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How to Make a Perfect Circle in Jamboard

If you click and drag with the shape tool on Jamboard you'll end up with an ellipse. Here is how to make a perfect circle on your Jam instead.
make a circle vs ellipse in Google Jamboard by just tapping rather than tap and drag
How to Make a Perfect Circle in Jamboard
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Today my lesson involved circles so I wanted the student to model their math with circles not ellipses. Google Jamboard is a great tool for students to show their learning. ( Ex: Google Jamboard: Using Open Middle Math Problems ) The problem is, when you use the shape tool on Jamboard and click and drag you’ll end up with an ellipse. Here is the trick for how to make a perfect circle in Jamboard instead.

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make a circle vs ellipse in Google Jamboard by just tapping rather than tap and drag

How to make a perfect circle in Google Jamboard rather than an ellipse.

  • Single Click

    The trick to making a perfect circle in Jamboard is to just click. Select the shapes tool and circle and then tap on the frame.

  • Resize

    When you tap a circle is created, but Jamboard makes it in a default size. Use the resizing handles in the bottom right corner to make larger or smaller while maintaining the proportions. In other words, to avoid stretching out the circle.

  • Change the Color

    Having selected the circle you created, use the fill tools in the horizontal toolbar at the top of the frame.

Tip: make the perfect circle transparent so you can use it to circle things in Jamboard 🙂

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Convert Your Google Jamboard Jams to FigJam

Google is discontinuing Jamboard. GOOD NEWS! It is super EASY to convert your files into FigJam. Sign up for a FREE educator account at figma.com/education. Go to figma.com to import your Jamboards Jams. Check out my converted files at figma.com/@alicekeeler.

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