While the Whiteboaerds provide an excellent support for the collaborative presentation of prepared materials, there are several critical things that must be provided by the whiteboard tool in order for it to be usable. One of the most important things is the whiteboard must allow the instructor to import prepared materials in formats that are easily produced by typical presentation development tools like Powerpoint or any word processor.
Databeam Whiteboard requires that course materials to be converted to a specific format (Farsite). This format is produced from any windows 95 application via a Farsite virtual printer driver which needs to be installed.
Mbone Whiteboard imports only postscript or compressed postscript.
Various Authoring tools and Conversion tools are required to convert
from a format to the required format. Choose an conversion tool which is
easy to use, converts into an acceptable format and takes a small amount
of time to convert.
Authoring Tools :
Conversion Programs :