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LYNX Whiteboard is free software packed with activities to create engaging lessons, along with content sharing options that support the digital learning ecosystem, by integrating cloud accounts like Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. Created by Clevertouch, it thus helps to implement distance and blended learning.

Inside and outside the classroom
With more than 90% of the world's students affected by school closings, small-group back-to-school and the blended learning model, teachers are taking on the challenge of building and using distance learning programs.

LYNX Blackboard is one of your alternatives, as it has been designed to create effective digital learning content with tools to better train teachers. Thus, it can be used as a simple blackboard or as a complete platform for planning lessons, where you can work on all the activities in one place and assign the work to individuals, teams or the entire class.

This system has a touch interface and all the tools at your fingertips. It also has a large selection of pens to make lessons more attractive, such as the rainbow pen, fountain pen, letter, shape or formula recognition and even a pen that simulates a laser pointer.

And it is that this pen allows users to have a more natural feeling of their writing. Pressure and speed will help decide the thickness of the line as the user writes on the pen display, just like with a real pen.

Multiple functions
Within the LYNX Whiteboard educators also find key features for distance learning, such as a built-in LYNX screen recorder that records live lectures with optional audio using Clevertouch's IMPACT Plus Series interactive monitors. It is possible to create activities in seconds and encourage the whole group to see them with the reception of a message.

With the Google integration (access to Google Drive) the teacher opens, works and saves from his Google Drive. And you can even create dynamic lessons in advance; As it is a cloud-based platform, it is possible to enter from home, from the staff room or on the go.

Students, for their part, can scan a QR code from their tablet or mobile and participate in tests and activities in real time. Or download the lesson on the desired device in PDF format, even if they are from home.

LYNX Slate runs on multiple platforms on a number of devices such as iPads, iPhones, Android devices, as well as Windows or Mac PCs and of course, from Clevertouch monitors or even from other manufacturers.

Content of the web
Its possibilities also include doing an Internet content search directly from the board without having to leave the software. Teachers and students can select from Bing Images, YouTube videos, GIF's, and Clipart (if installed), as well as high-resolution images from the free website Unsplash, using the media search panel.

When the desired content is selected, simply drag and drop it into the lesson; With a Clevertouch monitor multiple images can be dragged at once.

Or if you prefer, you can search Google through the browser panel, which allows you to open web pages from the LYNX Blackboard. To do this, simply type in the address bar or in the search box and it will take you to the desired destination.

With the browser's configuration menu, screenshots of a web page are made and then pasted on the canvas. And in order not to lose your favorite websites, a good option is to create and edit custom bookmarks.

How to get LYNX Whiteboard for free
To get Linx Whiteboard for free, the first thing is to create an account at LYNXCloud.app . Then the application can be downloaded from Google Play, Apple Store or the browser.