Explain Everything Whiteboard

I wanted the Basics version today. I saw on the website that it wouldn’t be available AFTER December 7, 2023, but that’s a lie. Today is December 7, and it’s already not available in App Store. I was mislead by this company and it does not feel great.

I've used lots of whiteboard apps. I've been teaching for lots of years. Recently I switched to a flipped classroom model for my math classes. Explain Everything has been a game changer for me. The current toolset is very good and it has grown over the past year or so. What I really like, other than the ease of use, is the simplicity of sharing what you create. Being able to collaborate on whiteboards is cool but the ability to export slides, videos in whatever format you want is what I need in my classes. So, if you are teaching anyone anything, this is an app that you simply must try! Just updating my review. Still 5 stars. I’ve started using the synchronous collaborative tools - giving the code and allowing remote participants to contribute. I’m only a few days in but I am rethinking how I’ll do my lessons to make them even more interactive and engaging. The ability to embed the lesson into our learning management system (Canvas) and/or provide the code for them to join on any device has been pretty seamless so far. Also, the new clear all drawings is a huge time saver. I reuse lessons from past years which, of course, have tons of scribbles on them. It used to be a pain to clean up the slide. Now, it’s a quick press and hold, tap clear drawings. Great stuff.

just bought this and i do not even have a black pen on white

Doggo

You get one slide for the free version why would i pay monthly for this its literally like 15 bucks a month

Je suis enseignant de mathématique et utilise presque quotidiennement Explain Everything pour la création de capsules vidéos de cours théoriques pour l’apprentissage asynchrone. Cette application est fantastique! Elle est simple d’utilisation et très puissante. La fonctionnalité d’édition des pistes vidéo et audio en cours de création est de loin ce qui ce fait de mieux. Je réserve une demi-étoile pour un besoin d’améliorer les outils de dessin.

This is the most advanced app for recording and editing presentations with handwriting and voice. Its main advantage is the superb timeline editor of voice and annotations; no other app comes even close. Another distinct feature is the ability to embed dynamic web content directly into the slides; that mostly eliminates the need in an external screen recorder. I use the app to create short math tutorials, which are a mixture of slides, handwriting, drawings and voice. The app allows me to frequently pause and quickly edit the audio fragments and pencil strokes on the fly. That substantially speeds up my workflow and produces better result comparing with all other apps and techniques that I tried in in the past. I also like how tiny the resulting video files are (1 mb/min). I’m hoping to see more speed settings in the future, like 1.2x, 1.5x, etc. Also, a minor annoyance is when the screen shifts during recording. There’s a way to lock it but it’s cumbersome. The developer indicated that they are already working on these improvements. It would also be useful to have an autosave ( into a temporary file.)

It seems this app was not built with Apple Pencil in mind. The app does not differentiate between finger and pencil, meaning you cannot move around the canvas and draw without switching tools (unless you use two finger gestures). The app also does not conform to iPadOS’ three finger undo/redo gestures. Three finger gestures do nothing, so this just seems like an oversight from the developers. You must instead use a very small button to perform these actions. Undoing and redoing is made even more annoying by a very strange design decision: zooming and panning around the canvas are actions that are part of the undo/redo history. This makes it extremely annoying to use, because you have to mentally keep track of all canvas movements whenever you wish to undo something; and once that thing is undone, you have to reset your canvas’ position to resume what you were doing. These issues may not seem like much, as this app seems otherwise perfectly fine, but they have eaten up my patience to the point where I would rather use paper to take notes during lectures. This is the only app I have found that simultaneously isn’t an eyesore, has an infinite canvas, and lets you import import multi-page PDFs with a decent amount of options. Yet it fails to deliver on usability. I have resorted to refunding my iPad not because the hardware is lacking, but because the software is. My hope is that the developers can address these issues, as they have an extremely solid foundation to work with. This app could be seriously amazing given a few key UX changes.

Can only undo some things, just deleted part of a clip and cannot get it back. Amazing!!!

The worst app ever oh my god