Introduction

Explain Everything

Explain Everything is an easy design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that allows you to annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere.
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Explain Everything

What is Explain Everything?

“Explain Everything is an easy-to-use design, screencasting, and interactive whiteboard tool that lets you annotate, animate, narrate, import, and export almost anything to and from almost anywhere. Create slides, draw in any color, add shapes, add text, pictures and videos, use a laser pointer. Rotate, move and arrange any object added to the stage. Record and playback your screencast.” [Source]

Ease of Use:

Beginner

Set Up Time:

10 mins

Best Used For:

Interactive teaching

Why Use Explain Everything?

Explain Everything inspires learning through group activities, tutorials, and interactive experiences. Faculty can create lessons with presentations that can use video, notation, audio, animations, and more to bring the lesson to life.

It also allows faculty and students to collaborate during lessons, share thoughts, and ideas in real-time, draw or write ideas on the board, and more. [More Information]

How to Use Explain Everything

Free vs. Paid Versions

  • There is a free, limited-time trial available for anyone via their own personal account.
  • Contact the Hub team to inquire about using this product.

Getting Started

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Basic Features

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Inserting Objects

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Freeform Shapes

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Smooth Image Panning

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Recording

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Mix Recording

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Using Codes

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Exporting Projects

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Sharing Projects

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Need Help?

Contact the Hub team today if you need assistance with this program or visit the Teaching & Learning Innovation Hub in room 1271 at Cambrian College.