• About Whiteboard
• Connecting to the Whiteboard Server
• Entering 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
• Managing Image Files
• Saving and Loading Files

What do you want to do?

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

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. From the Drawing Palette, click the Line Drawing icon.
   
2. Click anywhere in 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 and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

Note: When drawing straight lines that connect, previously drawn lines may erase. To correct this, in Whiteboard, under File, click Refresh. A confirmation screen appears. Click OK. The erased portions reappear.

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. From the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles will appear around the line.
2. From 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 and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
5. To confirm, click OK.

To reshape a line | Top

Note: You can only reshape a straight line.

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. Drag the selection handle until the line has the desired shape, and release.
5. To clear the drawing area and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

To change the color of a line | Top

1. From 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 changes color. Any new lines you draw will appear in the new color.
5. To clear the drawing area and start again, 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. From the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon.
   
2. Click anywhere in 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 and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

Note: When drawing filled rectangles that overlap, the overlapped portion of previously drawn rectangles may erase. To correct this, from the WebCT Whiteboard File menu, click Refresh. A confirmation screen appears. Click OK. The erased portions reappear.

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. From the Drawing Palette, click the Unfill icon. Selection handles 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 and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
4. To confirm, click OK.

To fill an object | Top

1. From the Drawing Palette, click the Fill icon. Selection handles 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 and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
4. To confirm, click OK.

To reshape an object | Top

1. From the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles 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 until the object has the desired shape, and release.
5. To clear the drawing area and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

To change the color of an object | Top

1. From the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles 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 appears in the new color. Any new objects you draw will appear in the new color.
5. To clear the drawing area and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
6. To confirm, click OK.

To change the thickness of an object | Top

1. From the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles 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 and start again, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
5. To confirm, click OK.

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