How is TeachBoard a NotebookLM alternative?

Like Google NotebookLM, TeachBoard turns your material into something you can teach from — but it is visual-first. You drop in PDFs, images and prompts and get diagrams, charts and animations on a canvas you can present and record.

Which AI models power TeachBoard?

TeachBoard is a Claude-powered whiteboard. It uses Anthropic Claude — Haiku, Sonnet and Opus — to generate charts, flow diagrams, Mermaid graphs and Manim math animation scripts from natural language.

TeachBoard — Create Educational Videos, All in One Place

Three pillars

Everything a teacher needs to make the video.

From freehand diagrams to AI-generated architectures to LaTeX-rendered math animations — then recording it all — TeachBoard collapses an entire video toolchain into one tab.

Workshop

Charts, 3D & web — all built in.

Workshop is a dedicated creation panel that lets you build rich visuals beyond basic drawing. Pick a tab, configure it, and the output lands on your canvas as a live element you can resize, move, and record over.

Charts — bar, line, area, pie, radar, scatter, bubble & more via Chart.js
Mermaid diagrams — sequence, class, ER, state machine, mind-map, gantt
3D Scene — interactive 3D objects and scenes rendered on the canvas
HTML / web design — drop live HTML snippets straight onto the whiteboard

AI Chat

Diagrams from a sentence.

Type a plain-language prompt in the sidebar chat and watch charts, flow diagrams, Mermaid graphs, or architectural blueprints materialise directly on your canvas. Select anything and refine it in a follow-up — the AI edits in place.

Bar, line, pie, radar, scatter charts via Chart.js
Typed flow diagrams: service, DB, cloud, decision nodes
Mermaid: sequence, class, ER, state, mind-map, gantt
Select & edit — AI modifies the selected element
Up to 10 parallel chat sessions per project (Pro)

Manim integration

Math animations on demand.

Describe a concept in plain English — "show gradient descent on a 3D bowl" or "animate a Fourier series decomposition" — and a server-side Manim + LaTeX renderer returns a polished MP4 that drops straight onto your canvas.

Server-rendered Manim Community + LaTeX, no local setup
Natural-language prompts → production-ready animations
MP4 lands on the canvas, ready to record over
Per-project Manim history (Pro)
Priority queue + 20 renders/month with rollover (Pro)

Why switch

One canvas instead of three tools.

Teachers stitch together a video editor, a diagram tool, and an AI notebook. TeachBoard folds all three into a single online whiteboard — visual-first, AI-native, and free to start.

A CapCut alternative for teaching

Built for lessons, not TikToks

Skip the timeline editor. Draw and generate your visuals on an infinite canvas, then record your screen and camera straight from the board. No clip-stitching, no re-exports — just teach and hit record.

A Google NotebookLM alternative

Turn material into visuals you can teach

Drop in PDFs, images and prompts and get diagrams, charts and animations on a canvas — not just text notes. NotebookLM summarises; TeachBoard renders the picture your students actually need to see.

A Claude-powered whiteboard

Use Opus & Sonnet for your visuals

Every diagram, chart and Manim animation is generated by Anthropic Claude — Haiku for speed, Sonnet for depth, Opus for the hard stuff. Modern teaching methods, backed by frontier AI, right inside the canvas.

Feature tour

Built for the deep work of explaining.

Twelve carefully-shaped tools — each one earns its place because teaching demands it.

Pressure-sensitive pencil

Smooth freehand strokes via perfect-freehand, with a pencil-smoothing slider for natural-feeling lines.

Shape beautification

Toggle on and your sloppy freehand circles snap into clean ellipses, rectangles, and lines automatically.

AI charts & diagrams

Bar, line, pie, doughnut, radar, polar, scatter, bubble — pick a type or let Claude pick. Chart.js under the hood.

Typed flow diagrams

Service, database, cloud, decision, layer, input, output — each renders as its own shape so architectures look right.

Mermaid diagrams

Sequence, class, ER, state machine, mind map, gantt — typed natural language → live SVG on your canvas.

Manim animations

"Show gradient descent on a 3D bowl" — Manim Community + LaTeX renders an MP4 that drops straight onto the canvas.

PDF page-bind

Drop a PDF, page through it, and bind annotations to a single page — they hide and follow as you flip.

Sprite + video import

Multi-image sprite sequences play as one animated element. Videos render live with play / pause / reset overlays.

Asset library

Save selections as reusable assets, drag in your own SVG / PNG library — kept per user, scoped to your Google ID.

Icon search (Freepik)

Type a query, get 24 SVG-first icons, and drop them straight on the canvas. Recently used icons cached for re-use.

Screen + camera record

Record canvas-only or full tab, with optional draggable camera overlay and microphone. Export MP4 or WebM.

KaTeX math + markdown

Inline $\\sigma$ and block $$\\int$$ equations render live inside text elements. Markdown bold/italic too.

Multi-project workspace PRO

Up to 5 separate projects per account, each with its own canvas pages, AI chat sessions, and Manim history. Switch from the toolbar; everything auto-syncs to S3.

Parallel AI chats PRO

Run up to 10 chat sessions per project. Keep one thread for hero shots, another for the proof, another for the cold-open script — each with its own context.

Monthly credits + bring-your-own-key PRO

100 credits refresh each billing cycle and roll over 1.5× so a quiet week isn't wasted — or plug in your own Anthropic key (BYOK) and run Opus & Sonnet with no credit cost.

Pricing

Free to start. Pay when it pays back.

Use the online whiteboard anonymously. Sign in for 20 free AI credits — enough to try charts, diagrams, Manim animations, and every Claude model. Go Pro when you're shipping videos.

Anonymous

Full drawing canvas
Tables, shapes, text, code blocks
PDF / video / image import
Local save / load / export
AI canvas (sign in to try)
Manim animations
Cloud project sync

Open the canvas

Free (signed in)

Everything in Anonymous
20 AI credits (one‑time)
Charts, Mermaid & flow diagrams
Manim math animations
Try Haiku, Sonnet & Opus from day one
1 cloud project · 1 chat session
Monthly credit refresh

Pro

$10/mo

Everything in Free
100 credits / month · 1.5× rollover
One pool for AI & Manim (Haiku 1 · Sonnet 2 · Opus 5)
Bring your own key — no credit cost
5 cloud projects, all auto‑synced
10 chat sessions per project
Per‑project Manim history + priority queue

Go Pro

Reference

Keyboard shortcuts.

All the muscle-memory you'd want. Designed to feel right whether you're sketching, recording, or zooming around an architecture.

Tools

Shortcut	Tool
`Shift`+`V`	Select / marquee
`Shift`+`H`	Pan
`Shift`+`P`	Pencil
`Shift`+`L`	Line
`Shift`+`A`	Arrow
`Shift`+`R`	Rectangle
`Shift`+`O`	Ellipse
`Shift`+`D`	Diamond
`Shift`+`T`	Text
`Shift`+`C`	Code block
`Shift`+`E`	Eraser

Editing

Shortcut	Action
`⌘`+`Z`	Undo
`⌘`+`Shift`+`Z`	Redo
`⌘`+`A`	Select all
`⌘`+`C` / `⌘`+`V`	Copy / paste
`⌘`+`G`	Group
`⌘`+`Shift`+`G`	Ungroup
`⌘`+`M`	Wrap selection in $math$
`Delete`	Delete selected
`Esc`	Clear selection
`Shift`+`F`	Fit all to screen
`⌘`+scroll	Zoom canvas

Questions

Frequently asked.

Everything teachers ask before opening the board.

Is TeachBoard a free online whiteboard?

Yes. The full drawing canvas — shapes, text, tables, PDF / image / video import, save and export — is free to use online with no sign-in and no download. Signing in adds 20 free AI credits so you can try AI diagrams and Manim animations before deciding on Pro.

Is TeachBoard a CapCut alternative for teaching?

It's built for educators rather than general video editing. Instead of a timeline editor you draw and generate visuals on an infinite canvas with AI, then record your screen and camera directly from the board — ideal for lesson recordings and explainer videos without the clip-stitching workflow.

How is it a Google NotebookLM alternative?

Like NotebookLM, TeachBoard turns your material into something you can teach from — but it's visual-first. You drop in PDFs, images and prompts and get diagrams, charts and animations on a canvas you can present and record, not just a text summary.

Which AI models power the visuals?

TeachBoard is a Claude-powered whiteboard. It uses Anthropic Claude — Haiku for speed, Sonnet for depth and Opus for the hardest diagrams — to generate charts, flow diagrams, Mermaid graphs and Manim math-animation scripts from plain language. Pro users can bring their own Anthropic key.

What are Manim math animations?

Manim is the animation engine behind many popular math explainer videos. Describe a concept — "animate a Fourier series" or "show gradient descent on a 3D bowl" — and TeachBoard renders a polished MP4 server-side with LaTeX, then drops it onto your canvas. No local install required.

Do I need to install anything?

No. TeachBoard runs entirely in your browser. Open the canvas, start drawing, and record your lesson — nothing to download or set up.

Create educational videos,
all in one place.

Everything a teacher needs to make the video.

Charts, 3D & web — all built in.

Diagrams from a sentence.

Math animations on demand.

One canvas instead of three tools.

Built for lessons, not TikToks

Turn material into visuals you can teach

Use Opus & Sonnet for your visuals

Built for the deep work of explaining.

Pressure-sensitive pencil

Shape beautification

AI charts & diagrams

Typed flow diagrams

Mermaid diagrams

Manim animations

PDF page-bind

Sprite + video import

Asset library

Icon search (Freepik)

Screen + camera record

KaTeX math + markdown

Multi-project workspace PRO

Parallel AI chats PRO

Monthly credits + bring-your-own-key PRO

Free to start. Pay when it pays back.

Keyboard shortcuts.

Tools

Editing

Frequently asked.

Ready to teach better?

Create educational videos,all in one place.

Everything a teacher needs to make the video.

Charts, 3D & web — all built in.

Diagrams from a sentence.

Math animations on demand.

One canvas instead of three tools.

Built for lessons, not TikToks

Turn material into visuals you can teach

Use Opus & Sonnet for your visuals

Built for the deep work of explaining.

Pressure-sensitive pencil

Shape beautification

AI charts & diagrams

Typed flow diagrams

Mermaid diagrams

Manim animations

PDF page-bind

Sprite + video import

Asset library

Icon search (Freepik)

Screen + camera record

KaTeX math + markdown

Multi-project workspace PRO

Parallel AI chats PRO

Monthly credits + bring-your-own-key PRO

Free to start. Pay when it pays back.

Keyboard shortcuts.

Tools

Editing

Frequently asked.

Ready to teach better?

Create educational videos,
all in one place.