Features

• Multi users meeting rooms with synchronous online white board
  • Private, semi-private and public rooms
    • Each room has a unique whiteboard (board) where users can add multimedia objects
    • Boards can in fact be of any color or with a backdrop (pre-defined or uploaded)
    • Boards are accessible through 2 different navigation menus
    • Boards can be shared through an invite system or by making them accessible to specific groups of users
    • Boards are viewable in 2 sizes (medium and large)
    • Users can communicate using a private chatroom
    • Users can use (free) video/audio/chat Skype directly
    • Users can also use our integrated video/audio (powered by TokBox)
    • Boards can hold many multi-media objects
    • Whoever has created the board "owns" it.
    • Boards can be cloned allowing coach to easily prepare a client's session
    • Boards can be turned into a multimedia presentation
    • Boards can be categorized as students/clients (to find them more easily in the tree menu)
  • Multimedia objects:
    • Objects are by default moveable, visible and changeable. However the board's owner can lock objects (they can't be moved, updated or deleted by a third party) or hide them from others.
    • Multi-lines text with adjustable size, font, background color, color, smilies
    • Math objects such as "cos(pi*x) / (-LN2*x);" allows easy functions' plotting
    • Geometry objects to render in java applets any manipulative created on the Kent University GeoSite
    • Pictures and files
      • Fast upload specifically designed for large (up to 21 giga) files
      • Automatic creation of a thumbnail
      • Users can resize the thumbnail
      • Users can rotate the thumbnail
      • Thumbnails can be set to half-brightness
      • Authors can attach text comments
      • Accepted file types:
        • JPG, JPEG, GIF, PDF, XLS, DOC, PDF, ZIP
    • Videos
      • Fast upload specifically designed for large (up to 21 giga) files
      • Automatic creation of a thumbnail
      • Users can resize the thumbnail
      • Users can rotate the thumbnail
      • Accepted file types:
        • AVI, FLV, WMV, MPG, MEPG
    • Web links
      • Automatic creation of a thumbnail
      • Users can resize the thumbnail
    • youTube links
      • Automatic creation of a thumbnail
      • Users can resize the thumbnail
      • Users can add/edit captions (subtitles). If the user is the board's creator add/edit is always available, otherwise it's available if the object is not locked.
    • Synchronously shared documents
      • Automatic creation of a thumbnail
      • Use famed FCKeditor, an open source which looks very much like your desktop word processor
      • Multi-pages documents can be turned into a slide show
    • Synchronously shared spreadsheets
      • Automatic creation of a thumbnail
      • Limited formula available
    • Diagrams and graphs such as lines, arrows, boxes, circles and ellipses
      • Can be colored
      • Can be resized
      • Can be a SCRUM-like grid (for Agile developers needs)
      • Can be set loose!
    • Freehand drawing
      • 2 sizes (narrow and wide)
      • Can have a backdrop (for coloring)
      • backdrop standard or uploaded
    • Google maps with unique synchronous navigation
    • RSS feeds
  • Objects can be dragged around the board
  • Copy/paste objects between boards
  • Objects can be totally frozen (they can't be moved)
  • Objects can be locked (only the owner can change or move them)
  • Objects can be visible or hidden to regular users (users who don't own the board)
  • Objects can be grouped together and moved around as a bundle
• Paypal integration possible (please ask)
• Audio and video with either Skype or TokBox (now totally integrated with eMediacoach)
• Instant messaging (chatroom)
• English or French interface available