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Newcomer
July 29, 2021
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Share screen to all breakout rooms

  • July 29, 2021
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According to the 6/21/21 release notes, it should be possible to share screen to all breakout rooms. We would like to use this feature, but have not figured out how to.  We have found no documentation on how to use this feature. Can anyone help? Thanks!

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    Community Manager
    July 29, 2021

    Hey @MECrawford! Welcome to the community! 😄 Check out the prerequisites for Share screen to all breakout rooms, "hosts, co-hosts, and breakout room participants all need to be running 5.7.0 or higher". You can find more info on Managing Breakout Rooms

    Newcomer
    August 13, 2021

    This feature is not available to participants on mobile devices, right? Will that be added?

    Bort
    Employee
    Employee
    August 13, 2021

    Correct, this is currently only available for the desktop clients. It may be added to the mobile experience, but I cannot say for sure at this point. 

    Community Champion | Employee
    July 29, 2021

    Hi @MECrawford ,

    Once you are in your meeting, you need to start your breakout rooms. Click on Share Screen from the main room, then select "Share to breakout rooms" then Share and you will be able to share your screen to all of your breakout room from the main room.

    Newcomer
    August 20, 2021

    I do exactly that, but the breakout rooms do NOT see the shared screen.  Can't figure out what's wrong.

     

    Bort
    Employee
    Employee
    August 20, 2021

    Hi @tammo 

    It could be that the participants are not on the minimum required version for that feature, which is the desktop client for Windows, macOS, or Linux, version 5.7.0 or higher. 

    Newcomer
    November 9, 2021

    Hi everyone, thanks for this helpful discussion. I had another question on the subject. Given the following:

     

    -host records meeting

    -host creates breakout rooms

    -host shares screen in breakout rooms 

    -host joins from a second device to be able to join the breakout rooms while screen sharing

     

    What happens in this case with recording? Given that recording takes place where the person recording the session is every time, how is that affected when that person is signed in from two different devices and appears to be in two different places at the same time (main room and breakout room)? Also, does the type of device have anything to do with this?

     

    Hope this makes sense.

    derekmahlitz
    Newcomer
    Newcomer
    November 12, 2021

    Can a user in a breakout room override the share from the Main room with their own share?

    Newcomer
    November 24, 2021

    No, they cannot override the share. They will come back and request it be taken down so they can share.