Collaboard

Vorteile

Intuitiv zu bedienen, und mit etwas Übung ist Collaboard ein mächtiges Werkzeug zum planen, visualisieren und Sammeln von Ideen oder Workflows.
Der Support und die Kundenbetreuung ist sehr gut.

Nachteile

Zu Beginn hat mir ein Core Feature gefehlt: Die Skalierung von Kacheln mit freiem Seitenverhältnis.

Vorteile

- intuitive Bedienung
- Whiteboard in deutscher Sprache
- große Toolbox mit vielen coolen Funktionen

Nachteile

- bisher haben wir noch keine Funktionen vermisst

Vorteile

Hoher Datenschutz, sehr benutzerfreundlich, super Kunden-Support

Nachteile

Wie bei jedem Tool braucht es etwas Zeit, die Funktionen zu lernen, das wird aber durch die Benutzerfreundlichkeit und den Support sehr gut unterstützt

Vorteile

Meine Mitstudenten und ich können als Gruppe Ideen entwickeln, weshalb die Darstellung auf einem gemeinsamen Whiteboard unsere Zusammenarbeit fördert. Die zahlreichen Features ermöglichen uns kreative und gestalterische Möglichkeiten, die bei den Präsentationen sehr gut ankommen. Die übersichtliche Benutzeroberfläche hilft sich zurechtzufinden und die passenden Features anzuwählen.

Nachteile

Teilweise überfordert die Datenmenge das Tool, weshalb es zu Verzögerungen kommt.

Vorteile

Der Funktionsumfang und die Usability von Collaboard sind gut bis sehr gut. Es macht Freude mit dem System zu arbeiten. Die Abläufe sind flüssig und weitgehend intuitiv. Das visuelle Erscheinungsbild macht Lust auf die Arbeit mit dem Tool.

Nachteile

Gerade das kollaborative Arbeiten, der zentrale Nutzen des Systems gerät bei über 8-10 parallel arbeitenden Anwendern*innen ins Stocken. Das vergällt die Freude an der Zusammenarbeit z.t. sehr.
Wir verwenden Collaboard nicht nur für die gemeinsame Arbeit, sondern auch für die Darstellung von komplexen Zusammenhängen als Information. Leider sind Filme für Nutzer*innen, die nur Leserechte haben nicht zu sehen. Das schränkt den Nutzen etwas ein.

Vorteile

Es können vile Menschen zur gleichen Zeit datenschutzkonform gemeinsam arbeiten.
- viele Kombinationen an Tools sind möglich
- einfach Linkweitergabe
- Präsentationsmodus

Nachteile

Schriftgrößeneinstellung über das Verschieden der Schiene ist nervig.
Karten sollten in Schriftgröße besser anpassbar sein und nicht nach Menge der Buchstaben selbst anpassen.
Nicht als App auf dem PC verfügbar.

Vorteile

Schnelles Einlernen für Jeden
Gute Begleitung bei der Nutzung durch kostenlose Webinare mit Praxisbeispielen
DSGVO Konformität

Nachteile

Einladen von Gästen, die sich nicht anmelden müssen, hat nicht sofort geklappt
Zuviel Zoom-Möglichkeit

Vorteile

Präsentatormodus, Quicklinks, Hosting in Schweiz und DE dsgvo-konform.

Nachteile

Markieren von Objekten hat erst ein bisschen gedauert, bis ich es gepeilt hab.

Vorteile

This software was supposed to be amazing. The infinite board feature, and the capabilities to embed entire webpages or videos for example are remarkable. The idea is that you can use it as a virtual and infinite board of ideas. You can share it with students, so the tutorials becomes very instructive.

Nachteile

The problem is that it is poorly executed. Collaboard is in a very early stage of development. I don't know if they were ready to launch. You can't write in the board, because there is some horrible lagging in the system, so your words came out as weird lines. If you try to group a set of elements, it disappears, so you lose all of your content.
Then, if you write to support, they insinuate it's your laptops fault (even when I provided proof that a similar app was working just fine). Which is weird because I can run very modern games in it, and also other virtual boards like aww app. They tell you they are in shock (for the content loss) and that they are going to see the problem right away. But you never hear from them again. Also, they take 2 weeks to respond and then tell you that your mail magically has gone to spam. (I believed them the first time).

Vorteile

- Does what it advertises ( Can do Virtual Brainstorming and add different kind of Media on Whiteboard)
- Timing Feature for setting time for a given Activity in a Workshop.
- UI is white and clean ( though not modern)
- The infinite White Board serves as Brain Dump Feature and also i can add different media which is not possible in Google Jamboard

Nachteile

- More Buggy after Releases
- Slow in Duplicating Notes / Post its
- Does give Surprises at times in terms of elements on the board
- Missing Tables Feature
- Mindmapping needs to be Improved

In Betracht gezogene Alternativen

Gründe für den Wechsel zu Collaboard

Vorteile

Easy of use and variety of options to present with make it a great choice. Everything is drag and click easy. Lots of icons and I love the post it note styles.

Nachteile

There are really not many cons - the only comment would be that the UI and interface looks a bit dated but to be honest it doesn't matter.

Vorteile

The results are amazing. Few techniques can improve that much the speed to create, memorize and share ideas. It is an easy to use board, where you can create "visual ideas'' that stick to the mind and allow the thinking process much faster than doing it with words. The brain understands images and stories, so it's good to work this way.

Nachteile

It is a relatively new product. There are always little details to improve. At the same times, at the beginning, until I could not create a "workflow" with it, I would not really figure out my user case. Also, moving other team mates to work into something new, may be tricky.

Vorteile

Many ready to use templates are available. Liked the Mind Map template in particular. Very easy to use software, very quick. Features like notes, line, text box are very useful.

Nachteile

Graphical interface is nice but green color usage can be reduced. Additional features can be included in MindMap like leading mindmap software companies.

Vorteile

Collaboard is intuitive and pleasant to use. You can quickly get started with the pre-built, thoughtful templates. There are well-designed templates for every use case, from brainstorming, idea generation to presentation. You can easily add members to collaborate with you on a project.

Nachteile

I didn't like the brand colors, though it's a personal matter of taste.

Vorteile

With Collaboard I can increase every idea or project that I have in mind. It allows me to connect one concept with another and thus form a fairly enriched scheme of my projects, content, courses, etc...

In addition, it is an excellent tool for mapping funnels. They have great flexibility in linking elements and that allows you to design quite specific marketing funnels.

Another advantage of Collaboard that I love is the ability to add different files to your canvas, such as PDF, videos, images, Presentations, Excel, Word.

Nachteile

The interface feels a bit old. They should improve the UI.
Sometimes the manipulation of elements is somewhat clumsy. And the other thing is that the interface is not fully adapted on my computer, there are some elements such as the download button that is almost hidden from my screen.

The rest is a great tool, I know that these failures will improve them in new updates.

Vorteile

Ease of use navigating in a virtual whiteboard.

Nachteile

The only thing I am missing (maybe I do not know how to do) is something emulating a laser pointer or a light beam to catch attention.

Vorteile

I really like to create large sticky notes and use them to write down thoughts and share them with my team mates . The most impressive feature to me is the search, where I can launch directly in the app an external application like Bing Maps, take screenshots out of it and ink on them. Anything I do can be seen by my team mates in real-time, what helps us a lot in meetings where not all people are in the same meeting room. I work a lot with OneNote and I really like to copy my ink from OneNote to CollaBoard and continue working on this ink and co-work on this with my friends. On our Surface Hub we use the multi-user capability and I like to co-create on the same device.

Nachteile

The licensing process is not that smooth and the license key is really long. There is not really a feature that I do not like, but some more features would be nice.

Vorteile

Tons of features constantly added. Love the UI and how easy to learn it.

Nachteile

Not enough tutorials in English, would love chat/video call.

Vorteile

Collaboard is a pretty easy to use digital whiteboard. The team is still adding new features (the mini-map is very helpful!). It have several elements/templates which makes it pretty easy to use/get going with.

Nachteile

There are times where it is slow to load - this does cause some issues. Also, I am hoping for more types of shapes/templates/and items that we can use for the White board.

Vorteile

I really love how I could use Collaboard as a huge whiteboard and just dumping all my ideas, images or screenshot like a mood board for my website design business.

Nachteile

The user interface needs a huge overhaul. While I like the functionality of Collaboard, the user interface is frustratingly ugly.

Vorteile

Ease of use
Availability of predefined templates
Integration of multimedia supports

Nachteile

The choice of colors for the user interface is limited
The voting system to be improved

Vorteile

The ability to map my thoughts in a more creative manner that is more aligned to the way I process my thoughts. I love being able to see the whole plan come together and see the linking of concepts and ideas as the creation grows.

Nachteile

Like all new apps one has to spend some time becoming familiar and confident in creating on a new platform. It is a worthwhile pursuit for me.

Vorteile

Easy to start using and sharing the screen with other team users.
Good set of tools

Nachteile

The iPad app is a pain to use, you have to log in every time you turn on the app. And feels neglected with little updates since it was out.

Vorteile

I really like the price point for this product. It seemed fair and I could see room for growth. I like the Ipad app it comes with and the fact that I have unlimited boards to use.

Nachteile

This software really lacks others out there like Miro. It's slow, clunky to use, sticky notes look dated, and it's hard to do mind maps. Its also missing an iphone app.

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Gründe für den Wechsel zu Collaboard

Vorteile

I was looking for a cheaper alternative to Miro. That's why I choose Collaboard.
It's a super user friendly tool.
Love to use is as a brainstorm or to see a visual board for a new project. So helpful. My contacts love when I share with them using Collaboard projects.
The company is working on new developments and that's great to see and use new improved versions.

Nachteile

I wish there were more templates. And for the existing templates, more options and flexibility to adapt them.
If I could definitely use Collaboard for all my complex chart flows and mindmappings, it will be the perfect tool.

Vorteile

I like that I can have a whiteboard with infinite space and export my whiteboard. I also love the ability to invite collaborators and guests and present online just by giving them specific links.

Nachteile

Still can do better in terms of loading speed, and would be nice to have communications (chat and conference call) integrated in the board instead of relying on other tools like Zoom.

Vorteile

The price is good and there are easy to use. Many Template to choose from

Nachteile

It is a bit slow and Interface and template can be improved

Vorteile

You can share files, information, links, etc. easily Even realtime. So you feel connected with the other users.
There are a lot of lay-out options, so a must have for every trainer, teacher, coach, salesman, etc...
The platform develops on a regular basis, so new functions all the time! They are very well alive!

Nachteile

The menu bar could have more contrast (small icons could be bigger, text more contrast)

Vorteile

Have space with an infinite canvas for all our brainstorm.
Easy to implement to our internal creative process.

Nachteile

If we could do sitemaps with a struture.

Vorteile

3 things decide for me if a program is a good buy:
Lifetime license
A team that keeps improving
A responsive support system
When you have these, you can wait for glitches to be sorted and functionality to be added.

Nachteile

I use it very succesfully for myself, for planning and mind mapping. It is easy to use. I would like to see improvements in team use though, but as this is a product that keeps improving, I am sure my challenges adding team members will be cleared up soon. It is the only thing keeping me from a 5 star review.

Vorteile

This software is good because I got it as a lifetime deal. They have good potential that it has all the functions of what a mindmap tool would have. Definitely a good lifetime deal.

Nachteile

Whilst its a lifetime deal, some of its features are lacking. One of them being the ability to freely change the size of the sticky notes.

Also, I wish their default colours are more contrasting, it looks quite hard to see the colours. The UX can be improved for sure.

Vorteile

I like the fact that the software was designed to be a collaborative tool, and that it integrates with Zoom

Nachteile

I didn't like the fact that the software didn't work properly on a consistent basis. It would take very long to load as well.

Vorteile

Easy to use, simple but good design. Many possibilities (video conferencing, collaboration with guests)

Nachteile

Very expensive for companies and users who like to work with anonymous guests.

Vorteile

Simplicity, more than just a whiteboard, lots of different tools to use for team collaboration, compatible with all Windows 10 PC. It also uses the Microsoft cloud so this is something that makes me feel safe and secure. Especially on a Surface Hub, the app is incredible to use: fast, reliable, much better than the Whiteboard which is pre-installed on this huge device

Nachteile

We had to install the creators update for Windows 10. Which was ok at some point as it provides more security and reliability of the it environment but it was a lot of work