Meetings: Using the Whiteboard

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Whiteboard Features

At the bottom middle of the presentation area, click on the next arrow, to get to a blank slide to use with the Whiteboard or

  • Click on the "Upload Presentation icon (now a cloud icon, not a document icon)", then click on the "Show" button beside "default.pdf".

Alt=Upload Presentation button, Polling button, Previous slide (left button), Select a slide (2/50, and Next slide (right button)

The Instructor and Presenter can use a Whiteboard in Meetings, by moving your cursor over the right side of the default presentation area.

  • In addition, the Instructor/Presenter can also click on the bottom icon, "Multi-User Drawing" icon, to allow ALL participants to draw on the whiteboard.

A number of icons will pop up for you to click on and draw with, such as:

    • A hand (pan and zoom), pencil, shapes (rectangle, circle, triangle), line, T (text), X (clear page),
    • A backward arrow (undo shape), color box (to pick a drawing color), sliding arrow icon (to change the thickness of the lines/shapes drawn).
    • To draw perfect shapes (rectangle, circle, triangle), click and hold the Ctrl or Shift key on your keyboard, then click and draw your shape.
  • You can draw on the default presentation page, an uploaded document, or you can upload a blank document.

Alt=Rotated view of whiteboard icons

  • Note: If you already uploaded a presentation but want a blank slide to draw on:
    • Click on the Upload presentation icon
    • Beside the default.pdf file, click on the Show button