Sunday, November 22, 2020

Zoom Screen Sharing on a student laptop

Are you having troubles sharing your screen in a Zoom meeting from your laptop?

A quick change of your settings should fix this.




Step ONE

Open System Preferences
         
             ->   click on Security & Privacy
         
Step TWO

At the top of the page, click on Privacy

    ->  scroll down to Screen Recording

Does the screen look like this? (see picture)
            If YES, then go to the next step.
            If NO, then go to Step FOUR.
Step THREE

JOIN or Start a Zoom meeting.

Share your screen.
You should get a screen that looks similar to this.
(see picture)

Click on Open System Preferences

Step FOUR

Return to 

System Preferences -> Security &  Privacy ->
         Privacy -> Screen Recording ->

Check the Zoom box. (see picture)

If  Chrome or Quicktime are listed here, you can check them, too.

Step FIVE

Checking the Zoom checkbox will require you to leave the Zoom meeting. 

When you return, you will now be able to share your screen in a Zoom meeting.



FYI:  If necessary for class, the teacher can limit participant screen sharing, and can Turn off/on this feature in their Settings.




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A bonus note:

System Preferences -> Security &  Privacy ->Privacy

This is also where you can also 'enable' your microphone and camera to use in Zoom meetings.