• 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?

• enter text
• bold text
• change text color
• change font
• change font size
• italicize text
  

Entering text  | Top

This tool allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to enter text in the drawing area, and view the results in real-time during an online discussion. Whiteboard allows one user to enter text at a time.

1. From the Drawing Palette, click the Text icon.
2. Click anywhere in the drawing area and enter your text. As you type, your text appears underscored to indicate to other users that you are typing.
3. When you're finished entering your text, press Enter on your keyboard. The underscore disappears. Others may now enter text.
4. To clear the drawing area, click the Clear icon. A confirmation window appears.
5. To confirm, click OK.

Changing text style | Top

This feature allows designers, students, and teaching assistants to change the font and font size, and to bold or italicize text.

To change text color | Top

1. From the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles appear around the text.
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 text color, click any one of its selection handles. The text appears in the new color. Any new text you enter appears in the new color.

To change font, font size, font style | Top

Note: WebCT matches standard Java fonts to the fonts that most closely resemble your computer's fonts. Because one or more of these fonts may not be loaded on your computer, the font that appears on your screen may not match exactly the font you choose from the Whiteboard Font Selector.

1. From the Drawing Palette, click the Selection icon. Selection handles appear around the text.
2. At the bottom of the Whiteboard, click the Font Selector icon. The Whiteboard Font window appears.
3. Change the font, font size or font type as desired:
   • To change the font, select one of the fonts in the list.
     
   • To change the font size, select it from the Size drop-down list.
   • To bold the text , select the Bold check box.
   • To italicize the text, select the Italic check box.
4. Click OK. The Whiteboard Font window disappears.
5. Click any one of the selection handles around the text you want to change. The text you selected is modified. Any new text you enter appears with the new font characteristics.

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