
Selection arrow
Activate the multiple object selection rectangle (ideas, images and shapes)
Interaction option
Interact on the Board with :
- locked items
- drawings, images, shapes
- ideas and questions
Navigate the Board
Click on the hand to move around the Board without moving items.
Undo/Redo
Left arrow to undo the last action or right arrow to redo it
Drawing tools
Show tools:
- Choose a text, shape or drawing color
- Write text that is easy to format (font, size, bold, italic, alignment, lists, color, ...)
- Brushes: draw freeform shapes of any thickness
- Select and draw a shape on the Board: rectangle, circle, triangle, line, arrow, double arrow and pen tool
- Create a link anchored to 2 ideas
- Eraser: erase objects with a click
Insert elements using files :
- from csv: add a list of ideas at once (one idea per box)
- files: any kind of file can be put in an idea
- from Jira: add ideas from Jira tickets
Or directly on the Board:
- sketch: use the chosen image and vectorize it on the board
- images: add an image directly on the board
button
Create an idea
Views
Change the display mode of the Board:
- Board: Ideas are manually placed on the infinite whiteboard
- Column: Ideas are organized according to their category, which can be modified by drag and drop
- List: Table allowing to sort ideas according to different criteria (colors, categories, dimensions, etc.)
Mini-Board
Mini-Board thumbnail to quickly move around the large Boards
Zoom
Zoom in or out on the Board
Display
- Zoom in on the selected item
- Zoom in globally
- Show the color legend of the ideas on the Board
- Show the thumbnail to quickly move around the entire Board
- Show objectives (or instuctions) on the Board
- Show the background image
- Show a grid on the Board
- Enable grid magnetism, making it easier to align objects on the Board
Search
Display the search bar for ideas on the board, with different filters:
- Search by keywords
- By colors
- By category
- By number of hearts
Enlarge the Board
Hide toolbars to enlarge the available display area