Ink that streams live
Every stroke is sent while it is being drawn, so a whole class sees the same line at the same moment.
About us Built for live learning
We built the online classroom we wished we had.
CanvaRoom started with a simple frustration. Online classes were supposed to bring people together, but the tools kept getting in the way — laggy whiteboards, scattered apps, and students who could only watch. We set out to make learning together online feel as natural as standing at the same board.
- ~85 ms
- median delay for a live stroke in our hour-long test
- 1 link
- to bring a whole class onto the same board
- 0 installs
- works in any modern browser, on any device
01 The gap we found
Collaborating in an online class was a hustle.
In online lectures and group study sessions, we kept seeing the same thing: the teacher would start explaining on a shared board, the drawing would stutter or lag behind their voice, and half the class would lose the thread. Working on a problem together meant juggling a call, a whiteboard, and a chat — and only one person could really hold the pen.
Lag kills the explanation
On most tools a diagram appears only after the pen lifts — or seconds later on a slow connection. By then the teacher has moved on.
Too many apps at once
A video call for voice, a whiteboard in another tab, a chat somewhere else. Students spend the class switching windows instead of learning.
Students only watch
Screen-shared boards turn a class into a broadcast. Nobody can point, sketch an answer, or work a problem together.
02 What we built
One live room for drawing, talking, and thinking together.
So we built CanvaRoom: a collaborative whiteboard designed from day one for real-time learning. Ink, voice, and chat share a single live connection, so what you see, hear, and read always stays in sync — for a study group of three or a whole class.
Voice and chat built in
Talk, type, and draw in one place. No second app, no extra link, no “can you hear me?”.
Everyone can draw
Invite students with a link and give them a pen — or keep them as viewers and pause editing when you need focus.
A page for every topic
Split a lesson into pages, zoom from an overview to fine detail, and snapshot the board to revisit after class.
Survives bad Wi-Fi
If a connection drops, CanvaRoom reconnects on its own and catches up — no lost work and no rejoining the call.
Free to start
Open a board in seconds from any browser. Guests join with just a name, no download and no install.
03 The founders
The people behind CanvaRoom.
Co-founder, CanvaRoom
The Builder
Counts milliseconds so you don’t have to
The Builder is the one who notices when a line arrives a beat after the voice explaining it — and can’t let it go. Late nights went into making every stroke travel the moment it is drawn, keeping voice steady when Wi-Fi isn’t, and making sure nothing on the board is ever lost.
Ask what CanvaRoom should feel like and the answer is always the same: like the whole class is leaning over one desk. If it feels slower than a marker on a real board, it isn’t finished yet.
- Real-time sync
- Reliability
- Voice & chat
- Systems design
- Late-night debugging
Co-founder, CanvaRoom
The Strategist
Turns “what if” into a plan, and a plan into a product
The Strategist has spent years guiding teams from a rough idea to something real, one tested step at a time. At CanvaRoom that means sitting with students and teachers, listening for the moment a class gets stuck, and deciding what to build next — and, just as often, what not to.
The Strategist keeps the product honest: simple enough to start in seconds, and focused on the people in the room rather than on features for their own sake.
- Product strategy
- Innovation coaching
- Agile delivery
- Listening to users
- Saying no
04 Our mission
Make learning together online feel like being in the same room — for every student, on every connection.