General
This article applies to all TeamViewer Classroom customers.
During a Classroom session, you have different options to communicate with the other participants.
Audio
Mute
You can mute your microphone at any time.
By muting yourself, you can prevent other classroom participants from hearing conversations or sounds that you do not want to broadcast.
To mute your microphone.
1) Hover over the video window of the current Classroom session. The menu bar appears at the bottom of the screen.
2) Click the Microphone icon to mute yourself. The crossed-out microphone icon is displayed and your microphone is muted.
Unmute
You can unmute your microphone if the moderator has not defined a general muting.
To unmute the microphone.
1) Hover the mouse pointer over the video window of the current Classroom session.
2) Click the crossed-out Microphone icon to unmute yourself. The normal microphone icon is displayed and your microphone is muted.
Video
Turn on
If you turn on your camera (integrated notebook camera, USB webcam, etc.), the other participants in the Classroom session can see you.
To turn on your camera:
1) Hover over the video window of the current Classroom session.
2) Click the crossed-out Camera icon to show your video. The normal camera icon is displayed and your video transmission starts.
Turn off
If you turn off your camera, the other participants in the Classroom session can´t see you any more.
To turn off your camera:
1) Hover over the video window of the current Classroom session.
2) Click the Camera icon to disable your video. The crossed-out camera icon is displayed and your video transmission stops.
Screen sharing
During a Classroom session, you can share your screen with other participants. You can choose whether you want to
- Share the entire screen,
- Share a specific browser window, or
- Share a specific browser tab.
To share your screen content with other participants
1) Hover over the video window of the current Classroom session. The menu bar appears at the bottom of the screen.
2) Click the Share Screen icon.
A PopUp appears where you can define what you want to share:
- Entire screen: The entire screen content is split. In multi-monitor mode, select the desired screen to be split.
- Window: The content of the selected browser window is displayed. If you switch to another browser window, the other participants will see a black screen.
- Browser tab: The content of the selected browser tab is displayed. If you switch to another browser tab, the other participants see a black screen.
💡 Hint: Activate the Share audio checkbox to enable audio transmission when sharing the screen content. This allows the other participants to listen in, e.g. to video sequences with sound such as youtube videos.
Please keep in mind that your microphone must be unmuted during audio sharing.
3) Click Share to start the sharing.
Raise hand
Please refer to the dedicated article about the raise hand feature:
Raise hand - TeamViewer Support
Tile view
The tile view displays the video image of the participants of a video conference in so-called tiles. Unless documents or screen content (e.g., for presentations or workshops) are shared, the tile view is useful for enabling better interaction among participants during the video conference.
To activate the tile view.
1) Hover the mouse cursor over the video window of the current eLearning session. The menu bar appears at the bottom of the screen.
2) Click the Tile View icon to turn it on/off.
Whiteboard
Based on the functions from the "Documents" function, the whiteboard does not start with an existing document, but literally with a "blank sheet of paper".
If templates exist, you can also upload graphics (.jpg, .png, etc.) to the whiteboard in order to draw additional information into them. The whiteboard is ideally suited to demonstrate and convey visual facts (e.g. to draw functions or graphs).
How to use the whiteboard:
1) Switch to the Whiteboard tab in the top navigation.
2) Use the whiteboard as a drawing template or upload a template graphic by clicking on the Vild icon.
👉 The file will be visible to the other participants after uploading.
👉 Participants can edit the whiteboard together using the text editing elements that appear in the top menu bar.
Share Documents
An essential component of the Classroom platform is sharing documents in order to discuss or edit them together. Teachers can upload documents in advance of the lesson to have everything ready to hand with students.
📌 Note: Currently, only PDF is supported.
To share documents with other session participants:
1) Switch to the Documents tab in the top navigation.
2) In the Shared with all participants column on the left, click Upload.
3) In the dialog, select the PDF file you want to share.
4) Click Open.
After uploading, the file is visible to the other participants in the left column Shared with all participants.
5) To be able to view or edit the file together, all participants must open the file by clicking on it.
👉 By using the text editing elements that appear in the top menu bar, participants can edit the document together.
