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December 11, 2021

annotation using ipads

  • December 11, 2021
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I can't get my zoom to allow annotations when screen sharing from an ipad, since all the students in my school use ipads this is a big problem.  Any way to share screen ipad to ipad and write on each others screen without using whiteboard, want to write on pdfs

 

thanks so much

Andrew

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CarlaA
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Community Manager
December 20, 2021

Hi @andrew3,

 

Currently, you can only annotate when sharing a portion of your screen, not the entire screen.  More info under the iOS section, here: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005706806-Using-annotation-tools-for-collaboration 

 

You can then allow students to annotate on your shared screen by following these steps: 

 

  1. Tap the pencil icon to hide annotation tools.
  2. Tap More (...)  in the host controls.
  3. Tap Meeting Settings for these annotation settings under the Content Share section

 

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Newcomer
February 2, 2023

This specific restriction, of sharing only a portion of a screen, is not specified in the link you cite.  Please advise.

andrew3Author
Newcomer
May 12, 2023

Can you post those steps here. I have tried several times with no success. Is annotation on iPad possible ?

Newcomer
March 16, 2024

@CarlaA  Hello, I am having the same problem.  Basically:

 

– I am hosting the meeting from a PC

– A participant is sharing screen from an IPAD

– I would like to annotate what they are sharing but the "annotate" option is not visible when I click options.

Newcomer
December 1, 2024

I'm having the exact same issue. I can share and annotate from a desktop with my students who are using an iPad, but if they share their iPad screen with me, there is no option for me to annotate. Very frustrating. 

Newcomer
May 19, 2025

This has not been resolved yet. I can’t share an app, but just the entire screen on an Ipad. And the pen icon does not even appear when I’m sharing (as the host) or I guess even if I’m not the host as long as I’m using an Ipad. 

Newcomer
November 17, 2025

Why is this issue not resolved yet - after all these years?  I am having the same problem - unable to annotate the screen on my IPad - very frustrating!!!!