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Keyboard Shortcuts
Every tool, one key away.
How do you teach?
Hunting through menus for the right tool slows every lesson and makes you look unsure in front of students. More than 30 keyboard shortcuts, from P for the pen to Shift+C for everyone’s cursors, keep your hands on the lesson.
Every trip to the toolbar breaks your explanation. Press P to write, T to type, V to select, and keep the lesson flowing.
Fumbling for tools in front of 25 students costs time and confidence. Shortcuts for every common tool keep you moving.
Facilitating smoothly means not hunting for buttons while the group waits. Shortcuts switch tools instantly, and Shift+C hides everyone’s cursors when the board gets busy.
Switching tools at the classroom display should be instant. Keyboard shortcuts keep you facing the class, not the menu.
At the front of the room, menus slow you down. Keyboard shortcuts switch tools instantly while you keep talking.
If you teach your child at home, a few shortcuts make the board feel as quick as pen and paper.
Free for 2 weeks on any paid plan. No credit card required.
What it solves
- Learning the tools in front of students
Helps you
Save time
Part of
Whiteboard
The problem
Hunting for tools slows the lesson
Every trip to a menu interrupts the explanation. Teachers new to a tool look unsure in front of students, and experienced teachers are held back.
The usual way
Teachers click through toolbars, ask students to wait, or stick to the one tool they know.
How Pencil Spaces solves it
More than 30 keyboard shortcuts, including tools, cursors and locking items.
What changes
Experienced teachers fly through the board, and new ones learn faster.
What it looks like
In practice
A teacher presses P to write a step, T to add a label, V to move it and Shift+C to hide the cursors, all without touching the toolbar.
In a 1:1 lesson
You switch between pen, highlighter and eraser with P, Shift+P and E while explaining. Your student never waits.
In a group class
With 25 cursors flying around the board, you press Shift+C to hide them so the class can see the content.
In a virtual training
You move from typing a prompt with T to grouping notes with V, without breaking the flow of the discussion.
In your classroom
You press L to draw a number line and T to label it on the display, without looking away from the class.
In the training room
You switch between pen and select on the big screen with P and V while you facilitate.
At home
You learn three shortcuts and your board work gets faster. Your son starts using P and E too.
