How to Share a Zoom Whiteboard During a Meeting or Webinar

When to Use?

Learn how to share a whiteboard during a Zoom meeting or webinar.

Procedure

Start a meeting or a webinar from the Zoom desktop client.

Zoom meeting control toolbar with Home highlighted.

In the meeting controls toolbar, select the Whiteboards button.

Click either the New or Existing Whiteboards option. Your selection will open in the meeting window.

New whiteboard or Existing whiteboard options when selecting Whiteboard from the Zoom menu in a meeting.

If you selected Existing Whiteboards, you will be asked how you want to open the board?

Collaborating and Presenting options dialog box for opening an existing whiteboard.

  • Collaborating: Users are granted edit access.
  • Presenting: Board opens in presentation mode and users are granted view access.
  • Allow persistent access to verified meeting participants after closing the whiteboard.

After making your selections, click the “Open Board” button.

To edit the whiteboard, use the editing tools available located on the left side of the screen. Click and drag the icons to the canvas to draw, add shapes, type text, and more.

Whiteboard toolbar for editing the board.

For most controls, clicking on the canvas will then create an object of that type. If using the Select tool, you will be able to select one or more objects and change their properties. Visit the Zoom Whiteboard tools guide to learn more about what you can do in a whiteboard.

For more information on “How to share a whiteboard during a meeting or webinar” visit Zoom’s support web site.

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