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.

View 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. If you have trouble finding it, hover over each icon with your mouse until you see the 'share screen' text.
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. If you have trouble finding it, hover over each icon with your mouse until you see the 'share screen' text.
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. If you have trouble finding it, hover over each icon with your mouse until you see the 'share screen' text.
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. Within the video call, click the 'x' on the thumbnail for your screen share to stop sharing your screen.

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 in the video call shares their screen, a thumbnail image of the screen share will appear below the user's main thumbnail image. You can select or unselect the screen share by clicking on its thumbnail image.