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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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Embedded video in the whiteboard not showing up for participants

I'm using Zoom to teach online English lessons to a young student. I embedded videos into the whiteboard but my student sees a static image, she can't hear or see the video. I also tested this with a second computer, and faced the same issue. As a ho... Show more

I'm using Zoom to teach online English lessons to a young student. I embedded videos into the whiteboard but my student sees a static image, she can't hear or see the video. I also tested this with a second computer, and faced the same issue. As a host I can see and hear the video, but the participant doesn't hear or see the video even though I'm sharing the whiteboard. 

 

I know I can share the video from Youtube by sharing my screen, but going back and forth between the whiteboard and screen-sharing other content disrupts the in-class acitivities. 

 

I'm using zoom workspace 6.3.6 on a Mac.

 

Thanks in advance for any help.

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PDFs whiteboard

Is it possible to upload a PDF to zoom whiteboard to open each page on a different board? I want to be able to upload each page to a different board, work on it with a student and then convert back to a PDF for a page a board.

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Resolved! Disabling auto-forms/shapes possible?

When I use the whiteboard to train japanese hiragana characters, I can't paint slow. When I stay on the left mouse button for too long, my painted character is transformed into a shape, e.g. a square or a circle. I already disabled all shapes and I a... Show more

When I use the whiteboard to train japanese hiragana characters, I can't paint slow. When I stay on the left mouse button for too long, my painted character is transformed into a shape, e.g. a square or a circle. I already disabled all shapes and I am under the impression that the normal pencil shouldn't do autoforms, as there is a separate tool "intelligent drawing".

 

How/where do I disable this behaviour or is there a better tool to draw letters?


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Is the use of different whiteboard pages in breakout rooms possible?

Dear Community,I hope that you can clarify one big doubt I have in terms of using the Zoom Whiteboard (and not an external) for my digital trainings.Is it actually possible to have the participants in different breakout rooms editing different pages ... Show more

Dear Community,

I hope that you can clarify one big doubt I have in terms of using the Zoom Whiteboard (and not an external) for my digital trainings.

Is it actually possible to have the participants in different breakout rooms editing different pages of a whiteboard?

If I do a group exercise, I sent the different groups each into a different breakout room to work on a task. Each group  might have a different task to answer or I don't want the groups to see each others answers, so I would need the possibility that each breakout room can see and edit their group corresponding whiteboard page.

I hope I explained myself well and really appreciate an answer to know whether I can use the Zoom Whiteboard for my trainings or if I need to work with a different whiteboard to grant this possibility. MANY MANY THANKS!!


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Lost all text on whiteboard after updating software from 5.12.9 to 5.13.7

For various reasons! I am still using Mac OS 10.14.6.I had a workshop yesterday using zoom 5.12.9 and built a whiteboard – see the image with text below.After I realised I needed to upgrade Zoom. Did that today to 5.13.7Now this is how my whiteboard ... Show more

For various reasons! I am still using Mac OS 10.14.6.

I had a workshop yesterday using zoom 5.12.9 and built a whiteboard – see the image with text below.

After I realised I needed to upgrade Zoom. Did that today to 5.13.7

Now this is how my whiteboard looks - see the image with no text below.

Also I can no longer input text to a whiteboard.

Any suggestions?


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Problème d'affichage des tableaux blancs

Bonjour,

Dès que je fais des sous-groupes avec utilisation du tableau blanc et que je viens voir chaque salle, je ne peux pas voir leur tableau blanc, juste leur curseur d’écriture avec leur nom. Merci de votre aide.

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whiteboard vietnamese text disapear

Bonjour, when I write a Vietnamese text, this text disapear !! (was ok before with oldest version of Zoom !!)It's ok with french or American text !!...a solution for me ? Merci Please tell me how to recuperate the classic whiteboard more easy and fle... Show more

Bonjour, when I write a Vietnamese text, this text disapear !! (was ok before with oldest version of Zoom !!)

It's ok with french or American text !!...a solution for me ? Merci Please tell me how to recuperate the classic  whiteboard more easy and flexible to use. here my zoom Version :5.17.11 (31580)


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Writing on the whiteboard

When I use the writing tool on the whiteboard the letters have borders so it's very difficul to read. This thing happens on one of our zoom accounts. I tried to change the format, but I can't find the option for this, I can change to bold, italics or... Show more

When I use the writing tool on the whiteboard the letters have borders so it's very difficul to read. This thing happens on one of our zoom accounts. I tried to change the format, but I can't find the option for this, I can change to bold, italics or the size, but that's all. What;s interesting is that when I'm typing the letters mook normal, after I've done and click on the whiteboard they get this weird shape with orders and shadows. Any advice will be appreciated.


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Whiteboard text cursor color

On my laptop, when using the text feature of the Zoom whiteboard, the cursor is colorless, so I can't see it. How do I change the color of the cursor?

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loading saved whiteboard into new meeting

I created a whiteboard in a meeting and saved it on a local storage device. How can I load that whiteboard back into a new meeting and continue using it as a whiteboard (edit, etc...)

 

Thanks

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