Set a focused prompt
Choose one question or concept for the group to work through. Provide enough starting structure that participants know where to begin.
Give the group a place to think together.
Use a shared canvas to explain concepts, gather ideas and plan group work. Make the relationships between ideas visible during a facilitated session.
Hosts sign up. Guests join with a name.
Design for participation and understanding.
Build the explanation together
Invite contributions as notes, drawings or connections. Ask people to explain the relationship they have added.
Check the shared understanding
Discuss gaps and conflicting interpretations. Finish by recording the questions that need another explanation.
An example session
Make sense of an unfamiliar topic
Put the central concept on the board and ask small groups to add a definition, an example and a connection to something they already know. Compare how the branches relate.
Use the visible differences to guide the next teaching conversation.
EducationExample boardOur group enquiry
QuestionWhat makes a city liveable?
ObserveCompare local neighbourhoods
DiscussBring different experiences
ReflectWhat changed our view?
Do participants need to create an account?
A host creates the board. Participants can join through an editable link with a name, subject to the requirements and policies that apply to your group.
Is Boards a learning-management system?
No. These examples use a visual collaboration canvas for facilitated activities. Boards is not presented here as a gradebook, assessment system or student record system.
Bring the next conversation
onto a board.
Start with 3 free live boards. Invite your participants through a link.
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