Participation & seating

Know the room. Call on everyone.

Callboard puts your class on a seating chart with photos, tracks participation in a tap, and cold-calls fairly — so the same three hands don't carry every discussion. It runs entirely on your laptop.

Coming soon

Opens the real app — click “Load the demo class,” then press C for a cold call. Nothing uploads; it all stays in your browser.

Callboard: a class on a photo seating chart

Your whole class on a photo seating chart. Tap a card to score participation, or press C to cold-call fairly. Try it →

What it does

  • Photos, fast. Import the class photo list you already have — screenshot the roster, drop in files, or run on initials. Learn 200 names by week two.
  • Seating that matches your room. Horseshoe, rows, tables, or a grid. Drag to arrange, or auto-seat. Print it for a sub.
  • One-tap participation. Mark a strong answer, a fine one, or a shaky one as you teach. Tags, attendance on right-click, and undo everywhere.
  • Cold-calling that's fair. It leans toward whoever hasn't spoken, shows you why it picked them, honours a “never cold-call” flag, and a pass costs nothing.
  • Records you can grade from. Heat strips, a “worth bringing in” list, and Canvas-ready CSV export.
  • Yours, and private. Everything lives in your browser — no accounts, no uploads, nothing anyone can lose for you. Works in airplane mode.
Callboard cold-call: a fair pick with a stated reason and a private on-deck queue

Cold-calling that's fair: Callboard leans toward whoever hasn't spoken, tells you why, and keeps a private on-deck queue — and nothing's logged until you pick.

Pricing

One coffee a month, for the year.

30-day free trial — the download just works. Department deal: $199 a year for five or more.

Just need a fair picker? The fair spinner is free, forever — paste a roster, no repeats, no ads, nothing uploaded.
$49 / year, per instructor

Everything above, one file, no install. Renew when the year's up, or don't.

Built for the privacy office, not around it. Callboard is designed to stay on the right side of FERPA and BC's FIPPA: you import a class list the way you'd print one, and it never leaves your device. No student data on our servers, because we don't have any.

Learn every name this term.

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