CanvaRoom

Online whiteboard · voice · chat

Think out loud,
together.

  • Every stroke, instantly. Ink streams to everyone as you draw — no waiting for you to lift the pen.
  • Talk while you sketch. Built-in voice rooms and chat, one click away.
  • Room to grow. Add pages, zoom from overview to detail, start from templates.

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A story in three acts

Why tutors, students, and teams switch to a live collaborative whiteboard

Every online class has the same three villains: lag, too many apps, and a board only one person can draw on. Here’s one evening of it — and the week after.

Act I The problem

  1. Tuesday, 7:00 pm

    The class starts, and the drawing doesn’t

    Sam tutors maths online. They draw a triangle to explain area, but on the students’ screens it arrives seconds later, a piece at a time. By the time the line shows up, Sam has already moved on.

    “Can everyone see this?” — for the fourth time.

    Shared whiteboard3.2 s behindcan u see it??

  2. 7:12 pm

    Three apps for one lesson

    Voice is in a video call, the board is in tab seven, questions land in a chat somewhere else. Sam spends the class switching windows, and the students spend it finding where the lesson went.

    Half the lesson is spent managing the lesson.

    Video callWhiteboard — tab 7Chatwhere was I?

  3. 7:25 pm

    Only one person holds the pen

    A student wants to try the next step on the board. On a screen share they can only watch, so the class turns into a broadcast. Nobody can point, sketch an answer, or work a problem together.

    “Can I try?” “…just tell me and I’ll draw it.”

    f(x) = ?TeacherView onlycan I try?

  4. 7:40 pm

    The Wi-Fi drops

    Sam’s connection blinks for a moment. When it comes back, the last ten minutes of working on the board are gone, and everyone has to rejoin the call.

    There has to be something better than this.

    Connection lost — your last changes were not saved

Act II The search

  1. 11:30 pm

    Looking for a board built for live classes

    That night Sam searches for a whiteboard with voice for online classes — something where the drawing, the talking, and the questions live in one place, and where students can draw too.

    Free, in the browser, and nothing to install. Please.

    New tabwhiteboard with voice for classCanvaRoom — live whiteboardVoice + chat built in · free · no installthis one

  2. 11:32 pm

    Landing on CanvaRoom

    Two minutes later Sam has a board for next week’s lesson. Students won’t need to download anything or make an account: they open one invite link and join as a guest with their name.

    That was… it?

    canva-room-blush.vercel.appAlgebra — week 3+ New board…/invite/7fK2qCopied0 installsjust a linkfree

Act III The class that works

  1. Next Tuesday, 7:00 pm

    Everyone draws, live, in one room

    Sam draws and every student sees the line as it’s being drawn — around 85 ms in our hour-long tests. Voice and chat sit on the same board, students sketch their own answers, and each topic gets its own page to zoom in and out of.

    “Ohh, now I get it.”

    Page 1Page 2Practice+4 in voiceSamAvaLeoZoeohh, NOW I get it~85 ms live

  2. 7:40 pm

    The Wi-Fi drops again. Nothing is lost.

    Sam’s connection blinks, just like last week. CanvaRoom reconnects by itself and catches up, every stroke is still there, and the call keeps going because voice runs directly between the people in it.

    Nobody even noticed.

    Area =½ × b × hBack online · all caught upVoice still connected

  3. 8:00 pm

    A board full of everyone’s thinking

    The class ends with a page covered in the students’ own work. Sam saves a snapshot to look back on, exports the page as a PDF for the students, and starts next week’s board from where this one left off.

    Same students. Same Wi-Fi. A completely different class.

    Got it!— AvaHomeworkp. 42, Q3Next class:quadraticsSnapshot saved

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Free to start. Nothing to install. Invite with one link, draw together live, and talk without leaving the board.

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Plans

Start free. Go Premium when the class grows.

Every account starts with a free trial of 30 minutes of active use; the clock pauses whenever CanvaRoom isn’t open in front of you. After it, the free plan keeps your first board for you to use on your own. Premium opens everything up: pay once for 3, 6 or 12 months, and the longer plans come with free time on top.

Free trial30 minutes of useFreeAfter the trialPremiumFrom $5.77 / month
Boards21Unlimited
People on a boardYou + 2Just youUnlimited
Live drawing, voice and chat
Pages, templates, zoom, history
Teaching library: formulas, periodic table, diagrams
Follow-the-writer—
Export to PNG, SVG and PDF——
Images on the board——
Session recording, up to 4K——

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  1. A board for every class

    Unlimited boards: one per subject, per batch, per sprint. Nothing gets archived to make room.

  2. The whole class in the room

    No cap on people. Follow-the-writer pulls every screen to where you are writing, and voice keeps everyone on the same line.

  3. Record the lesson as you teach

    Board and voice in one video, in HD up to 4K, saved straight to your computer for students who missed it.

  4. Hand out the notes

    Export any page as a PDF for tonight’s homework, a PNG for the group chat, or a crisp SVG for slides.

  5. Write over real material

    Drop in diagrams, screenshots, and worksheets, then annotate them live with everyone watching.

One board, many rooms:

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Still deciding? Open a scratch board from the top of this page — no account needed.

Is CanvaRoom free?

Every new account gets a free trial of 30 minutes of active use (the clock only runs while CanvaRoom is open in front of you): up to two boards, with two people besides you on each, live drawing, voice, chat, and templates. After the trial, the free plan keeps your first board for you to use on your own. Premium is a one-time payment of $25 for 3 months, $45 for 6 months plus 15 days free (save 10%), or $75 for 12 months plus a month free (save 25%) (in India: ₹2,350, ₹4,230 or ₹7,050), with nothing renewing on its own, and adds unlimited boards and people, export, images, and HD recording. Scratch boards stay free with no sign-up.

How can I pay for Premium?

Outside India you pay in US dollars with PayPal, or with a debit or credit card where PayPal offers it. In India you pay in rupees by UPI, card or netbanking. Either way it is a single payment: nothing renews on its own, and we email you a few days before Premium ends.

Do the people I invite need an account?

No. Share an invite link and they can join as a guest with just a name. They only need an account to create boards of their own.

Is drawing really live?

Yes. Strokes stream to everyone on the board while you draw, typically in under a tenth of a second, instead of appearing only when you lift the pen.

Can we talk while we draw?

Every board has a built-in voice room and chat, so you do not need a separate meeting app. Voice works best for groups of up to about eight people.

Can I try it without signing up?

Open a scratch board from the home page. It lives only in your browser tab; create an account when you want to save and share it.

Can I export my board?

With Premium, each page can be exported as a PNG image, an SVG, or a PDF. Scratch boards can be exported on any plan.