The Backboard team has been hard at work on a new set of Backboard features based on your feedback. The new Backboard allows you to do more than the original, but we have done our best to ensure your experience is still so easy you could create Backboards and leave feedback in your sleep.

Enhanced Security
We understand that some documents are more confidential than others, and may need additional measures in place to ensure their security. Now you can specify one of three different security levels for your Backboards.

1. Open to anyone who knows the URL (Standard security) - This security level makes it quick and easy to get feedback from collaborators. We protect your Backboard by locating it at a difficult to guess URL–so difficult that today’s computers would require thousands of years to break in.
2. Requires a secret Access Key - We protect your Backboard by including a secret Access Key in the invitation email. Each viewer must enter the Access Key before he or she can see your Backboard.
3. Restricted to people I invite - We protect your Backboard by requiring all viewers to log into their own confirmed, password-protected Backboard accounts, and then allow access to your Backboard only to the people you’ve authorized. This security level provides the maximum security for your Backboards and requires a nominal monthly fee.

Better Sharing Support
Sharing a Backboard shouldn’t be difficult. Check out Backboard Groups, which make it easy to share multiple Backboards with the same project team and Address Book Import to get your contacts from Outlook, Gmail, LinkedIn, Yahoo and Hotmail.

Multiple Versions
After getting feedback, it is often important to make changes to your file and request thoughts on the new version. Backboard now supports multiple versions of the same document–as many as you need to get your work just right.

Request Approval
Select this option while you’re creating your Backboard, and the contacts you share with will be asked not only to provide feedback, but also to approve your document. This allows you to make sure you have the go-ahead from your team before proceeding.

Premium Plans
While Backboard will always make its basic functionality available for free, we are making certain features (maximum security and larger file uploads) available for a low monthly fee. A premium account also grants you the license to use your Backboard for business purposes. Need your entire team to create secure Backboards or Backboards from large files? Simply choose a Team or Office account.