Annotate and Draw on your Screen for more Effective Presentations

Write on your screen as you demo or present a topic — and be more effective highlighting important points.

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I think I am an old-style teacher. For the longest time, I have taught in-person in physical classrooms that came equipped with whiteboards, whiteboard markers and flip charts. I relied on my not-so-great drawing and annotating skills using markers.

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They weren’t high tech, but they have effectively aided me in illustrating ideas, highlighting points, and explaining topics. They also helped keep my classes more interactive. Perhaps my students just liked seeing me struggle to draw stick figures.

Here are two annotation/drawing tools I use.

My go-to tool: ZoomIt

ZoomIt is a tool I have come to rely on this tool for the longest time. It is a screen zoom and annotation tool from Microsoft.