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What is Zoom Whiteboard?

Zoom Whiteboard is an all-in-one virtual workspace tool for hybrid and remote teams that creates a place to share ideas before, during, and after a Zoom Meeting. Explore the Zoom Community's Recent Activity below to join the whiteboard conversation and connect with other members. If you are still looking for support, browse our Zoom Whiteboard support articles or start a new discussion below!

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Only a portion of shared Whiteboard is visible to meeting

When sharing a Whiteboard, only the upper left quadrant (about 25% of what I can see) is visible to other users. I cannot find any controls for magnification levels to set what portion of the board is being shown. How do I enable everyone in my meeti... Show more

When sharing a Whiteboard, only the upper left quadrant (about 25% of what I can see) is visible to other users. I cannot find any controls for magnification levels to set what portion of the board is being shown. How do I enable everyone in my meeting to see the full Whiteboard?


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text saved after typing on whiteboard

I have been using zoom for 2 years. I save text I type onto the whiteboard for a class I teach. I am unable to go back and find that which I have saved. Where is it located? Nothing on the zoom site is helpful. No You Tube videos have the answer eith... Show more

I have been using zoom for 2 years. I save text I type onto the whiteboard for a class I teach. I am unable to go back and find that which I have saved. Where is it located? Nothing on the zoom site is helpful. No You Tube videos have the answer either. I need to retrieve this information but can't figure out how to do it.


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white board

When I select whiteboard to screenshare it comes up already paused an will not unpause?  What fixes this?

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Feature Request: More Colors for Annotating and Choice of a Background Color

I use Zoom to teach online. I love the annotation capability, but there really aren't that many colors that work well. They are just hard on the eyes, or hard to see. Could you put some effort into refining the color options, OR allow us to add custo... Show more

I use Zoom to teach online. I love the annotation capability, but there really aren't that many colors that work well. They are just hard on the eyes, or hard to see. Could you put some effort into refining the color options, OR allow us to add custom colors?

 

Also, I love sharing a "Whiteboard," but it sure would be nice to be able to pick the color of the whiteboard, because white isn't really my preference, and there isn't enough contrast available (other than glaring red).

 

Thanks!


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Where is the whiteboard?

Hello!I am having an issue. I do not have the whiteboard and I need it. I know to go to share screen, and it's supposed to be an option, but it isn't. Ive tried changing the settings, I have the whiteboard toggle on. I've watched videos, downloaded t... Show more

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I am having an issue. I do not have the whiteboard and I need it. I know to go to share screen, and it's supposed to be an option, but it isn't. Ive tried changing the settings, I have the whiteboard toggle on. I've watched videos, downloaded the latest version, everything I can think of. What am I doing wrong? 


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can't share whiteboard.

when I try to share whiteboard I get a popup security menu. Even after enabling Zoom in Security & Privacy I still can't get the whiteboard.

what to do?

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WHITE BOARD DIFFICULTY

WHEN I WRITE ON WHITE BOARD THE FIRST TIME DURING A MEETING IT IS FINE BUT IF I STOP SHARING THE SCREEN AND THEN GO BACK TO IT WHEN I WRITE ON THE WHITE BOARD NO PRINT SHOWS UP AND EVERYTHING I PUT ON THE WHITE BOARD IS GONE. HELP!

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Whiteboard notification email grammar

Recently our IT team set up touch screens with Zoom in our classrooms. When someone uses the whiteboard feature and they send it via email to a user logged into the session, they receive an email with a notice about the image. Is that message pre-set... Show more

Recently our IT team set up touch screens with Zoom in our classrooms. When someone uses the whiteboard feature and they send it via email to a user logged into the session, they receive an email with a notice about the image. Is that message pre-set or is there a place to change it? I am the primary admin for Zoom but I've looked everywhere and don't see a place to modify the message. The message people receive at the moment is grammatically incorrect and it's driving me crazy, lol:

You have got images that saved from whiteboard. Please check the attachment.


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Can I limit who can annotate?

As a teacher, I would really love a feature where I can turn on annotating for a particular person. The virtual whiteboard is so tempting to my young students and they want to doodle in the corners when other students are working translations on the ... Show more

As a teacher, I would really love a feature where I can turn on annotating for a particular person.  The virtual whiteboard is so tempting to my young students and they want to doodle in the corners when other students are  working  translations on the whiteboard.  Does this feature already exist? I am guessing once annotating is turned on, it is available to everyone, unfortunately. 

 

Thanks in advance. 


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SHORTCUT to draw a straight line on the whiteboard

Is there a shortcut available to draw a straight line on the zoom whiteboard? It is a bit of a nuisance to use the drawing tools provided. It takes too many clicks to draw a simple line. It would be convenient to draw a straight line by depressing th... Show more

Is there a shortcut available to draw a straight line on the zoom whiteboard? It is a bit of a nuisance to use the drawing tools provided. It takes too many clicks to draw a simple line. It would be convenient to draw a straight line by  depressing the shift key and drag the mouse for example. 


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