Zoom White Boards
Whiteboard alternatives in Zoom
The following are technology options for faculty who use white boards. For techniques for white board alternatives, see the Eberly Center website: https://www.cmu.edu/canvas/teachingonline/
Contact Heinz-Computing@andrew.cmu.edu for assistance with the below information. We can setup a one-on-one session to review technology options.
Document Camera or USB Attached Camera
- Attach Doc Cam or USB attached camera to your PC/Mac via supplied USB cable.
- In Zoom, select Share while in Zoom call
- Select Advanced tab then select the external doc cam icon
- In Zoom, select Share while in Zoom call
iPad/iPhone
- In Zoom, select Share and select iPhone/iPad option
- Select Screen Mirror from your iPad/iPhone
- If your pc is not listed reboot your iphone/ipad this will help list the pc/zoom device in the mirror screen
- Select the pc/zoom option your screen will automatically appear sharing
- Select the annotation app and use iPencil for writing/drawing
iPhone (video/whiteboard)
- In Zoom, select Share and select iPhone option
- Place iPhone on a tripod or other holding device (Contact Heinz-computing@andrew.cmu.edu to request a phone tripod)
- Select your camera icon on the iPhoone
- Use either camera on iPhone and move phone around to determine placement
Any Android phone camera
- join separately to the zoom call (Zoom App in Google Play)
- Turn off audio options on phone or camera
- Use camera as the option for writing/drawing (Contact Heinz-computing@andrew.cmu.edu to request a phone tripod)