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'''Whiteboarding''' is the placement of shared files on an on-screen shared notebook or whiteboard. Videoconferencing and data conferencing software often lets documents as on a physical whiteboard.
In '''hybrid whiteboarding''', special handwriting detection software allows for physical whiteboards to be shared with remote and distant users, often allowing for the simultaneous addition of digital content. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Whiteboarding: the definitive guide |url=https://sharetheboard.com/blog/whiteboarding/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=ShareTheBoard |language=en-US}}</ref>
Whiteboarding sessions — both in-office and virtual — provide teams with a collaborative, creative environment for brainstorming new ideas and solving problems. Without a defined structure in place, however, these sessions can quickly unravel and get off track.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-06-10|title=7 Tips for Running Effective Whiteboarding Sessions|url=https://www.pgi.com/blog/2020/06/7-tips-for-running-effective-whiteboarding-sessions/|access-date=2023-07-10|website=Internet Archive|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206232911/https://www.pgi.com/blog/2020/06/7-tips-for-running-effective-whiteboarding-sessions/ |archive-date=2023-02-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>
With this type of software, several people can work on the image at the same time, each seeing changes the others make in near-real time.
Electronic whiteboarding was included at least as early as 1996 in the CoolTalk tool in Netscape Navigator 3.0.
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