How can I share more than one screen in a Zoom meeting?

[MattHartzell]

I want to be able to share screen more than one application at a time when I'm in a Zoom meeting.

But my Zoom only lets me share screen with one application at a time. If I want to switch between applications I'm screen sharing, I have to first close out of the first screen share, then start a new screen share. This is really annoying and time consuming and distracting when I'm trying to lead a meeting.

Please advise!

Thank you

[Bort · Accepted solution]

There is no way to share multiple apps through multiple different shares. It would be best to just share your entire desktop and swap apps in and out of view as needed. 

Hope that helps and please make sure to mark the solution as accepted if this information is what you needed.

[Bort · Accepted solution]

There is no way to share multiple apps through multiple different shares. It would be best to just share your entire desktop and swap apps in and out of view as needed. 

Hope that helps and please make sure to mark the solution as accepted if this information is what you needed.

[preacherinthewi]

Considering this answer is a couple of years old, I can only hope that Zoom has been working towards a solution for this, because switching back and forth is slow and well, frankly short sighted on Zoom's part. I use three monitors for my desktop and when I want to present something from each of them, switching makes for a painfully slow experience for my attendees. many of whom are bright enough to get what I am presenting but suffer from fatigue caused inattention because of this very obvious flaw in Zoom.

The fix I would like to see is the ability for the screen share to automatically switch to whatever monitor is currently displaying the presenters cursor.

[georgethetech · Accepted solution]

My solution is I do desktop switching with Mac OS Expose. I do a gesture on my trackpad that lets me rapidly switch desktops, where I show a presentation, and web browser, and the app(s) I'm training with. It's very smooth and professional looking. 

[tomwitt99]

That's a good idea but I only get the option "Share desktop 1" so when I swipe to desktop 2 I the viewer sees and empty desktop, not the apps that are open on it. What am I doing wroing?

[preacherinthewi]

Hey Tomwitt99, I am not an expert on Zoom, just a guy who uses it for several meetings per day, pretty much every day. I believe when you share "desktop 1", you are sharing it as it exists at the time you share it. That is not saying it remains static, but it does remain with the source it is displaying at that time. When you switch screens, it loses that source and needs you to choose a new one. That is exactly the basis for my complaint above. Try ending your share completely, then choose the new screen you wish to share. It is slow, but I think it will work for you as it does for me. This issue is so frustrating to me that some of my team members are incorporating our own video conferencing, in a project we had going already, but initially wanted to just continue to use alongside Zoom. Now the project will replace Zoom and the online exam proctoring we do. Eventually, if we are successful, the new product will be made available commercially. Sorry Zoom, but you need to respond to your users needs, or they just find an alternative and move on.

[georgethetech]

You need to do a workaround with something like Manycam or OBS, I'm afraid... 
For now I do a 2nd display and share entire desktop, run my various apps full screen mode, then swap between them as the Bort suggested. I can do all of this with just two Displays, with the primary showing all of the Zoom app windows and auxiliary control panels I use for video and audio control. I also make sure the 2nd display is running at 720p so that the content on the screen isn't too small to be legible for viewers on smaller screens.