It’s finally here, the ability to share multiple programs at the same time!
The benefit: You don’t have to keep clicking on New Share to toggle back/forth between programs. Simply select the programs (ex. PPT and Excel), and they are automatically visible to your students when you display them on your computer.
How to get it: Update Zoom. Only you (host) needs to update, students using an older version of Zoom will see multiple programs shared.
Directions
- Click Share Screen
- Select one program. A new message will pop up “Hold Shift to select multiple windows”
- Select another program. The blue Share button will indicate number of programs you are sharing.
- Students will see these 2 programs as they are arranged on your screen.
- Click new share, to add another program.
Step by step screenshots
This is the teacher view when sharing 2 programs. Notice the green border around both windows.
Student sees exactly how you have these 2 windows arranged on your screen (student view below):
If you move the window over the other (or maximize it):
Student see exactly this arrangement:
If you want to share another program, click New Share and select the 3rd one:
Other useful features part of Zoom’s latest update 5.4.3 include:
- Ability to pin Chat messages (however in testing I did not locate where to enable this…)
- View all details of update: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360051759632-New-updates-for-November-16-2020
