FigJam Whiteboard Overview With Pros & Cons | Tutorial for Teachers

Published 2024-02-16
FigJam is a great FREE alternative for Google Jamboard that teachers can use as a digital whiteboard for brainstorming, diagramming, creating graphic organizers, collaboration, and more! In this tutorial video, I outline the cost, signing up for an account, mobile options, creating a new whiteboard, using the tools and features, pros and cons for educators, and possible uses for FigJam in your classroom.

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0:00 Intro
0:43 Navigating to FigJam
0:55 Cost
1:29 Signing Up for an Account
1:35 Mobile Options
2:10 Google Chrome Extension
2:28 FigJam Website Overview
2:58 Creating a Whiteboard
3:46 Tools and Features
3:59 Board Menu
5:30 Toolbar
8:07 FigJam Pros
13:55 FigJam Cons
14:52 Possible Uses
15:27 Outro

FIGJAM:
www.figma.com/figjam/

FIGMA FOR EDUCATION:
www.figma.com/education/

FIGMA MOBILE GUIDE:
help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/1500007537281-Gui…

FIGMA APPS:
apps.apple.com/us/app/figma/id1152747299
play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.figma.mi…

FIGJAM APP FOR IPAD:
apps.apple.com/us/app/figjam-whiteboard-draw/id644…

FIGMA CHROME EXTENSION:
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/figma/fkmaohpngen…

FIGJAM EDUCATION TEMPLATES:
www.figma.com/@education

FREE FIGJAM EXPECTATIONS IMAGE TO DOWNLOAD:
drive.google.com/file/d/1jY0NQw4SdD-jjqCDP74LdTiJF…

FREE FIGJAM COURSE:
www.friedonline.com/course/figjam-design-lab
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All Comments (15)
  • First of all congrats on 600K!🎉 Wow, this seems like a great alternative to Jamboard and the pros definitely outweigh the cons! There are so many cool features! I plan on watching this video again when I try it out! Thank you for yet another inspiring video! I just want to try all the things! I’m definitely going to be sharing this video with my teacher friends that use Jamboard! Can’t wait to see what you have in store next week!
  • This is so cool! Thank you for this tutorial. I can't wait to get started!!
  • Happy weekend, Michelle! I am excited to try out a new program and I appreciate the clear tutorial you gave. I think one of the most fun parts of being a teacher is to find new technology to incorporate in your instruction. It helps to breathe new life and excitement into the classroom. Thank you for sharing! Have a fantastic week! 💜
  • @HopeTM71
    So exciting! Thank you for the tutorial. You are awesome. I was a little worried about losing all the cool jams I have on jam board but I am so excited to hear that I can import them to fig jam and still be able to edit. That’s pretty cool. The hide feature and the reactions are great as well! Thank you again 😊
  • @nelliefranco2668
    Wow!! This seems very cool to use. It has very nice features that students and teachers will definitely enjoy. I can’t wait to begin exploring some of the things we can do as teachers. I hope you’ll be posting some of those ideas too. 😊
  • Michelle, I learned so much and I’ve used it in the past. The connection four and Bitmoji are my favorite discoveries and I did not have Figjam whiteboard on my iPad, just Figma. Very informative and thorough like only you knows how to do in my book 😊
  • @latyhamid8324
    Hi how do you share and give excess to allow students to write on your whiteboard if you are using an iPad have not been able to figure that out. Thank you for your help
  • I am wondering how you can get your Jam Board to turn into a book (like on Jam Board) ? It imports like pages but how do you get them to turn?? I thought your video was great!
  • @MaAW-xx6sb
    Hi Michelle. Do you know of any jamboards alternatives that will allow you to bring over your already made jamboards and convert to their system ?
  • @AngBuck59
    Would this be considered to be a Web 2.0 Edutool?
  • @anneramirez451
    I can’t get started. I have an account. I made a team. But I previously imported jamboards into figjam, and I can’t access them. Don’t know where to look. And it’s telling me I have reached my limit of 1 project. Ugh.