BoardSnap is an iOS app that turns whiteboard photos into structured summaries in ten seconds. For TAs and grad students, that means recitation section boards, research meeting notes, and problem session content get documented fast — so you can run back-to-back sections and still have organized materials by the time office hours start.
Work through the week's problem set on the board. Snap at the end. Students get a structured solution walk-through — the key steps, the common mistakes, the conceptual explanation — before they leave. You get a record of what you covered for each section.
Sketch the feedback — the argument problem, the methodology concern, the suggested revision — on the board during or after the meeting. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured action list from your advisor's input — the specific tasks you need to execute, not your memory of them.
Map the subject area — key theorems, relationships, important examples, likely exam question types — on the board. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured subject review outline. Repeat across topics and the project builds into a complete qual prep archive.
BoardSnap AI reads mathematical proofs (with annotations), theoretical frameworks, argument structures, and literature mapping diagrams. It produces structured written descriptions of the academic content — organized by the structure you drew on the board.
One project for each course you're TAing, one for your dissertation research. Board history is organized per project — recitation sections don't mix with your research advisor meeting notes.
Pin your dissertation proposal, your qual reading list, or the course syllabus. Every board session already knows the academic context — the AI chat gives answers that are grounded in your specific work, not generic academic advice.
Library study rooms, lab spaces, and department seminar rooms have inconsistent WiFi. BoardSnap queues on-device and processes when signal returns — the board from a basement study room gets documented when you're back on network.
Research action items from advisor meetings break into concrete dissertation tasks — revise the methodology section, add the cited comparison, run the additional analysis. The grad student to-do list builds from the advisor meeting board.
Yes. Snap each section's board. The structured summaries let you see what you covered in each section — which examples you used, which questions came up, how much you got through. Useful for identifying where sections are diverging and for making your own teaching more consistent.
During or immediately after an advisor meeting, sketch the key feedback points and action items on any whiteboard or notepad. Snap. BoardSnap produces a structured action list — what your advisor said to do, not your interpretation of what they might have meant. Especially useful for feedback-heavy meetings where you're processing content at the same time as receiving it.
Yes — snap each subject area mapping session. Over time, the project builds into a complete qual prep archive organized by topic. At qual time, you review structured summaries rather than trying to reconstruct your own notes from photos of boards that may or may not reflect what's actually on the exam.
Yes — literature mapping sessions at the whiteboard (theoretical camps, key debates, the gaps your research addresses) produce rich board content. Snap each mapping session. BoardSnap produces a structured literature landscape document that becomes the organizational framework for your lit review chapter.
Free plan includes one project and 30 boards — enough to evaluate whether it works for your workflow. Pro is $9.99/month or $69.99/year ($5.83/month). Most grad students find the time savings from documented advisor meetings and recitation sections more than worth it.
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Snap a whiteboard. Ship the action plan. In ten seconds.