Why Explain Everything Advanced is your best Jamboard replacement
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As Jamboard winds down, you may be seeking a Google whiteboard alternative that replicates Jamboard’s functionality and also offers enhanced features. The good news is there are several alternatives on the market. Among these, Explain Everything Advanced is a robust, feature-rich replacement that seamlessly transitions Jamboard users into a new and improved interactive teaching and learning experience.
What is Google Jamboard?
Jamboard, Google’s digital whiteboard, has been a popular tool for brainstorming and interactivity, especially in educational settings. It allowed users to create and share ideas in real-time, making it a go-to for many classrooms and workplaces. However, as Google shifts its focus away from Jamboard, customers are in need of a solution that can meet their needs.
Why is Google Jamboard going away?
Google announced in September 2023 that Jamboard would shut down at the end of 2024. Jamboard is being discontinued because other whiteboarding tools have overtaken it with more functionalities. Instead, Google is focusing on Docs, Sheets, and Slides and how to partner these with other whiteboards.
The Jamboard app is now view-only, meaning you can’t create or edit Jams. Its associated physical whiteboard also reached its end of life in October 2024, meaning it only works in offline, unlicensed mode or as an extended display for other devices (i.e. through an HDMI cable). When used as a connected touchscreen display, it can show other apps like Jamboard (e.g. Explain Everything Advanced via a laptop) — but Jamboard’s online whiteboard functionality is obsolete.
With no option to make new Jams, those who relied on Google’s whiteboard technology are now searching for a replacement.
Introducing Explain Everything Advanced as a Jamboard alternative
Explain Everything Advanced is a digital whiteboard platform designed for collaboration, creativity, and communication. It empowers users to create dynamic presentations, engage with vibrant multimedia, and record, edit, and share instructional videos with others. With its diverse features, Explain Everything Advanced not only matches Jamboard’s capabilities and also offers much more.
A feature-by-feature comparison: Explain Everything Advanced vs. Jamboard
Although Jamboard is no longer an option, its previous users want to find replacements that offer the functionality it used to.
So, let’s dive into a detailed comparison of the two platforms using Jamboard’s top features:
Explain Everything Advanced offers the same top features as Jamboard used to and then goes above and beyond. Check out the additional ways Explain Everything Advanced adds even more interactivity, depth, and excitement to any lesson:
Interactive presentations and recordings
🟡 Jamboard: Offered basic presentation capabilities, limited to static slides.
🟣 Explain Everything Advanced: Allows users to create interactive presentations on infinite slides, each with an infinite whiteboard canvas and record, edit, and share lessons as web links for unlimited asynchronous viewing. This ability can enhance any flipped learning or environment. Just think how valuable it will be to easily share recordings with students, families, colleagues, and more!
User interface and experience
🟡 Jamboard: Known for its simple, intuitive interface, Jamboard allowed users to jump right into collaboration without a steep learning curve.
🟣 Explain Everything Advanced: Explain Everything Advanced also has an intuitive design that’s easy to use and offers a customizable interface. Users can arrange tools to fit their workflow, making it adaptable for both beginners and power users.
Collaboration features
🟡 Jamboard: Provided real-time co-authoring, sticky notes, and easy sharing options.
🟣 Explain Everything Advanced: Maximizes real-time collaboration by allowing users to conduct live polls with participants, randomize instruction with the Spinner tool, and enhance focus with the Timer tool.
Versatility and flexibility
🟡 Jamboard: It was great for quick sketches and simple brainstorming sessions. Required online connectivity for full functionality. Only supported core drawing when offline.
🟣 Explain Everything Advanced: Designed for versatility, it offers lots of options for annotating and sketchnoting, more support for importing and exporting files, and includes an infinite whiteboard canvas with unlimited slides. Plus, it integrates with cloud storage platforms such as Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. It even functions offline, making it more flexible than Jamboard ever was.
Multimedia integration
🟡 Jamboard: Simple to merge work from Docs, Sheets, and Slides. Plus, easy to add photos and images stored in Drive.
🟣 Explain Everything Advanced: Easy to add media from a range of sources. It’s quick to import images, videos, files, Clipart and audio. There’s even the built-in option to import external photos from Unsplash and GIFs from Giphy without leaving the whiteboard app.
Cross platform availability
🟡 Jamboard: Primarily designed for use within Google Workspace, which, while convenient, restricted users to a specific ecosystem. It did have supporting iOS and Android apps. It was also accessible via a web browser.
🟣 Explain Everything Advanced: Available across multiple platforms, including iOS, Android, and the web, ensuring seamless interactivity regardless of the device being used.
Explain Everything Advanced features beyond Jamboard
While Jamboard fans may be sad to see it go, other digital whiteboard technology (like Explain Everything Advanced) offers additional features beyond Jamboard’s capabilities.
Transitioning from Jamboard to Explain Everything
Want to use Jamboard content in Explain Everything Advanced? It’s easy to import Jamboard files as PDF or PNG files into Explain Everything projects. This ability ensures a smooth transition for anyone who has built resources in Jamboard and wants to continue accessing them.
Who is Explain Everything Advanced designed for?
Explain Everything Advanced is a versatile tool that enhances learning in K12 classrooms, higher education settings, and tutoring environments.
K12 teachers can create interactive lessons that engage students with multimedia presentations and collaborative projects, fostering creativity and critical thinking.
In higher education, instructors can utilize Explain Everything Advanced for an array of teaching ideas, including creating and delivering dynamic lectures, recording instructional videos, facilitating group discussions, and making complex concepts more accessible in synchronous and asynchronous environments.
For tutors, Explain Everything Advanced allows personalized 1:1 instruction, enabling them to create tailored lessons and provide real-time feedback, ensuring students grasp challenging material effectively.
Overall, Explain Everything Advanced transforms traditional teaching methods into interactive, engaging experiences across all educational levels.
Conclusion
As the educational landscape evolves, so do the tools we use. With Google Jamboard being phased out, Explain Everything Advanced emerges as a powerful alternative that offers many of the top Jamboard features and much more. Whether you’re in K12 classrooms, higher education, or tutoring, Explain Everything offers a comprehensive solution for interactivity, creativity, and engagement.
What now?
Explore how Explain Everything Advanced can transform your teaching and learning experiences today. Check out these free professional development resources to learn more about how to use this versatile platform. Don’t miss out on the opportunity to improve with a tool designed for your needs. Start for free today!
