Sharing your iPad screen in Teams from your computer

Description

Sharing your iPad screen is an effective way to present information to your students. Any app that you have installed on your iPad can be displayed in a Teams meeting that you have running on your computer. These screen sharing sessions can also be recorded to be viewed asynchronously.

Activities

  • Socratic discussions
  • Presentations
  • Synchronous learning
  • Asynchronous learning

How to set up a Teams meeting to share your iPad screen from a computer.

Your Teams meeting needs to be running on both your computer and your iPad. You will be logged in to both with your Bowdoin account.
Note: If you do not have Microsoft Teams on Your iPad it can be downloaded for free from Apple's App Store.

Split screen showing an iPad home screen on the left and a Microsoft Teams meeting with chat on the right, with a play button overlay. Video: Sharing your iPad screen in Teams from a computer.

1. Start a Teams meeting on your computer from the Teams application.

2. Start a Teams meeting on your iPad from the Teams app.

3. On your iPad select the Share option by tapping the ... button in the meeting controls.

Video call control bar with camera off, microphone muted, speaker, menu button highlighted, and end call button.

Menu with options for recording, captions, hold, call, share (highlighted), raise hand, dialpad, blur video, and turn off video.

4. On your iPad select the Share Screen option.

Menu in a video call app showing options to share PowerPoint, photo, video, or screen, with Share screen outlined.

5. When the Screen Broadcast window appears tap the Start Broadcast button. You will see a short countdown and then your iPad screen will be being shared.

Screen Broadcast menu with Microsoft Teams selected and the Start Broadcast button highlighted.

Screen Broadcast menu showing Microsoft Teams is broadcasting with a timer and a Stop Broadcast button.

6. Press the home button on your iPad to be returned to your home screen. Your iPad screen will now appear in your Teams meeting on your computer.

7. To end your screen sharing session tap on the small red icon at the top right of your iPad screen and tap Stop on the dialog that is displayed.

Screen recording indicator, Wi-Fi signal, 58% battery level with partially filled icon.

 

Prompt asking to stop screen broadcasting with Microsoft Teams, with Cancel and Stop buttons.

 

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