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Conceptboard is a virtual whiteboard toolkit used by the School of Architecture for effective online visual collaboration with Faculty and Students. Conceptboard allows students and faculty to sketch, create collages, markup files, and participate in virtual pin-ups and reviews.

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Get Started

Conceptboard is pretty simple to navigate.

If you are using concept board on a laptop or computer device, it is  recommended that you use a mouse or keyboard to navigate.  Track-pads are not effective as navigation tools within this platform, as it causes slight glitches and errors in selection, however if you don't have a mouse or keyboard available, it can be used.  When using a mouse, Left and right click, scroll and zoom will give you much of the same functionalities that you are used to in other architectural design software.  If you are using a Tablet, spread your fingers to zoom and use two fingers to move.  Using a tablet will also give you the ability to create quick free form sketches.

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How to navigate on a Tablet


Name Your Boards

Name Your Project Boards and keep track of all your files by selecting the "Unnamed Board" title at the top of the page.

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Drag & Drop

You may drag and drop a “png” and “jpeg” images directly into Conceptboard from your computer.  Please note that concept board has a limit of 25MB per image.

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Forgot to save?  Don't worry!!

Conceptboard will auto save your work as at the last point you logged off worked on it,  even if you forgot to assign a file name.  Just go to your Project Boards page and your last opened file will appear.

Create Quick Collages

Drag & Drop

You may drag and drop a “png” and “jpeg” images to create quick, simple and effective collages.  Use this tool to effectively demonstrate your You can create quick collages by importing sketches and stock images.  These can quickly and effectively demonstrate your schematic and conceptual ideas to your lecturers in the initial stages of the design project.

Tip: Kathleen loves when students produce these types of drawings for her design charrettes in Research class! 

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Sketching or Scribbling

Scan your hand drawings or develop your sketches from scratch within Conceptboard.  This feature is most effective when done with a Tablet or wide screen phone device with a designated pen feature.

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Share your board

From within a board, you can click the blue ‘Share board’ button located in the upper right-hand corner of the board toolbar. You can enter an email or select a user from the drop-down menu. Separate multiple emails addresses with a comma. Each time you share the board this way, an email notification is sent to the user. MultimedianameShare.mp4


Collaborate with other Students & Professors

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