The article describes the ways of using online board Padlet to develop written communication of undergraduate students who study German as a second foreign language. Online boards are an effective alternative to chalk boards, which have the following benefits: multi-format, confidentiality, remote access during distance classes. The article offers practical classroom scenarios and didactic goals which could be solved by using an online board Padlet: making collaborative letters, grammar automatization activities, text-based work (reading, checking basic understanding of the text and writing short dialogues based on the text).
Key words: online board, Padlet, collaborative writing, written communication.