screen sharing

Meaning

This refers to the act of transmitting the contents of your computer or mobile screen to other participants in an online meeting or call. It is widely used in remote work, online classes, and tech support to show presentations, demonstrate software, or collaborate.

Examples

• Let me turn on screen sharing so you can see the presentation I prepared.

  Let me turn on screen sharing so you can see the presentation I prepared.

• We had a technical issue with screen sharing during the Zoom call.

  We had a technical issue with screen sharing during the Zoom call.

• Screen sharing makes it much easier to collaborate on designs in real time.

  Screen sharing makes it much easier to collaborate on designs in real time.

• Please close any private tabs before you start screen sharing with the client.

  Please close any private tabs before you start screen sharing with the client.

• Is screen sharing enabled for participants in this meeting?

  Is screen sharing enabled for participants in this meeting?

Common Mistakes

• ✗ I will share my screen to you.

  ✓ I will share my screen with you.

  We share things 'with' someone, not 'to' them.

• ✗ Can you open the screen sharing?

  ✓ Can you start screen sharing?

  We 'start', 'enable', or 'turn on' screen sharing, rather than 'opening' it like a physical object or file.

Related Expressions

Practice

• To show everyone the slides, I will start ___ now.

  💡 Transmitting your monitor's display to others in a video call.

  Show answer

  screen sharing

• Please make sure you don't have personal emails open before you enable ___.

  💡 Showing your computer screen to other meeting attendees.

  Show answer

  screen sharing