Share Your Screen in a Video Session

Chrome allows you to share your screen in three ways:

• A Chrome tab
• An application window
  • With Spaces on a Mac, you can only see application windows within the same space. If an expected app is missing, move its window to the same desktop space as your browser.
• Your entire screen

To share an item, click on it and a preview will appear in the pop-up. If the shared item looks as expected, click the button Share. 

When an active share is in progress, the message "You are sharing your screen" appears in the centre of the page. Click the text Hide this overlay to hide this message. 

To stop sharing your screen, click the share icon labeled Stop in the bottom centre of the screen.

• Alternatively, you can stop screen sharing by clicking the "X" next to "Stop Screen Sharing" in the upper-right corner, or the "Stop Sharing" button located at the top or bottom of the page, depending on whether you're sharing a tab, window, or your entire screen.

In Firefox, a prompt appears to "Allow SITE to see your screen?"

The Window or screen dropdown menu offers the following sharing options:

• Another application 
• A specific Firefox tab 
• Your entire screen

Select the window or screen you want to share. A preview of the selected screen will appear below.

If the preview is as expected, click the button Allow. 

Tip: to mute website notifications while sharing your screen, check the box labeled "Mute website notifications while sharing."

When an active share is in progress, the message "You are sharing your screen" appears in the centre of the page. Click the text Hide this overlay to hide this message. 

To stop sharing your screen, click the share icon labeled Stop in the bottom centre of the screen.

• Alternatively, you can stop screen sharing by clicking the "X" next to "Stop Screen Sharing" in the upper-right corner, or the "Stop Sharing" button located at the top or bottom of the page, depending on whether you're sharing a tab, window, or your entire screen.

Safari only allows you to share your entire screen or a specific window. You cannot select individual apps or browser windows to share.

When you click the Share icon, a pop-up appears asking, "Allow 'SITE' to observe your screen?"

• To share a window, click the button Allow to Share Window.
• To share your screen, click the button Allow to Share Screen.

This prompt will appear every time you click "Share," even if you stop sharing and start sharing again in the same session.

If the prompt doesn't appear, check Safari > Settings > Websites to ensure Handshake is set to Ask.

• If you decide to share your window, a pop-up will appear at the top of the page. This pop-up will prompt you to select the window that contains the content you want to share.

• If you decide to share your screen, a pop-up will appear at the top of the page, prompting you to select the screen that contains the content you want to share.

When an active share is in progress, the message "You are sharing your screen" appears in the centre of the page. Click the text Hide this overlay to hide this message. 

To stop sharing your screen, click the share icon labeled Stop in the bottom centre of the screen.

• Alternatively, you can stop screen sharing by clicking the "X" next to "Stop Screen Sharing" in the upper-right corner, or the "Stop Sharing" button located at the top or bottom of the page, depending on whether you're sharing a tab, window, or your entire screen.

• The address bar also displays a red indicator when your screen is actively being shared. To pause screen sharing, click the "Pause" button in the address bar.

Handshake does not currently support playing pre-recorded videos during a session. However, you can share your screen during the session and play a video via a tab, window, or another application.

If you share a video in this manner, the audio will play from your computer's selected speaker and be transmitted through your selected microphone. Therefore, make sure that no headphones are connected and your microphone volume is turned up.

To ensure functionality, we recommend testing this setup with a colleague in advance with our Handshake Video Test.

As a host, you can leverage Google Slides or Microsoft Powerpoint to add real-time closed captions.

Attendees also have the option to enable closed captions with Google Chrome.

Tip: if your attendees are curious about accessibility features, they can refer to Attending via Video on Handshake.

The following caption options are available: 

1. Google Slides 
2. Microsoft Powerpoint 

Once you've enabled closed captions using Google Slides or PowerPoint, select the screen or tab with your Google Slides or Powerpoint presentation and your attendees will then be able to view the presentation with closed captions.