Introduction
Screen Sharing is a feature offered by Zoom to allow the host and/or participants to share their screen with the rest of the meeting participants. Screen Sharing management can be done in the Zoom Dashboard Settings, Zoom Client Application and/or during a Zoom Meeting. In this article we will discuss the various ways of setting up Zoom Screen Sharing
How to Setup Screen Sharing
Note: This feature is set up active by default.
Zoom Dashboard Settings: First of all, you need to ensure that Screen Sharing is switched on in the Dashboard by following the instructions below:
- Visit yorku.zoom.us and sign in using your Passport York credentials.
- Click the red Sign In button on the welcome page.
- Click on your profile picture in the top right, then Settings
- Once signed in, click Meeting -> In Meeting (Basic) on the left hand navigation pane
- Scroll down until you get to Screen Sharing and ensure it is switched on - you can also just enter Screen Sharing into the search bar.
Zoom Client Application Settings: After you have ensured that Screen Sharing is switched on in the Dashboard Settings, you may adjust the Screen Sharing to your liking by following the steps below:
- Click the Cogwheel button on the Zoom Client Application, as shown on the screenshot below:
- Click Share Screen on the Settings window, as shown on the screenshot below, and adjust the settings to your liking:
Additional Screen Sharing settings
- Click the little upward arrow next to the green Share Screen button, as shown on the screenshot below:
- From here, you can set the behaviour of the screens when you or someone else shares.
If someone attempts to share their scree, you will be prompted to allow or deny that action. If you allow, the sharer must then also pick what to share on their end.
What Can You Share?
Please click here to access a list of screens/applications that you can share on Zoom
How to Share Sound
Please follow the steps below in order to share computer sound:
- Click Share Screen on your Zoom meeting window
- You will get some options asking what you'd like to be shared. If you wish to share sound on the computer (meaning, if a presentation on your end has some sounds that need to be transmitted) please select that option as shown below:
