Create a new whiteboard
There are two ways to create a whiteboard today in Confluence.
Option 1 — Select the Create button in the navigation, and select ‘Whiteboard’. This will create a whiteboard in the space you are currently in or will default to your personal space/whichever space you have edit permissions.
![Selecting the whiteboard option from the create button](http://images.ctfassets.net/zsv3d0ugroxu/7E9lYdsRbDuuOoJvkY9ES6/6bd7b332dd18da91d7266c9d990ea839/Global_create__63_.png)
Option 2 — Select the + button next to the Content section in the space sidebar, and select ‘Whiteboard’ to create a whiteboard in your space.
![Selecting the whiteboard option from the content tree create button](http://images.ctfassets.net/zsv3d0ugroxu/5Zp4xBJUZMRqCaRLP6eFqU/1ec2a26d3e6c0ea42b0bb01e147b250f/1280x720__6_.png)
You can also create a whiteboard under a page/whiteboard using the + button that appears when hovering over the content’s title in the sidebar.
Get started with a template
When you land in a new whiteboard you will be prompted to select a template from our template picker.
Select from a number of best-practice templates from the Atlassian Team Playbook to help you get started.
Hover over a template in the template picker.
Select Use template.
To prevent this picker from showing on each whiteboard load, uncheck the box ‘Show when creating a whiteboard'.
![Selecting a template from the template picker dialog](http://images.ctfassets.net/zsv3d0ugroxu/15DphsrlM9Mmev2PIRAJU4/ca3a8d5347a7fb7c61fefd9ebc363e85/Templates.png)
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