Screen Sharing
Zoom's screen sharing features make it easy to present content, collaborate visually, and deliver engaging presentations. Whether you're leading a class, meeting, or webinar, Zoom allows you to share a variety of content types during your session.
Share Content
While in a Zoom meeting or webinar, you can share:
- Your entire desktop or mobile screen
- Specific applications or windows
- A selected portion of your screen
- A whiteboard for real-time collaboration
- A locally stored video file
- Device audio
- Content from a second camera
- Your iPhone or iPad screen (via AirPlay or cable)
Zoom’s built-in video player allows you to play high-quality video clips directly in your meeting or webinar. This method provides smoother playback and hides the playback controls from participants.
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You can share your device’s system audio during screen sharing for a seamless multimedia experience. This is especially useful for sharing videos, music, or any presentation where sound is important.
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Take your presentations to the next level by overlaying your video directly on your slides. With the Slides as a Virtual Background feature, you appear in front of your slides, creating a more immersive and engaging presentation.
Note: Sound, transitions, or animations embedded in slides are not supported.
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Zoom Whiteboard is a collaborative tool that allows users to brainstorm, draw diagrams, leave sticky notes, and work together in real time. Whiteboards can also be saved, exported, and shared with others both during and after the meeting.
Note: Zoom Whiteboard can be shared internally or externally with anyone that has a Zoom account, with the option to export and save.
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See the Sharing Your Screen or Desktop on Zoom help article or view the Share Your Screen, Video, or Audio video for details.
Screen Sharing Features
Requesting or Giving Remote Control
The remote control feature allows you to take control of another participant's screen in a meeting. You can either request remote control of another participant's screen or the other participant can give control to you. Once given permission, you can control their mouse and keyboard and even copy text from their screen to yours.
See the Requesting or Giving Remote Control help article for more information.
Side-by-Side Mode for Screen Sharing
View a shared screen alongside the speaker’s video using Side-by-Side Mode. You can also adjust the screen and video pane size to your preference. Additionally, webinar hosts can enable Side-by-Side Mode for all attendees.
See the Side-By-Side Mode for Screen Sharing help article for more information.
Sharing Multiple Screens Simultaneously
Hosts using the Zoom desktop client can allow multiple participants to share their screens simultaneously during a meeting. This can be useful for a real-time comparison of documents or other materials by participants. To make full use of this feature, enable the dual monitors option in the Zoom client settings.
See the Sharing multiple screen simultaneously help article for more information.