An online whiteboard built into your classroom
An online whiteboard gives you a brilliant blank canvas, and only a blank canvas. The Tuton Space is an infinite canvas inside the classroom, next to the video call, where notes, drawings, images and vocabulary are part of the lesson, not stranded in another tab.
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General-purpose whiteboards earned their place in online teaching. When Google shut down Jamboard at the end of 2024, teachers who relied on it needed a replacement, and tools like Miro, or the whiteboards built into video apps, are genuinely good at freeform visual work: arranging ideas, drawing diagrams, brainstorming on an endless board.
But a whiteboard is a canvas without a classroom. The video call often lives in another tab or window, so you switch between your student's face and the board. The whiteboard doesn't know it's hosting a language lesson: a new word is just a text box, not a vocabulary card, and there's no lesson content to pull in and no student record behind the board. On many tools, your student also needs yet another account just to write on it.
The Space is Tuton's answer: an infinite canvas built into the classroom itself. Your video call stays on screen while you and your student write notes, draw with the pen, and drop in images, PDFs, videos and timers, plus formulas, graphs and a calculator when a lesson needs numbers. Vocabulary you add on the canvas joins the student's spaced-repetition deck. Your student can follow your view with one click. And each lesson's board is saved with the lesson, so you can reopen last month's canvas instead of hunting for an untitled board.
Tuton vs online whiteboards, side by side
| Compared on | Tuton | Online whiteboards |
|---|---|---|
| The canvas | Infinite, collaborative, real-time | Infinite, collaborative, real-time: genuinely good |
| Video call | On the same screen: the canvas is a classroom view | In the same app for some tools; a separate app or tab for others |
| What goes on the board | Notes, drawings, images, PDFs, videos, timers, vocabulary cards, formulas and graphs | Sticky notes, shapes, text boxes, images |
| Vocabulary | Words on the canvas join the student's spaced-repetition deck | Words stay on the board |
| Behind the board | The student's profile, lesson history and homework | The board stands alone |
| After the lesson | Saved with the lesson, read-only once it's done; reopen any past board | Boards are kept in the whiteboard app, separate from your lesson records |
| Student access | Included: students join free, in the browser | Often needs its own account, sometimes a paid seat |
| Drawing tools | Pen, connectors, alignment guides and image search, plus formula, graph and calculator blocks | Deep diagramming and template libraries |
| Cost | Included in the Tuton subscription, from $9/month | Free tiers with board limits; paid per member |
Which one is right for you?
Choose Tuton if…
- You teach languages one-to-one and want the board, the call and the student record in one place
- You want what happens on the canvas to feed the student's learning: vocabulary, notes and the lesson record
- You're replacing a retired or paywalled whiteboard and would rather upgrade than rebuild the old setup
- Your students shouldn't need another account for another tool
Choose a whiteboard if…
- You run group workshops or team sessions with many collaborators at once
- You need specialist diagramming: flowcharts, wireframes, engineering drawings
- You mainly teach maths or science and want a handwriting-first board with specialist tools
- You already pay for a whiteboard that your other work depends on
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about Tuton and online whiteboards.
Try the Space in your next lesson
An infinite canvas next to the video call, with vocabulary cards that feed your student's review deck.