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Tutorials

How to use CanonBoard.

Short videos, one task each — from your first ten minutes to building a world on Canon Canvas.

The first videos are on their way.

Here is what they will cover. Until they are up, the written guides answer most of the same questions.

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  • Getting started · Coming soon

    Your first ten minutes on CanonBoard

    Read a script, find an open round, and see where everything lives.

  • The Board · Coming soon

    Writing a beat for a round

    Reading the brief, drafting in the composer, and using Preview before you send it.

  • The Board · Coming soon

    Upvoting drafts

    How the Board decides a round, and how your upvotes unlock your own draft.

  • Canon Canvas · Coming soon

    Building a world on Canon Canvas

    Characters, locations, lore and plot points as connected cards.

  • Canon Canvas · Coming soon

    Timelines and markers

    Putting events in order, and marking out acts, episodes and chapters.

  • Power tools · Coming soon

    Smart Import

    Turning an existing document into cards and timeline events.

  • Power tools · Coming soon

    Conflict Detection

    Letting the canvas find the contradictions before a reader does.