(Google was a little more creative and called its whiteboard product Jamboard.) But if you're visiting this article, you either don't want to use these built-in tools, or you need a dedicated online whiteboard tool that offers more advanced or specific features. Zoom has Zoom Whiteboard, Microsoft Teams has Microsoft Whiteboard (which is also a standalone app), and Webex has, you guessed it, a feature called Whiteboard. Similarly, most online conferencing software and office suites have a whiteboard built in. InVision Freehand for annotating design files with a team

Stormboard for creating multiple whiteboards in a single brainstorming session I'd be happy to work with a team using any of these picks. I've been working remotely for my entire tech writing career-almost a decade now-so I have a lot of experience with testing apps and actually using online collaborative tools. I tested dozens of online whiteboards to find the best ones for a variety of needs. Of course, a product sprint team, say, and a high school Calculus teacher use whiteboards entirely differently.

Fast, easy, and visual collaboration is too important not to have a virtual option. Office work is back, but it's not back to how it was before. This means that tools like the whiteboard-a staple of classrooms and meeting spaces-have taken the digital leap.

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