The goal of the lesson
Up as students walk in, it gives latecomers a bearing and gives everyone a point to come back to at the end: “did we get there?”
The written instruction, projected large
An instruction said three times is an instruction three students missed. Written on the board, it stays there all lesson, and “what were we meant to do again?” finds its answer without interrupting you.
Try it right now
This is not a screenshot: it is the tool itself, the one your class will see on the board.
How it works
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Write, then display
A text field, a “Display” button, and the text goes large. “Edit” returns to the field, “Clear” empties the card. The instruction can run over several lines: line breaks are kept.
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Four text sizes
From small to extra large. The size is set relative to the CARD, not the screen: an instruction stays readable whether it takes a corner of the canvas or the whole board, with no adjusting to redo.
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Six colours, and a position
Ink, red, amber, green, blue, purple — and the text sits left, centre or right. The colours are fixed: red stays red even if you change the portal theme.
When it really earns its place
The brief for a long piece of work
Through forty minutes of written work, the instruction stays visible next to the timer. Students reread it themselves, and you stop being their only source.
The day’s announcements
Friday’s trip, kit to bring back, a room change: a note on the board beats an announcement shouted over the noise at the end of a lesson.
What it does, and what it does not
The text is capped at five hundred characters. This is an instruction to project, not a document: beyond that, nobody reads a screen from the back of the room.
Formatting stops at size, colour and position. There is no bold, no bullet lists and no images — three settings you can change in one gesture beat a word processor opened in front of the class.
On the board’s canvas, your text and its settings are kept from one session to the next. They live in your browser, like everything else, and go to no server.
Frequently asked questions
Can I write several lines?
Yes, line breaks are kept when displayed. An instruction in three numbered steps reads better than a paragraph, especially projected.
Is the instruction kept for the next day?
On the board’s canvas, yes: the text, its size, its colour and its position are remembered for that card. In the Simple view, which shows one tool at a time, the note starts blank.
Why do the colours not follow the theme?
Because an instruction written in red has to stay red. If text colours followed the portal skin, changing theme would change the meaning of what you wrote.
Can I show two instructions at once?
Yes, on the board’s canvas: place two text cards side by side, each with its own settings. It is a common setup — the goal on one side, the current instruction on the other.
Pairs well with
This tool lives on the board’s canvas, next to all the others.