figjam for education
Unleash classroom creativity
Looking for a Jamboard alternative? FigJam is a free online whiteboard that gets students excited about learning, fosters deeper collaboration, and builds up creative thinking skills.
All the tools you need to make learning fun
Get the best of Jamboard plus additional features that bring your lessons to life—for free.
Make your classroom more interactive
With tools like stamps, stickies, and widgets, you can create a learning environment that will keep students curious and engaged.
Encourage thinking outside of the box
Bring in drawing, highlighting, images and media, diagrams, and other tactics that go beyond traditional formats to give students new ways to think and express themselves creatively.
Give every student a voice
Provide more ways for students to participate in class conversations and activities with features like commenting, emotes, audio notes, and voting.
Stay organized and efficient
Track progress from start to finish with spotlight, sections, timers, and version history—all in one centralized place that everyone can access via a link.
Easily import your Jamboard files into FigJam
In just a few steps you can be up and running on FigJam without losing a beat. Learn more.
See FigJam in action
Figma and Google have teamed up to bring you the best of both worlds
- Deploy and manage FigJam licenses directly through your Google Workspace admin console
- Push FigJam directly to your entire fleet of school-managed Chromebooks
- Get FigJam's most premium features with free Enterprise access, including advanced admin & security capabilities
- Available for use with all ages in the United States and Japan (coming soon to other countries)
Get started with a template
Learn the best of FigJam
Topic-based tutorials
Dive into dozens of topics at your own pace with these quick and tailored videos.
FigJam for Education training
Join the Figma for Education Team for an introductory session.
Templates for any use case
Check out hundreds of ready-made templates for the classroom.
Bring FigJam to your school
Figma and Google for Education are excited to partner up to bring you an upgraded whiteboarding experience. By submitting this form, you may be contacted by Figma and Google.
FAQs
- FigJam is 100% free for schools, students and educators. K12 schools can get free access to Figma’s premium Enterprise tier by applying here.
- FigJam has many of the features teachers have always wanted in Jamboard such as hyperlinks, a timer, authorship on sticky notes, integrated media including YouTube videos, audio feedback, templates, comments and more.
- FigJam is the most fun and engaging whiteboard for education. Use FigJam to amplify student voices, make learning more visual and build classroom community.
- FigJam is used by professionals across all industries. Help your students get a leg up by learning a professional-grade tool while still in school!
- FigJam has an easy-to-use importer so you can bring your Jamboard files directly into FigJam and keep editing without losing a beat. Learn more.
Yes, FigJam has all the same capabilities as Jamboard and much more! Just like Jamboard, in FigJam you can use sticky notes, add text, draw with a pen/highlighter, plus add images, GIFs, and shapes. However, you can do even more with the FigJam version of these same tools.
FigJam also has additional features like templates, native voting, timers, advanced diagramming tools, stamps, stickers and more. Watch this comparison video to learn more.
Yes! Admins can manage and deploy FigJam licenses from within the Google Admin Console using the App Licensing System. This takes about 5 minutes to set up.
- FigJam has a Jamboard importer that will allow you to import Jam files into FigJam and convert them into workable files. Learn more.
- FigJam integrates with Google Meet so you can start a FigJam from within a meeting.
- You can attach FigJam whiteboards to Calendar events using our Chrome extension and insert FigJam whiteboard files into Docs and Sheets as smartchips.
Yes, FigJam has hundreds of free templates to help you get started quickly. Check out figma.com/@education for classroom templates and lesson plans.
- Live training: You can sign up for one of our bi-weekly live FigJam training sessions. We can also host a free training/PD session at your school anytime – reach out to us at education@figma.com to schedule.
- Video tutorials: Get started on your own with our YouTube playlist of tutorials. Google Champion Tom Mullaney also has a great set of 40 FigJam tutorials.
- Course: Check out FriedOnline’s free FigJam self-paced, guided course that provides a certificate of completion.
You can learn about the complete end-to-end set up process with our admin guide. For additional questions, please reach out to education@figma.com.
United States
Figma offers 2 ways of accessing our tools, depending on the age of your students.
1. Teachers and students, older than 13 years old, can get started on their own by signing up at Figma.com/education, verifying their education status, and creating an Education team. This model is not intended for accessing Figma with students under 13 years old.
2. If you want to use Figma with students under 13 years old, your school must reach out to us and sign our terms for schools. You can get this process started by filling out this form.
Japan
Figma may only be used by students above the age of consent. If you would like to use Figma with students of all ages, your school or district must reach out to us and sign our terms for schools. You can get this process started by filling out this form.
Internationally
Figma may only be used by students above the age of consent in their jurisdiction. We are always looking to expand access to Figma, so if you want to use Figma with your students, please let us know by reaching out to us at education@figma.com!
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