Whiteboards

Some projects benefit from having one place to stash everything, everywhere, all at once — like photos, sticky notes, web links, documents and doodles contributed by multiple people. In this case, consider an interactive digital whiteboard app. Like whiteboards in an office, these digital ones allow people to add, erase and edit content, but participants using them can contribute and see real-time updates to the board on just about any device.

Apple’s Freeform app provides a canvas for big ideas, and the company’s site has detailed instructions for using it on an iPhone, an iPad and a Mac. After someone starts a Freeform board and shares it with others by Apple Mail, Messages or AirDrop, the group work begins; boards can also be exported as PDF files for those without the app. Apple’s FaceTime service is integrated for real-time video calls during a collaboration session.