NoteBookCast

What NoteBookCast is

NoteBookCast is a browser-based collaborative whiteboard for teaching, sketching, and working together in real time. People can use it in a modern browser without registering, and registered free accounts can save boards to a dashboard. Multiple users can draw at once, with their changes synchronized live. Board tools include chat, shapes, text, sticky notes, and a laser pointer. Users can create reusable templates and make as many boards from them as needed. The service also supports audio notes and lists screen sharing with drawing and annotation, image uploads, webcam image capture, and a PDF whiteboard generator with tables and image backgrounds. Its homepage describes audio and video calls without a time limit, while the new-board page states that audio conferences currently support two people. Audio compatibility is listed for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and iPad, with limited Safari compatibility on iPad. The free whiteboard plan costs nothing. The latest listed changelog version is 8.5.0, dated December 28, 2024.

Who it suits

NoteBookCast suits teachers, sketchers, and groups that want to work on a shared board through a browser. It may also suit people who want to start without registering or save boards through a free account.

Getting started

1. Open the NoteBookCast website in a modern browser.
2. Create a whiteboard without registering, or register for a free account to save boards to a dashboard.
3. Invite collaborators to draw on the board in real time.
4. Use the board tools, templates, calls or other listed collaboration features.

Verdict

NoteBookCast combines shared drawing, reusable boards, and built-in communication tools in a browser-based service. Check its two-person audio-conference limit and iPad Safari compatibility if those matter to your setup.