{"id":752,"date":"2020-07-15T14:05:01","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=752"},"modified":"2022-08-31T16:03:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T15:03:23","slug":"whiteboard-and-annotations-tools-in-zoom","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/whiteboard-and-annotations-tools-in-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use the whiteboard and annotation tool in Zoom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the annotation tool in Zoom?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Annotating a Shared Screen on Zoom\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JmwUhwbzeDg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video: Whiteboard and annotation tools in Zoom<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meeting participants can annotate on a\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362153\" target=\"_blank\">shared screen<\/a>\u00a0during a Zoom meeting session which practically means that your students would be able to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>insert textual content on the screen;<\/li><li>draw lines, arrows and shapes;<\/li><li>highlight a specific area of the screen;<\/li><li>insert pre-defined icons; and<\/li><li>manage the listed elements above, such as formatting, removing and saving them.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the annotation tool, please visit the following <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/115005706806-Using-annotation-tools-for-collaboration\">Zoom help material<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn the basics of the annotation tool, please visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.zoom.us\/learn\/course\/external\/view\/elearning\/143\/zoom-in-sharing-and-annotation\">Learning Center website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Please note that before you could use this feature for your Zoom meetings, you need to make sure it is enabled under your account. To do this, please visit the following <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4409894568845-Enabling-or-disabling-annotation-tools-for-meetings\">Zoom help material<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In some situations however, you might want the annotation tool to be disabled for your students while someone is screen sharing during a Zoom meeting. To do this, you would need to click on the \u2018More\u2019 button and then select \u2018Disable Annotation for Others\u2019 once the meeting is live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"374\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/01.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/01.png 374w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/01-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/01-36x50.png 36w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/01-43x60.png 43w, https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/01-72x100.png 72w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 374px) 100vw, 374px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also use the annotation tool when sharing or viewing a\u00a0whiteboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the whiteboard in Zoom?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Creating and Collaborating with Zoom Whiteboard\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0bRzpVhd4VE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>he whiteboard is a useful way to demonstrate a concept to your students during a Zoom meeting, but it can also be a good tool for an interactive sessions, especially in breakout rooms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about the whiteboard, please visit the following <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/4410916881421-Getting-Started-with-Zoom-Whiteboard\">Zoom help material<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn the basics of the whiteboard, please visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.zoom.us\/learn\/course\/external\/view\/elearning\/665\/welcome-to-zoom-whiteboard\">Learning Center website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To share a whiteboard during your Zoom meeting, please visit the following <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/205677665-Sharing-a-classic-whiteboard\">Zoom help material<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Zoom whiteboard can be also pre-populated by using a third-party tool that Zoom supports, such as <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.zoom.us\/apps\/HVFvOpFKRIi6b6ikMKkrWA\">Miro<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/marketplace.zoom.us\/apps\/D6gsxPEXS8eNr9d6gNFCIg\">Mentimeter<\/a>, in case you would not like to start with a completely empty one. You could also potentially use a PowerPoint presentation that you can then screen-share on which the students could use the annotation tool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Mentimeter, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/subject\/mentimeter\/\">our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Miro, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/setting-up-a-miro-education-account\/\">our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like to use a whiteboard for your teaching, rather than as a collaborative tool, then consider investing in a tablet (e.g. Wacom) or even a visualiser to give you more control over your writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will show you how to use the whiteboard and the annotation tool in Zoom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[67],"ht-kb-tag":[89,87],"class_list":["post-752","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-zoom","ht_kb_tag-annotation","ht_kb_tag-whiteboard"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4252,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/752\/revisions\/4252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=752"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}