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How to Share a Whiteboard on Windows or Mac

  • Click the “Share Screen” button located in your meeting toolbar (Figure1).


Figure 1

Share Screen button


  • Click “Whiteboard” (Figure 2).


Figure 2

Whiteboard button


  • 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. Only the participant or host who started sharing the whiteboard has access to create and switch pages.
  • When you are done, click “Stop Share” (Figure 3).


Figure 3

Zoom toolbar showing the Stop Share button


  • If you want to share multiple screens, 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.



How to Share a Whiteboard on Linux

  • Click the “Share Screen” button located in your meeting toolbar (Figure 4).


Figure 4

Share screen button


  • Click “Whiteboard” (Figure 5).


Figure 5

Whiteboard button


  • 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. Only the participant or host who started sharing the whiteboard has access to create and switch pages.
  • When you are done, click “Stop Share” (Figure 6).


Figure 6

Zoom toolbar showing the Stop Share button


  • If you want to share multiple screens, 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.



How to Share a Whiteboard on Android

  • Tap “Share” in the meeting controls (Figure 7).


Figure 7

Share button in Meeting Controls


  • Tap “Share Whiteboard” (Figure 8).


Figure 8

Share Whiteboard option in Share menu


  • 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.”



How to Share a Whiteboard on an iPad

  • Tap “Share Content” in the meeting controls (Figure 9).


Figure 9

Share Content button


  • Tap “Whiteboard” (Figure 10).


Figure 10

Whiteboard option from Share Content menu


  • 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.”

Note: Whiteboard is currently available for iPad only. If you are on an iPhone, you will not see the Whiteboard option.



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