Nuxoboard
Nuxoboard is a collaborative teaching whiteboard with shared rooms and canvases that update in real time.
What Nuxoboard is
Nuxoboard is a collaborative teaching whiteboard with shared rooms and canvases that update in real time. Students can join through a room link or eight-character code, enter a name, and participate without an account or installation. Teachers can issue private canvas copies, watch student work as it changes, and annotate it. Classroom controls include a lobby, read-only mode, per-student tool restrictions, and participant removal. Math tools provide LaTeX equations, function graphs, a scientific calculator, unit conversion, and ruler or protractor overlays. Rooms support breakout groups, presentations, chat, private messages, hand raising, and reactions. Users can import PDFs, images, office files, and OpenDocument files, embed media with synchronized playback, and export canvases as PNG or multi-page PDF. Optional AI helpers suggest worksheets, grading notes, and session summaries. Nuxoboard is MIT-licensed, self-hostable, and free at no cost.
Good
- Students join without accounts or installation
- Private student canvases with live teacher access
- Math, breakout, chat, and presentation tools
- Imports common documents and exports PNG, PDF, ZIP
- MIT-licensed and self-hostable
Watch out
- Web platform only
- AI helpers are optional
- No AI diagram creation
- Teachers need email signup
Who it suits
Nuxoboard is aimed at teachers and students in live classes, tutoring, recorded lessons, and self-paced worksheets. It suits schools wanting guest access and self-hosted data.
Verdict
Nuxoboard combines classroom controls, subject tools, collaboration, and file handling in one web whiteboard. Its free, self-hosted model and account-free student access fit many teaching setups.
Plans and prices
From Nuxoboard's own pricing page, checked 2 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Free forever · No per-seat pricing · Teachers sign up with email; students need no account |
The facts
Each one read from Nuxoboard's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI helpers
- Optional AI helpers propose worksheet drafts, grading suggestions, and session summaries for the user to confirm.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Classroom controls
- Teachers can use a lobby, set a room to read-only, disable a tool for one student, or remove a participant.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Exports
- Users can export a canvas as PNG or multi-page PDF, or export the whole room as a ZIP.checked 2 Oct 2026
- File support
- Users can import PDFs, images, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel files, and the FAQ also names OpenDocument files for automatic server conversion.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is presented for teachers and students, including live classes, tutoring sessions, recorded lectures, and self-paced worksheets.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Math tools
- The board includes LaTeX equations, function graphs, a scientific calculator, a unit converter, and ruler and protractor overlays.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Media embeds
- Users can embed YouTube, Vimeo, and web pages on the canvas, with playback synchronized for everyone.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Open source and hosting
- Nuxoboard is MIT-licensed and can be self-hosted so classroom data stays on the school's own server.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Privacy claim
- The site says Nuxoboard has no student tracking and students do not need accounts.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Private student work
- Teachers can give each student a private canvas copy and view or annotate it while it updates live.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Product
- Nuxoboard is a collaborative whiteboard built for teaching, with shared rooms and canvases that sync in real time.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Recording
- Record Mode hides panels and displays the canvas fullscreen with a minimal toolbar for use with any screen recorder.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Student access
- Students join by room link or 8-character code, enter a name, and do not need an account or installation.checked 2 Oct 2026
- Teaching features
- Rooms support breakout groups, presentations to student screens, room chat, private teacher–student messages, hand raising, and reactions.checked 2 Oct 2026
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