We observed some usability problems with the tool during these uses. The primary purpose of this project is to address these problems by modifying the existing implementation and adding new features. The drawing space in MediaBoard is being divided into multiple pages, with one page being displayed at one time. Each individual page in MediaBoard is an infinite sheet. Each user sees only a portion of the page if the displayed window is too small.
Users are free to draw on any of the pages and anywhere on each of the pages.
MediaBoard currently has a mechanism for automatically switching to the page that has new activity. In a session where there are a substantial number of pages and parallel activities, this can be distracting since it would cause frequent switching of the displayed page. In addition, in a seminar-style session, users wanted MediaBoard to show the page currently displayed on the presenter s MediaBoard but there is no mechanism to support that in the current tool. An associated problem is that users may not notice activities on the same page if the activities are not in his or her current view. Proposed solution We plan to introduce indicators of activities.