Using Presentation modes in RingCentral Video
Last updated on November 2, 2022
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RingCentral Presentation modes
Keep your meeting participants engaged with Presentation modes. There are four Presentation modes:
- Overlay: Shows your video in front of your presentation.
- Glassboard: Makes you appear “behind” your presentation by making your video transparent.
- Newsroom: Keeps you to the side and your presentation next to you, as on a TV newscast.
- Conference room: Makes you appear to be seated in an actual conference room with your presentation projected behind you.
Accessing Presentation modes
- If you’re in a meeting, click the More button on the bottom right of your screen.
If you’re outside a meeting, go to Video meeting settings in your app. - Select Presentation mode.
Overlay
- Click Overlay.
- Drag the blue rectangle on the preview screen to resize or move your video.
- Click and drag the slider to adjust the transparency of your video.
- Click the Green or Blue button if you have a green or blue screen.
- Close the Settings window.
- Click the Share button and select a screen to share.
- Click Share.
Glassboard
- Click Glassboard.
- Drag the blue rectangle on the preview screen to resize or move your video.
- Select the primary background color of your presentation.
- Choose Auto if your presentation is multicolored.
- Choose White if your presentation is mostly light-colored.
- Choose Black if your presentation is mostly dark-colored.
- Click the Green or Blue button if you have a green or blue screen.
- Close the Settings window.
- Click the Share button and select a screen to share.
- Click Share.
Newsroom
- Click Newsroom.
- Click and drag the slider to adjust the size of your presentation.
- Click and drag the slider to adjust the size of your video.
- Select Left or Right to choose the position of your video.
- Click the Green or Blue button if you have a green or blue screen.
- Close the Settings window.
- Click the Share button and select a screen to share.
- Click Share.
Conference room
- Click Conference room.
- Click and drag the slider to adjust the size of your video.
- Click the Green or Blue button if you have a green or blue screen.
- Close the Settings window.
- Click the Share button and select a screen to share.
- Click Share.
Presentation tips
- Before your meeting, practice using your selected Presentation mode. You can change the position of your video in video settings to make sure it looks its best.
- Be mindful of your hands. Keep them visible inside the video frame when you use them to explain something.
- Consider using a green or blue screen for a clean background. Learn more about using green and blue screens with RingCentral Video.
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