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Braving Through Remote Work

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To assist communication amongst teammates during group discussions.

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To improve team productivity and efficiency by keeping things organized and through task delegation features.

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Interface design tool to create wireframes, digital simulation or demo of an application, website, etc.

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Virtual platform that enables effective team collaboration and ideation through the use of sticky notes, drawing tool, etc.

Whiteboard

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Tools Comparison

An overview of the shortlisted whiteboarding tools.

Note: Updated as of 27 August 2020. This chart is a basic comparison, refer to the official websites for detailed information.

Our Recommendations

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Miro

Online collaborative whiteboarding platform that enables effective remote teamwork, from brainstorming to agile workflows.

Pricing Plan: Free Education Plan, Free

Operating Platform: Web-based, Locally Installed (macOS & Windows)

Notable features: Real-Time Co-Editing, Post-its, Google Drive Plugin, Infinite Canvas

Best Used For: Brainwriting & Ideating, Rough Sketching, Organizing

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NUS Students: 

Special instructions to set up education account here

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MURAL

A digital workspace for visual collaboration and to facilitate design thinking.

Pricing Plan: Free Education Plan, Free 30 days trial

Operating Platform: Web-based, Locally Installed (Windows)

Notable features: Real-Time Co-Editing, Post-its, Icons, Built-in Image Library

Best Used For: Brainwriting & Ideating, Rough Sketching, Organizing

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InVision (Cloud)

 InVision is a prototyping suite that enables stakeholders and designers to ideate, collaborate, validate, and handoff specs to developers.

Pricing Plan: Free Education Plan, Free

Operating Platform: Web-based

Notable features: Real-Time Co-Editing, Whiteboard, Post-its, Photoshop & Sketch Sync

Best Used For: Rapid Clickable Prototyping, Wireframing, Ideating, Rough Sketching

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Adobe XD (Whiteboard Plugin) 

 A vector-based user experience design tool for web apps and mobile apps.

Whiteboard Plugin available. (*Coedit feature is still in Beta mode)

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Pricing Plan: Creative Cloud License

Operating Platform: Locally Installed (macOS & Windows)

Notable features: Drawing Tool, Icons, Real-Time Co-Editing (Beta)

Best Used For: Ideating​, Rough Sketching

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Conceptboard

Visual collaboration workspace with whiteboard functions for efficient teamwork.

Pricing Plan: Free

Operating Platform: Web-based

Notable features: Drawing Tool, Post-its, Icons, Video Embed

Best Used For: Ideating​, Rough Sketching, Organizing

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Aww App

Touch friendly online whiteboard for drawing and collaborating.

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Pricing Plan: Free (premium tools only available for the first 14 days)

Operating Platform: Web-based

Notable features: Drawing Tool, Post-its

Best Used For: Ideating​, Rough Sketching, Annotating while Explaining

Milanote

Easy-to-use tool to organize your ideas and projects into visual boards.

Pricing Plan: Free (with restrictions)

Operating Platform: Web-based, Locally Installed (macOS)

Notable features: Web-Clipper Tool, To-Do List

Best Used For: Moodboarding, Organizing, Task Delegation

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Other available whiteboards:

Draft.io

Capture, explore, mobilize, and plan, in a visual and malleable document universe.

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UXPressia

A set of online tools for visualizing customer experience.

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