Digital whiteboards are in demand as distributed teams look for more ways to collaborate visually. Credit: ClickUp Productivity platform ClickUp has added a Whiteboards feature today, enabling more visual collaboration for distributed teams to present and brainstorm ideas. ClickUp Whiteboards will form part of the wider ClickUp portfolio of collaboration tools, which includes Tasks, Docs, Goals, and Dashboards. The whiteboards are native to the ClickUp platform, meaning users will be able to incorporate any work undertaken on a whiteboard into their existing workflows immediately. Alongside providing a space for teams to come together and map out their ideas, the digital, interactive canvas offers real-time collaboration capabilities to distributed teams. Workers will have complete visibility into all team members’ edits and cursor movements and will be able to add content to the whiteboard in a variety of ways, including drawings, text with rich formatting, shapes, sticky notes, images, and other media files. Quick-Apply templates will enable teams from any department to speed up the whiteboarding process, while any objects created on a whiteboard can be turned into a ClickUp task and shared with both internal and external teams. Research carried out by ClickUp prior to the Whiteboards launch found that 67% of employees consider themselves ‘visual workers’. Furthermore, since the start of the pandemic, 60% of respondents admitted to finding it more challenging to brainstorm and collaborate with their colleagues, with 64% having done less brainstorming with their teams as a result. Zeb Evans, CEO at ClickUp, said that collaboration requires more than just a physical place where colleagues can meet to brainstorm ideas. He believes that teams need to be able turn thoughts into actions without the use of too many tools. “ClickUp Whiteboards solves this challenge, as it is built natively into the broader ClickUp platform … providing a single place for teams to work more efficiently and get more done,” he said. Related content news Businesses lack AI strategy despite employee interest — Microsoft survey Microsoft’s fourth annual Work Trend Index survey shows that workers are coming to grips with generative AI tools, but leaders aren’t convinced they have a proper deployment strategy in place. By Matthew Finnegan May 08, 2024 6 mins Microsoft Generative AI IT Skills news analysis Apple Silicon sets scene for a new AI ecosystem With its new iPads, Apple presses home the message that Apple Silicon is built for AI. By Jonny Evans May 08, 2024 12 mins Apple Generative AI iPad news The CHIPS Act money: A timeline of grants to chipmakers The Department of Commerce is divvying up $52 billion in the hopes of spurring on-shore chip manufacturing in the US. Here's what's been allocated and where the money is going. By Lucas Mearian May 08, 2024 5 mins CPUs and Processors Government Manufacturing Industry reviews Arc browser for Windows — better than Chrome? This might just be the best web browser for power users. But you’ll have to rewire your brain. By Chris Hoffman May 08, 2024 13 mins Windows Browsers Productivity Software Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe