Collaborative Whiteboards
This feature is currently in beta and will soon be extended to allow you to create whiteboards at the meeting level, present whiteboards, and more.
If you have feedback or ideas on how to make the feature more useful to you, please let us know at info@teamretro.com.
Collaborative Whiteboards let you add a shared visual workspace to any idea or comment in a retrospective meeting. Powered by Excalidraw, whiteboards help your team sketch diagrams, map frameworks, and collaborate visually without leaving TeamRetro.
Whiteboards work in all of TeamRetro's meeting options — Retrospectives, Health Checks, Maturity Model Meetings and Estimations.
Real-time collaboration
Multiple participants can draw on the same whiteboard simultaneously. You'll see live cursors and a facilitator can use follow mode to guide participants to the same view. Whiteboards switch to view-only mode during the Share and Review steps to keep the focus on discussion.
How to add a Whiteboard as an idea
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Within your meeting, under the topic column you wish to add the Whiteboard to, click on the OPTIONS icon.
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Under the WHITEBOARD tab, start from a blank canvas or choose from one of our pre-built framework templates:
RACI — Responsibility assignment matrix
SWOT — Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Stakeholder Map — Map out key stakeholders and influence
5 Whys — Root cause analysis
North Star — Align on your guiding metric
Timeline — Visualise events over time
Fishbone Diagram — Cause and effect analysis
Impact Effort Matrix — Prioritise by effort vs. impact
The Golden Circle — Why, How, What framework
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Your selected template will then be submitted as an idea under the selected column among your other ideas. Click on it to access the whiteboard.
How to add a Whiteboard as a comment
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Click on a specific idea or enter PRESENT mode.
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In the comment text field, click on the OPTIONS icon.
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Under the WHITEBOARD tab, start from a blank canvas or choose from one of our pre-built framework templates.
How to add a Whiteboard as a chat message
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Open the CHAT tab from the right-hand side panel within your meeting.
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Decide whether FACILITATORS CAN POST MESSAGES or EVERYONE CAN POST MESSAGES. Otherwise, keep it DISABLED if you do not want any Whiteboards or messages in the chat.
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In the chat text field, click on the OPTIONS icon —> WHITEBOARD tab. Start from a blank canvas or choose from one of our pre-built framework templates.
Included in reports
Whiteboard snapshots are included in your retrospective reports, so the visual context is preserved alongside your written feedback.
