Screen Sharing in Live Activities

During a Live Video Activity, your Host may invite you to share your screen. 

If invited, a pop-up message will appear asking you to consent to sharing your screen. You will need to click Start Sharing to accept the Host’s request.

In order to share your screen, screen sharing permissions must be enabled for your operating system or browser. If you are unable to share your screen, the necessary permissions may be disabled.

The process for enabling these permissions will vary slightly depending on the browser and operating system that you are using. Instructions for enabling these permissions on a variety of operating systems and browsers can be found HERE. Once configured, you may need to restart your browser to ensure the permission changes take effect.

Choosing what to share

Once you have selected Start Sharing, you will need to choose what to share.

If you are using Firefox, you can select from a Window or your Entire Screen. If you are using Google Chrome, you can select from a Chrome Tab, a Window, or your Entire Screen.

Screen Sharing & Preview

You will get confirmation that your screen is being shared when your active share appears in the center Spotlight view and the other attendees' videos appear across the top.

The screen share will appear behind a gray overlay to the person who is sharing. The gray overlay prevents the infinite repeating mirror effect one gets when sharing the screen on which the meeting is located. Other meeting attendees will see the shared screen without the gray overlay.

If you wish to view your screen share as other meeting attendees see it, click on the Preview button. This will disable the gray overlay, but may result in the unpleasant mirror effect if you are sharing the screen on which the meeting appears.

While screen sharing, your webcam video will remain visible to the other meeting attendees. You will be able to navigate to other windows, browsers, and/or tabs on your device if needed, however, the browser and tab where the meeting is occurring must remain open for the duration of the meeting.

The screen share will end when the Stop Sharing option or Screen button is selected:

Picture-in-Picture

In a one-on-one session, you may wish to detach your Host’s video feed so that you can continue interfacing with them while navigating through an external tab or window.

If you would like to detach a video feed to display it on top of the screen you are sharing, you can right-click on the user's video and select Picture-in-Picture. This will detach the video so you can keep it on top of your other windows. You can also resize the video if needed by dragging the corner.

With this setup, you can continue to seamlessly interact with your Host while presenting your screen.