• What you need
• Digital Whiteboard
• Zoom Whiteboard
• Digital Drawing Program
• Drawing/Writing on the Screen
• Phone, Paper and pencil (i would suggest a sharpie)
• Drawing Tablet
• Touch Screen Laptop
• Whiteboard and Webcam

If you are familiar with Khan Academy then you know how nicely he sets up his videos. The great news is that it is actually not too hard to do yourself.

What you need

If you are fortunate enough to have been supplied a document camera by your school, check out this link to learn how to set that up https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207599483-Screen-Share-a-Camera-Inpu

Otherwise here are some hacks to make your own. I wouldn't suggest buying a document camera since they are very expensive.

Digital Whiteboard

The first thing that you will need is a surface to write on. Below are a few options.

Zoom Whiteboard

If you use Zoom then you will have access to their digital whiteboard that you and all of your students have access to.

Even better is joining Zoom with 2 separate sessions, using your computer for Audio and Video, and your iPad or Android table to draw on. You will just need to download the Zoom app on that device.

Digital Drawing Program

If you are not using zoom and instead using Screen Recording software to save and share with your students There are several free options for you to explore. Khan from Khan Academy uses

• SmoothDraw 3 (Free)
• Microsoft Paint (Free)

For collaborative drawing:

• Google Draw (Free)
• Figma (Free)
• AWW App (Free)

Drawing/Writing on the Screen

Math, science, and several other subject matters are very difficult to explain in real-time using a basic keyboard. Also, writing with your mouse or trackpad could be extremely frustrating. There are a couple of ways of handling this.

Phone, Paper and pencil (i would suggest a sharpie)

When using Zoom, the easiest thing you could do is to join the meeting on your computer so you could see your entire class, but then join into the meeting again from your phone. You just need to make sure that you join with no audio. If not you will get an echo loop. All you need to do next is find a box about the height of a cereal box and get creative on how to balance it. I used a stapler to lay on top of my phone to allow the camera to stick out

If you want to get fancy you could purchase a flexible phone stand to take a video of you drawing on a piece of paper.

Drawing Tablet

Drawing Tablets have come down in price a lot. You could find a very basic one for less than 100, but could probably find one for cheaper. Wacom as a nice small one that would serve the purpose for most teachers.

Find one on Amazon

Wacom CTL4100 Intuos Graphics Drawing Tablet $70

Touch Screen Laptop

Chromebooks, iPads, and Microsoft Surface all have screen based input directly on the device. If you are using Zoom you could join from that device and use your finger or stylus to write on the whiteboard.

Whiteboard and Webcam

If you want to keep it even more simple you could use a basic whiteboard and make sure the webcam is pointing on it. I would suggest doing a test run to make sure what you are writing is coming up clear.