Sharing a Whiteboard in Zoom

When to Use?

Follow these instructions to use the whiteboard in Zoom on a computer, tablet, or phone.

Procedure

Windows | macOS

  1. Click Share Screen Green share screen button located in your meeting toolbar.
  2. Click Whiteboard.
    Whiteboard icon from the Share Screen menu
  3. Click Share.
  4. The annotation tools will appear automatically, but you can press the Whiteboard option in the meeting controls to show and hide them.
  5. Use the page controls in the bottom-right corner of the whiteboard to create new pages and switch between pages.
    Page controls
    Note: Only the participant or host that started sharing the whiteboard has access to create and switch pages.
  6. When you are done, click Stop Share.
    Stop Share button

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.

Android

Sharing a whiteboard

  1. Tap Share in the meeting controls.
    Share button on an Android device
  2. Tap Share Whiteboard.
    Share Whiteboard option from the Share menu
  3. Tap the pen icon to open the annotation tools.
    Pen icon on an Android device
  4. When you are done, tap the pen icon to close the annotation tools and tap Stop Share.

 

iOS

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

  1. Tap Share Content in the meeting controls.
    A screenshot of a person's face
  2. Tap Whiteboard.
    Share Content menu for iOS
  3. The annotation tools should appear automatically, but you can tap the pen tool to show and hide them.


Annotations toolbar in iOS

  1. When you are done, tap Stop Share.
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