With the improved Zoom Whiteboard, you can write and collaborate on your screen and share it with all participants during a Zoom session. You can also create and share whiteboards outside of Zoom meetings with other Lehigh Zoom users.
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.
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.
Outside of a meeting: From the Zoom desktop client, click the Whiteboards button, then click New Whiteboard.
Or go to https://lehigh.zoom.us/, log-in with your lehigh credentials, and choose whiteboard in the menu on the left.
Using the Whiteboard Tools
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 by adding individuals or by updating general access to "anyone at Lehigh University Zoom" and choosing the desired permissions.
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.
Additional resources from Zoom
- Zoom Whiteboard tools guide
- Using the Zoom Whiteboard
- Video Explanation of Using Zoom Whiteboard for Teaching