Sharinga region of your desktop
Youcan share a selected portionor region of your desktop.
gTo sharea region your desktop
1. Create orjoin a meeting. See Starting SMARTBridgit software on page12 or Joining meetings
onpage 18.
2. Click t heShare My Desktop buttonin the lobby screen.
APreparingto shareyour desktop message appearsbriefly, andt henthe SMART Bridgit
toolbarand a blueborder appearon yoursc reen.Anyone in the meeting cans eey ourdesktop.
3. Click the Share Desktop Region button ony ourSMARTBridgit toolbar.
4. Click and drag the pointeron the regionof your shared display that you want to share.
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Youcan also limit the sharedarea of your desktop by moving theoutside colored bordersof the
shareddisplay. For moreinformation, see Changingthe shared area on page35.
gTo stop sharingthe region
Select Menu > Stop Sharing this Desktop.
Usingdrawing tools whilesharing
SMARTBridgitsoftw areenables you to draw in your screenwhile you are sharingy ourdesktop. You
canalso draw into applications like Microsoft Word or Excel. For more information,refer to the Help
forSMAR T Notebook collaborativelearningsoftw are.
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SMARTBridgitsoftw areuses incremental annotationso meeting participants view new information
seamlessly. When you drawnew information on your sharedscreen, the Bridgit software sends the
newinput in small c ontinuouschunks as it i s beingadded andthe meeting participants see it
incrementally.
gTo use drawingtools while sharing
1. Start sharingy ourdesktop. See Sharing yourdesktop on page24.
2. Select Menu > Tools, andthen select t hedrawing tool you want to use.
Youcan also cust omizet hedrawing tools by selecting Customize.
CH A P T E R 2
UsingSMARTBridgit
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