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How do I provide participants with the opportunity to screen share during a meeting?

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Within Zoom, there are three ways that a Host can provide Participants with the ability to share their screen.

Assign as Co-Host

Select Participants.

From the Zoom window, select the Participants control at the bottom of the Zoom screen.

Hover over Participant.

Within the Participant's window, hover over the name of the person to assign as Co-Host.

Select More.

Select the More button next to the name you have chosen.

Select Make Co-Host.

From the dropdown menu, select Make Co-Host.

Confirm Make Co-Host.

A pop-up window will appear confirming the decision to make the Participant a co-host. Select Make Co-Host.

Once the participant has finished sharing their content, repeat the process to remove Co-Host permission.

Update Advanced Sharing Options

This option is recommended if you are going to have multiple Participants share their screen throughout the meeting.

Select Participants.

From the Zoom window, select the Participants control at the bottom of the Zoom screen.

Select More.

At the bottom of the Participant window, select the More button.

Choose Lock Meeting.

From the dropdown menu, choose Lock Meeting.

Select OK.

A pop-up window will appear that provides a reminder that  no additional participants are able to join the meeting room, select OK.

Select the upward arrow next to Share Screen.

Select the upward arrow next to the Share Screen control at the bottom of the Zoom meeting window.

Choose Advanced Sharing Options.

From the dropdown menu, select Advanced Sharing Options...

Select the radio button All Participants.

Within the Advanced Sharing Option box, for the Who can Share? options, select All Participants.

Close the Advanced Sharing Option window.

This setting can always be changed back to Only Host by repeating this process.

Using Security

Select Security.

From the Zoom window, select the Security control at the bottom of the Zoom screen.

Choose Lock Meeting.

From the Security drop-drown menu, choose Lock Meeting.

Select Security.

From the Zoom window, select the Security control at the bottom of the Zoom screen.

Choose Screen Share.

From the Security drop-down menu, under Allow Participants to:, choose Screen Share.

This setting can always be changed back to Only Host by repeating this process.

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