As a Learner, you are able to share your screen with the classroom or just with the participants sitting at your table. You're also able to annotate your screenshare and allow others to annotate on it, as well.
We'll go over these features in the proceeding sections.
Note: This article is specifically for Learners in the classroom. If you are an Instructor, please review the article for Instructors.
Sharing Your Screen
To share your screen, follow the below instructions:
- Click the "Present" button from the toolbar at the bottom of your screen. This will expand a menu.
- From the menu, select either "Share Screen With Class" or "Share Screen With Table", as shown below.
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Once you've made your selection, your browser will display a pop-up window, where you can select what you'd like to share from your computer (e.g. Tab, Window, Entire Screen). Make your selection, then click the "Share" button, as shown below.
- Once the screenshare is active, you'll notice a preview area at the bottom of your screen, where you can visually confirm what you are sharing. You can minimize this preview area by clicking the arrow at the top-right of it. Below is a reference image of this preview area:
There are a few important things to know about sharing your screen as a Learner during class:
- If you are attempting to share your screen with the entire class (i.e. "Share Screen With Class") , your instructor may receive a notification of your screenshare request, which they can decline or approve. It is best to ask your Instructor for permission before attempting to screenshare with the class.
- If you are doing a screenshare with just your table, no Instructor approval is required--the screenshare would begin immediately.
- If the "Share screen with table" option is greyed out / disabled, this could be due to your Instructor disabling the ability to for learners to share their screen with their table.
- Screensharing is not supported if you have joined the class from a mobile browser. This is a technical limitation of mobile browsers.
- Screensharing is not supported if you have joined from our mobile app. This may be supported in a future update.
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While sharing your screen, you'll notice a dropdown menu appears in the preview area, this dropdown allows you to change your screenshare quality mode to one of 3 options, which we'll describe below:
- Default mode: This mode balances quality and framerate.
- Video mode: This mode will prioritize a higher framerate over quality. It is ideal for sharing animations or videos, where a high framerate will ensure smooth movement.
- Text mode: This mode prioritizes quality over framerate. This is ideal for sharing items that are static, such as a text document. The higher quality ensures text appears clear.
- Each user is limited to just one active screenshare. For instance, if you wanted to share the contents of one monitor with the entire class and another monitor with just your tablemates, this would not be possible.
Annotating Your Screenshare
When you have a screenshare active, you have the option to annotate your screenshare. This allows you and others to draw on a picture of what the screenshare was showing. When a screenshare is active, you can click the "Annotate screen" button to begin the annotation. This button will appear in 2 places, as shown below:
Once annotation begins, you will see a left-hand toolbar, where you can select between various drawing objects. We've provided an example below of how things look when annotation is active:
To stop the annotation and go back to the screenshare, click the "Close" button that appears at the top of the page.
Note: Annotation is only possible with classwide screenshares. If you are sharing your screen with just your table, you will not have the option to annotate.
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