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<h1 id="excalidraw-collaborative-virtual-whiteboard">Excalidraw: Collaborative Virtual Whiteboard<a class="headerlink" href="#excalidraw-collaborative-virtual-whiteboard" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h1>
<p>Excalidraw is a virtual collaborative whiteboard tool that lets you easily sketch diagrams with a hand-drawn feel. It's excellent for brainstorming, creating flowcharts, planning project workflows, or mapping out campaign strategies.</p>
<h2 id="key-features">Key Features<a class="headerlink" href="#key-features" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
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<li><strong>Hand-drawn Feel</strong>: Creates diagrams that look informal and approachable.</li>
<li><strong>Real-time Collaboration</strong>: Multiple users can work on the same drawing simultaneously.</li>
<li><strong>Simple Interface</strong>: Easy to learn and use, with essential drawing tools.</li>
<li><strong>Export Options</strong>: Save your drawings as PNG, SVG, or <code>.excalidraw</code> files (for later editing).</li>
<li><strong>Library Support</strong>: Create and use libraries of reusable components.</li>
<li><strong>Self-Hosted</strong>: As part of Changemaker, your Excalidraw instance is self-hosted, keeping your data private.</li>
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<h2 id="documentation">Documentation<a class="headerlink" href="#documentation" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>For more detailed information about Excalidraw, visit the <a href="https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw">official repository</a>.</p>
<h2 id="getting-started-with-excalidraw">Getting Started with Excalidraw<a class="headerlink" href="#getting-started-with-excalidraw" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<h3 id="accessing-excalidraw">Accessing Excalidraw<a class="headerlink" href="#accessing-excalidraw" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
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<li><strong>URL</strong>: Access Excalidraw locally via <code>http://localhost:3333/</code> (or your configured external URL).</li>
<li><strong>No Login Required (Typically)</strong>: Excalidraw itself usually doesn't require a login to start drawing or collaborating if someone shares a link with you.</li>
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<h3 id="basic-usage">Basic Usage<a class="headerlink" href="#basic-usage" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h3>
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<li>The interface presents a canvas and a toolbar with drawing tools (select, rectangle, diamond, ellipse, arrow, line, free-draw, text).</li>
<li>Select a tool and click/drag on the canvas to create shapes or text.</li>
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<li>Use the context menu that appears to change properties like color, fill style, stroke width, font size, alignment, etc.</li>
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<li><strong>Export</strong>: Click the menu icon (usually top-left) and choose "Export image". You can select format (PNG, SVG), background options, etc.</li>
<li><strong>Save to .excalidraw file</strong>: To save your drawing with all its properties for future editing in Excalidraw, choose "Save to file". This will download an <code>.excalidraw</code> JSON file.</li>
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<h2 id="use-cases-within-changemaker">Use Cases within Changemaker<a class="headerlink" href="#use-cases-within-changemaker" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
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<li><strong>Brainstorming ideas</strong> for campaigns or projects.</li>
<li><strong>Creating sitemaps or user flow diagrams</strong> for your website.</li>
<li><strong>Designing simple graphics or illustrations</strong> for your documentation or blog posts.</li>
<li><strong>Collaboratively planning workflows</strong> with team members.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="editing-the-site">Editing the Site<a class="headerlink" href="#editing-the-site" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
<p>Editing of the main Changemaker documentation site (the one you are reading now) is done via <strong>Code Server</strong>, not Excalidraw. Excalidraw is a tool <em>for creating visual content</em> that you might then <em>include</em> in your documentation (e.g., by exporting an image and adding it to a Markdown file).</p>
<h2 id="further-information">Further Information<a class="headerlink" href="#further-information" title="Permanent link">&para;</a></h2>
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<li><strong>Excalidraw Official Site</strong>: <a href="https://excalidraw.com/">Excalidraw.com</a> (for general info and the public version)</li>
<li><strong>Excalidraw GitHub Repository</strong>: <a href="https://github.com/excalidraw/excalidraw">Excalidraw on GitHub</a> (for documentation, source code, and community discussions).</li>
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