Get your whole team jamming with Jamboard web improvements

What’s changing 

We’re adding several new features to Jamboard which will make it easier to create and collaborate on jams on the web. We recently announced that you can now create and edit jams in a Chrome browser. We’re enhancing this web-based Jamboard experience with several useful features including:

• Support for familiar keyboard shortcuts: Use Ctrl/CMD+c to copy, CTRL+V to paste, and CTRL+D to duplicate Jam objects when editing on the web. 
• Create, delete, and duplicate frames on the web: Easily manage frames (the equivalent of pages in jams) on the web. 
• Easier switch between creation modes: Quickly switch between the drawing and selection modes - hold down Ctrl/CMD to switch to the select mode, and release to switch back to drawing mode. 
• Better image management: Add images to jams by drag and drop, copy and paste, or through a simple image upload dialog. 

A new dialogue will make it easier to insert images in jams

Who’s impacted 

End users

Why you’d use it 

Jamboard is a great tool for brainstorming, encouraging collaboration, and generally bringing ideas to life. This launch makes it easier for everyone on your team to collaborate on jams, regardless of whether they’re by a physical Jamboard or not.

With these improvements to Jamboard on the web, and the pre-existing apps for phones and tablets, we hope more if your team can join in and share ideas, capture sticky notes, brainstorm, and much more.

How to get started 

• Admins: No action needed.  
• End users: Go to https://jamboard.google.com to get started, or use our Help Center for more details on how to use Jamboard on the web. 

Helpful links 

• Jamboard on the web 
• Help Center: Use Jamboard on the web 

Availability 

Rollout details

• Rapid Release domains: Keyboard shortcuts, frame management, and mode switching will have a gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Jan 23, 2019. 
• Scheduled Release domains: Keyboard shortcuts, frame management, and mode switching will have a  gradual rollout (up to 15 days for feature visibility) starting on Jan 23, 2019. 

Better image management will start rolling out in February. Keep an eye on the G Suite Updates blog to know when to expect it.

G Suite editions 

• Available to G Suite Basic, Business, Enterprise, Enterprise for Education, and Education editions. Not available to G Suite for Nonprofits edition. 

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