With the new improved Zoom whiteboardWhiteboard, you can write and /or collaborate on your screen and share it with any all participants in during a Zoom session or outside a Zoom session with Lehigh participants only. You can also create and share whiteboards outside of Zoom meetings with other Lehigh Zoom users.
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Starting a Whiteboard
During a meeting: Click the Whiteboard button at the bottom of your Zoom window, then select to share a new or existing whiteboard.
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In the meeting, you will be able to switch your views between the main meeting window and your whiteboard screen using tabs at the top.
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Outside of a meeting: From the Zoom desktop client, click the Whiteboards button, then click New Whiteboard.
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Or go to https://lehigh.zoom.us/, log-in with your lehigh credentials, and choose whiteboard in the menu on the left.
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Using the Whiteboard Tools
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The whiteboard editing tools are located on the left side of the screen.
Key editing tools:
Select: Select, move, or resize your annotations.
Text: Insert text onto the whiteboard.
Draw: Draw freehand with various pen colors and thicknesses.
Shapes: Add shapes like squares, circles, and arrows.
Stamp: Add pre-designed stamps like stars, checkmarks, and arrows.
Eraser: Erase parts of your annotations.
Undo/Redo: Undo or redo your actions.
Frames:
Organize and sequence content within a canvas.
Sticky notes: Add post-it style notes.
Stickies, Emojiis, and Gifs: Add reactions.
Templates: Use pre-made templates for brainstorming, planning, and more.
Presenting tools:
Multiple Pages: Create multiple pages within a whiteboard to organize your ideas.
Timer: Set a countdown timer for activities or brainstorming sessions.
Voting: Create a voting session: Click the "Vote" icon and follow the on-screen instructions to set up the voting parameters (e.g., which items are being voted on, how many votes each participant has).
Laser: Laser pointer to draw attention to a particular area.
Navigation tools:
Fit to screen: Adjusts the screen to show the area with information
Zoom: Sets the level of magnification or reduction
Move: Pan to an area of the whiteboard
Mini Map: See where the content is located on canvas
Sharing a Zoom Whiteboard
You can save your whiteboard and share it with others.
You can allow others at Lehigh to view or edit your whiteboard before or after your meeting and export a pdf copy for those external to lehigh after a meeting.
by adding individuals or by updating general access to "anyone at Lehigh University Zoom" and choosing the desired permissions.
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Email or post the general access link to your Zoom Whiteboard on the course site.
Share the link using a QR Code in chrome.
Create a Go link.
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Zoom Whiteboard saved in the cloud for 365 days, and then deleted. |
After the meeting, you can permanently save your whiteboard and share it with those external to Lehigh by exporting it as a PDF or alternative format.
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