In Zoom, it is possible to use a whiteboard. To use it, you need the Zoom app, which means that it is not possible to use it in a browser.

The whiteboard can be activated by starting the screen sharing. Click Share to start the screen sharing. Zoom will then show all open applications. Select the Whiteboard option and click Share at the bottom right of the page. Once this is done, Zoom will launch a whiteboard that everyone in the Zoom room can see.

Picture 1. Text: ''To launch the Whiteboard, select "Whiteboard" and then click "Share""

 

Whiteboard functions

• Select: A tool that allows you to individually move texts, drawings, and stamps on the whiteboard.
• Text: A tool for writing text.
• Draw: A tool for drawing.
• Stamp: These are stamps that can be added to the whiteboard.
• Spotlight: A laser pointer for highlighting items on the whiteboard.
• Eraser: A tool for wiping off drawn markings on the whiteboard.
• Format: This tool allows you to change text font, color, size, as well as the color and thickness of drawn lines.
• Undo: Use this to remove the last annotation made on the whiteboard.
• Redo: If you need to restore a previously undone annotation.
• Clear: A function to remove either all, the host’s, or viewers’ annotations.
• Save: Saves the whiteboard as a PNG file on your computer.

 

During the screen sharing, viewers have the possibility to draw on the same Whiteboard using the Annotate function. This can be useful if viewers are working in groups in Breakout Rooms, but it can also be used to disrupt the screen sharing, which is why it may be useful to disable Annotate.

This can be done in the Screen Sharing options. Move the cursor to More, which opens a list of additional actions. Select Disable participants annotation.

 

When you want to stop using the Whiteboard, click on ''Stop Share''.