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Manage the whiteboard use during a Zoom meeting

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At TC, the annotation tool is automatically turned on for all Zoom meetings. During any Zoom meeting you can turn that feature off for your meeting participants.

1. To annotate a whiteboard, click the Whiteboards icon. Then, click New whiteboard.

If you do not see Whiteboards in the navigation bar, click More. Then, click Whiteboards in the pop-up menu.

2. The new whiteboard will use Follow my view as its default presenting mode. This mode allows participants to edit the whiteboard along with the host.

2.1. To draw, add text, shapes, and comments or grab annotations, use the editing tools panel on the left.

2.2. To stop presenting in Follow my view mode, click the Stop in the middle at the top.

3. To change your presenting mode to view only for participants, click the down arrow next to the play icon.  Then, select Current view. This removes whiteboard editing access from participants.

3.1. In Current View, by default your editing tools are disabled. To enable editing tools for hosts, click the gear icon. Then, click the toggle button next to Editing tools to use the editing tools.

3.2. Your editing tools will now be available for use.

3.3. To stop Current view presenting, click Stop in the middle at the bottom.

4. To clear all annotations from the whiteboard, click the whiteboard and eraser icon in the bottom left corner.

4.1. Confirm your choice in the pop-up by clicking Clear page.

5. To exit the whiteboard, click the red x in the top right corner.

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