If you have an Apple Pencil, you can connect it to your iPad via Bluetooth, or you can just use your finger to draw on the touch screen.

We have prepared a video demonstrating how an iPad/iPhone can be used as a whiteboard in Zoom for drawing/writing. Note: Give permission to Zoom to access photos on your iPad. (Optional) Click the ‘More’ button, then click ‘Save to Photos’ to save your whiteboard drawings.You can start drawing/writing on your whiteboard. Click the ‘Screen Share’ button and select ‘Whiteboard’ on your iPad.Access Zoom on your iPad and key in your meeting details.Start your online meeting in Zoom on your computer.Login to Zoom on your computer and your iPad with the SSO option and login with your HKU portal ID.Have Zoom installed on your computer and iPad.

Method 2: Access Zoom on both of your computer and iPad (not applicable to iPhone, applicable to an Android phone or tablet) Use the built-in app ‘Notes’ to draw/write.

You will then see the screen of your iPad/iPhone in your Zoom meeting.

Click ‘Share screen’ and select ‘iPad/iPhone via Cable’.

The cable would be the iPad/iPhone charging cable.

Connect your iPad/iPhone to your computer with a Cable.

Method 1: Connect your iPad/iPhone via a Cable

Your computer (PC or Mac) AND an iPad/iPhone.

For those who desire for more intricate drawing/handwriting while being able to simultaneously speak and see the students in a Zoom session, there are two methods for you to turn your iPad/iPhone as a second monitor and use it as a whiteboard in Zoom. However, some teachers may find it difficult to draw on the whiteboard using a mouse. Zoom has a built-in digital whiteboard for an instructor to draw on and share with students in real-time.

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