Starting Desktop Sharing on Your Computer.

(Windows only)

Updated October 2009

Desktop Sharing is a feature of the technology you would use to show the content of your desktop to the guests in the room.

In this article I will explain how to start and use Desktop Sharing on your computer. I will first cover how to share the entire desktop and I will follow that discussion by showing how to share a portion of your desktop. You must be a moderator

The audience will see everything on your desktop. Therefore you should ensure no confidential or personal information is visible, or could become visible, before starting Desktop Sharing.

Sharing the entire desktop

The Steps:

  1. Log into the room as a moderator .
  2. Click the Administration menu.
  3. Click Desktop Sharing. The 5 button Desktop Sharing menu will be displayed. (If you don't see this menu make sure it is not hiding under one of the other windows.)
  4. Click the Start Desktop Sharing button (first button)

After Desktop Sharing has started the online audience will see everything to do and everything you see on your desktop.

Sharing a portion desktop

The Steps:

  1. Log into the room as a moderator .
  2. Click the Administration menu.
  3. Click Desktop Sharing. The 5 button Desktop Sharing menu will be displayed. (If you don't see this menu make sure it is not hiding under one of the other windows.)
  4. Click the Find Window to share button (third button).
  5. Press and hold the Left mouse button over the Finder tool.
  6. Drag the Finder tool over the window you wish to select.
  7. Release the Left mouse button. The portion of the desktop occupying the selected window will be shared. You are not sharing the window but the area occupied by the window. Therefore if you move anything into that area it will be shared and seen by the audience.
  8. Click the Start Desktop Sharing button (first button)

After Desktop Sharing has started the online audience will see everything to do and everything you see on the area of the desktop you selected.

Note : If you wish to switch from sharing you complete desktop to sharing a portion of your desktop, or the reverse, you must first stop the current Desktop Sharing session and follow the appropriate steps shown previously.

Stopping Desktop Sharing

When Desktop Sharing is started the application icon is moved to the Systray area - it is labeled Desktop Viewer is running.
  1. Find the Desktop Viewer is running icon and double click on the icon. The 5 button Desktop Sharing menu will be displayed.
  2. Click the Close desktop sharing button (fifth or last button)

Desktop Sharing will be stopped.

Desktop Sharing Menu

The menu has the five following options: