How do I share my screen during a video call?

SquadPod offers a variety of video-enabled features including screen share. All users can view screen shares, but only users on the web version of the SquadPod app on desktops or laptops can initiate screen share in a video call.

Screen share in a video call

The steps for screen share are browser-specific. Please follow the steps listed below for your browser.

Chrome and Edge

1. Within the video call, click the grey computer icon on the bottom right of the screen. 
2. On the popup with screen share options, select one of the three tabs--your entire screen, application window, or a browser tab--depending on the content you would like to share.
3. Once the correct tab is selected, click the screen, application window, or browser you would like to share.
4. Click the 'Share' button at the bottom right of the popup.

Firefox

1. Within the video call, click the grey computer icon on the bottom right of the screen. 
2. A popup will appear asking if you will allow the SquadPod app to share your screen. Click the 'Window or Screen to share' drop-down menu.
3. From the dropdown menu, select the 'Entire screen' or the window you would like to share.
4. Click 'Allow'.

Safari

Note: on Safari, your only screen share option is to share your entire screen.

1. Within the video call, click the grey computer icon on the bottom right of the screen. 
2. A popup will appear asking if you will allow the SquadPod app to observe your screen. Click 'Allow' to share your entire screen.

End screen share

These steps apply to all of the browsers listed above--Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.

1. To stop sharing your screen, click the grey computer icon with the red 'x' in the bottom right of the video call.

View another user's screen share

These steps apply to all of the browsers listed above--Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Safari.

1. When another user on the call shares their screen, your video call will automatically switch to presenter view with the shared screen displayed as the main track. The user's name will appear at the bottom of the shared screen and a computer icon will display on the user's video feed in the participant list on the left to indicate which user is sharing their screen.

Note: You can unselect the screen share by pinning another track from the participant list.