Sharing a classic whiteboard
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The classic whiteboard feature will allow you to share a whiteboard that you and other participants (if allowed) can annotate on.
Note: Classic whiteboard is different from the new Zoom Whiteboard which is a persistent digital canvas. Read the Zoom Whiteboard support guide to learn more about the new Zoom Whiteboard.
Prerequisites for sharing a classic whiteboard
- Zoom desktop client
- Windows: version 3.5.19597.0626 or higher
- macOS: version 3.5.24604.0824 or higher
- Linux: version 2.0.123086.0330 or higher
- Zoom mobile app
- iOS (iPad only): version 2.5.34521.1207 or higher
- Android: version 3.6.17038.1226 or higher
Sharing a whiteboard
- Click Share Screen
located in your meeting toolbar.
- Click Whiteboard.
- Click Share.
- The annotation tools will appear automatically, but you can press the Whiteboard option in the meeting controls to show and hide them.
- Use the page controls in the bottom-right corner of the whiteboard to create new pages and switch between pages.
Note: Only the participant or host that started sharing the whiteboard has access to create and switch pages. - When you are done, click Stop Share.
Multiple whiteboards in a meeting
If you have simultaneous screen sharing on, multiple participants will be able to share a whiteboard at once. However, to see two whiteboards at once, or your own whiteboard and another participant's, you will need to have dual monitors enabled.
Sharing a whiteboard
- Click Share Screen
located in your meeting toolbar.
- Click Whiteboard.
- Click Share Screen.
- The annotation tools will appear automatically, but you can press the Whiteboard option in the meeting controls to show and hide them.
- Use the page controls in the bottom-right corner of the whiteboard to create new pages and switch between pages.
Note: Only the participant or host that started sharing the whiteboard has access to create and switch pages. - When you are done, click Stop Share.
Multiple whiteboards in a meeting
If you have simultaneous screen sharing on, multiple participants will be able to share a whiteboard at once. However, to see two whiteboards at once, or your own whiteboard and another participant's, you will need to have dual monitors enabled.
Sharing a whiteboard
- Tap Share in the meeting controls.
- Tap Share Whiteboard.
- Tap the pen icon to open the annotation tools.
- When you are done, tap the pen icon to close the annotation tools and tap Stop Share.
Note: Whiteboard is currently available for iPad only. If you are on an iPhone, you will not see the Whiteboard option.
How to Share a Whiteboard
- Tap Share Content in the meeting controls.
- Tap Whiteboard.
- The annotation tools should appear automatically, but you can tap the pen tool to show and hide them.
- When you are done, tap Stop Share.
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