Using Jamboards during synchronous class meetings is a great way to get students engaged in creating and manipulating content. You may want to share a successful Jamboard activity with colleagues or have a fresh copy to use with a subsequent section or class. Unlike other Google apps, however, Jamboard does not provide an obvious set of menus to allow for saving, moving, or copying the Jamboard file. Jams that you create can be seen on the opening Jamboard screen, but the organization is not easy to navigate, especially if you have created a number of Jams.
By default, when you create a Jam, it is saved in as an independent file in your Google Drive. If you scroll through the list of files and folders in your drive you should be able to find the individual Jamboard file and open it from there:
If you have extremely long lists of files and folders in Google Drive, you may want to organize your Jamboard files by moving them into a folder within Google Drive. Here’s how:
Right-click (Control>click on a Mac) on the Jamboard file in this list to call up a menu.
Select Move To
A dialog box appears allowing you to navigate to the folder in your drive, in a shared drive, or in a drive shared with you. Use the Arrows in this box to find the destination folder:
Once you arrive at the destination folder, click Move Here:
After a few seconds, the file will appear in its new location:
To make an archive copy of a Jam, the easiest way is to create the copy with the Jam itself open on the screen. Click the three vertical dots at the top right of the menu bar, next to the Share button:
A menu will appear, giving you the option to “Make a copy”
A new dialog box will appear allowing you to rename the copy and to determine where to store the copy:
Enter a new name in the name field and click the My Drive folder button to navigate to the destination folder:
From there, use the arrows as above in the moving a Jamboard section to locate the destination folder and move the newly copied file. This archived file can serve as a fresh copy to use with a new group of students or to share with colleagues.
Moving your Jamboard files to a dedicated folder will help you locate them when needed. Making an archived copy will enable you to re-use the activity starting with a fresh slate.
