In this article, we are going to discuss how to share your screen on Zoom on various devices, as well as how to enable screen sharing for participants in a meeting.
How to Share Your Screen on Zoom on Desktop
You can use the Zoom Web app or the Zoom Desktop app to share your screen. The steps for both of these are similar across Windows as well as Mac: READ MORE: Zoom Keeps Crashing on Windows ? Try These Fixes ➜
How to Share Your Screen on Zoom on iPhone
If you’re an iPhone user, you have to add Screen Recording to the Control Center in Settings before you begin sharing your screen. Here’s how you can do it: READ MORE: How to Share Screen on FaceTime Call on iPhone, iPad or Mac ➜
How to Share Your Screen on Zoom on Android?
The method of sharing your screen on an Android is similar to that on an iPhone, but there is an extra step along the way: READ MORE: How to Watch A Movie With Friends Online ➜
How to Enable Screen Sharing for Participants?
If you are hosting a Zoom meeting and want the participants to share their screen, you can enable it from Advanced Sharing Options. Remember that this method allows only the participants in that specific meeting to share their screen. The settings are reverted back to default once the meeting ends.
↪ For Desktop
Follow these steps:
↪ For Phone (iPhone & Android)
The method to enable participants to share their screen is the same on both the iPhone and Android:
How to Enable Screen Sharing for All Participants by Default?
The default setting for meetings is that participants cannot share their screens. You can change this if you want to. Here’s how:
Why is Screen Sharing Not Working on Zoom?
People sometimes encounter several issues when trying to share their screen on Zoom. The screen may become black, frozen or laggy. You can try the following fixes to see if your problem goes away:
Please ensure that your internet connection is stable and working. If your Wi-Fi isn’t working, switch to another Wi-Fi or cellular data.Zoom needs permission to access your screen, microphone, camera and other stuff. If you haven’t given the app necessary permissions, it will most likely run into errors.Sometimes, the problems are caused by bugs or glitches in the application. Restarting the app and updating it to the latest version will fix any glitches.Check your Zoom settings and make sure you have selected the correct option for screen sharing.
READ MORE: How to Screenshare your Desktop in WhatsApp Call ➜
Final Thoughts
Zoom has been under constant scrutiny for failing to uphold privacy standards on various occasions. Even if you decide to use it, you should be aware of these security and privacy issues. If you have any feedback regarding this article or are facing some problem that you can’t solve, drop a comment below so we can help you out.
