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====Advanced: Desktop Sharing====  
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====Advanced: Screen Sharing====  
You can share whatever you display on your desktop to your students, such as Sakai, a Word document you want to edit, or a Spreadsheet you want to add a formula to.
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You can share whatever you display on your screen to your students, such as Sakai, a web site or a Word document you want to edit.
* Here is a video demonstrating the latest changes that have been added to make screen sharing faster:
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* What does an instructor need to do before they can share their screen?
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** Currently, a presenter needs to use a desktop, laptop or chromebook to share their screen.
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** You must use Chrome or Firefox as Safari, Edge and Internet Explorer don't support WebRTC enabled screen share.
| style="border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color:#C6C6C6;" | <youtube width="400" height="225" alignment="right">xTFuEvmEqB0</youtube>
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** For step by step instructions, please review these screenshots of [https://support.blindsidenetworks.com/hc/en-us/articles/360025276251-Share-my-screen screen sharing with Chrome and Firefox] web browsers
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* This 23-second video quickly demonstrates '''[https://ytcropper.com/cropped/d55d0255fedbd77 how to share your screen]'''. In the video:
* What does an instructor [http://docs.bigbluebutton.org/support/faq.html#what-is-needed-to-run-desktop-sharing need to do to share their desktop?]  
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** The left side of the video displays the instructor/presenter's screen while they are sharing it.
** Nothing now!
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** On the right side of the video, at the same time, you'll find out what the student's view is of their instructor's screen.
 
=====Desktop Sharing FAQ's=====
 
* Can an instructor share a video while sharing their desktop? '''Yes.'''  
 
** At the bottom of the Presentation area, click on the plus button.  
 
** Select "Share YouTube video"
 
** Paste in the YouTube video URL (web address)
 
** Click on the "Share a new video" button
 

Latest revision as of 18:18, 26 June 2019

Advanced: Screen Sharing

You can share whatever you display on your screen to your students, such as Sakai, a web site or a Word document you want to edit.

  • What does an instructor need to do before they can share their screen?
    • Currently, a presenter needs to use a desktop, laptop or chromebook to share their screen.
    • You must use Chrome or Firefox as Safari, Edge and Internet Explorer don't support WebRTC enabled screen share.
    • For step by step instructions, please review these screenshots of screen sharing with Chrome and Firefox web browsers
  • This 23-second video quickly demonstrates how to share your screen. In the video:
    • The left side of the video displays the instructor/presenter's screen while they are sharing it.
    • On the right side of the video, at the same time, you'll find out what the student's view is of their instructor's screen.