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Newcomer
March 28, 2024
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I want the classic whiteboard back

  • March 28, 2024
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I unticked/unchecked the button that says:

"Use Whiteboard by default if available"

 

I restarted zoom ... nothing has changed, I still get the old whiteboard that is not fit for purpose.

5 replies

Employee
March 29, 2024

Hi @MikeTClark , If you uncheck that box then the classic whiteboard will open when you click on the whiteboard option in the meeting share screen. Are you instead looking to launch the new whiteboard?

Newcomer
April 15, 2024

I NEED THAT INFO TOO. NOT WORKING ON MINE. 

Newcomer
April 29, 2024

Me too! Hating the new versions. I checked unchecked 1000 times. but it does not let us go back to the classic whiteboard. It is like not giving me what I paid for and giving me something else (which I hate but Zoom thinks its cool)

 

Newcomer
April 29, 2024

Cool it certainly is not! Annoying, inferior, clunky, restricting, slow…limiting…unwelcome certainly! 

Newcomer
April 29, 2024

Moreover it does not even let us annotate on the photo when shared (like it used to). I have checked a million videos and made sure that the Annotation is enabled. We had to reschedule a class because of this annoying feature.

 

Employee
May 2, 2024

Hi @CHEEBEES, are you saying you are not able to annotate on an image uploaded to a whiteboard? 

Newcomer
April 29, 2024

One can only hope that the invisible impossible to reach Zoom personnel are beginning to realise they’ve made a howler. Last time this happened a few months ago it was rectified…one lives in hope…and impatience!

Employee
May 2, 2024

Hi @jss28 , i sent you a private message with instructions on how to contact me. I would love the change to get your feedback on the new whiteboard experiences and some simplifications we have planned.

Newcomer
May 2, 2024

I spent 3 1/2 hours on zoom chat tonight because of this but.....HURRAH! It's finally solved! 

When I click "Share" now, there are three tabs along the top: Screens, Documents and Advanced. Before there were only two tabs - Documents is new and this is where the classic whiteboard is now hiding.  Hope this can save someone else the hours of wasted time I've had.

Employee
May 2, 2024

HI @SunshineandRain , I'm sorry to hear about the confusion. the 6.0 update was pretty signification with a lot of UI changes for the meeting experiences.