Ways to Work Together








Miro   ︎︎︎︎︎

Digital Collaborative Whiteboard 


Simulate desk-crits & pin-ups.
Students see your drawings in real time.
Upload images and sketch over them.

Archive student work to track progress.
Free to use with in-app purchases.

Sign up here.



Conceptboard  ︎︎︎︎

Digital Collaborative Whiteboard


Multi-stage design revisions.
Embed video and audio content.  
Use to display work during final review.
Free to use with in-app purchases.
Sign up here.




Jamboard  ︎︎︎︎

Digital Collaborative Whiteboard


Brainstorming sessions and quick markups.

Limited editing / markup tool set.

Lower resolution file upload than Miro.

Links directly to your Google Drive.

VPN Required for users in mainland China.

Free to use.


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Mozilla Hubs / Spoke  ︎︎︎︎︎

Interactive 3D Environment

Upload and interact with your 3D models.

Videogame-like environment.

Customizable avatars.

Integrated voice and video chat.

Easy VR connectivity.


Free to use.


Download here.



Mural
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Digital Collaborative Whiteboard

Easily link to Google Drive, Dropbox, and other software.

Embed audio & video content via YouTube, Vimeo, etc.

Use to display work during final review.

“Follow” feature which allows viewers to track the document owners’ screen to stay in sync.


First 30 days free, then $12 - $20 / month.


Morpholio Trace  ︎︎︎︎

Digital Sketching App

High quality sketching and redlining.

Use “trace paper” on top of drawings.

No live editing.

Particularly useful for systems studio.

iOS only.


Free to use.


Download here.


Perusall  ︎︎︎︎︎

Co-Reading App

Students & faculty read & annotate together.

More akin to social media platform (hashtags, ‘likes’, emoticons).

Link to URLs for extended web references/resources.


Algorithmic grading system ranks students’ responses from 1–3.

Free to use.


Sign-Up here.



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