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disable participant annotation on the whiteboard

jcbo
Newcomer
Newcomer

How to disable participant annotation on the whiteboard?

It is possible on the old classic whiteboard but not available on new whiteboard.

 

My fun-loving students scribble over my whiteboard.

Fun....but also disruptive ultimately.

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Palmer
Zoom Employee
Zoom Employee

Hi @jcbo! We ought to hire a bunch of those students to figure out create ways to disrupt a whiteboard session! 

 

Good news: we launched a new feature to quickly disable meeting participants from editing! Click on the people pile and you will see a drop down with options to view or hide cursors as well as disable participants from editing!

 

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Thanks for doing that.  It does not show up on my client.  Is it active on all accounts?

mpaterno
Zoom Employee
Zoom Employee

@JC This toggle only appears when you open a whiteboard in a meeting from the bottom meeting toolbar. Let us know if you have any other issues finding it!