By using the Share pod in Adobe Connect, you can display the contents of your screen or individual application windows for your participants to view. You can also annotate your shared screen.

1. To get started, click the  button in the middle of the  pod.
2. A dialogue box will pop up. You will have three choices: , , and .
3. All attendees will see mouse movements and anything the presenter types.
4. To annotate the session, you can click the  icon in the system tray or dock. Click  from the context menu that appears.
5. At the top of the share pod, all of the whiteboard tools () are available. You can use these tools to make notes on the screen without affecting the actual desktop applications that are in use.
6. You can also allow participants to edit the presentation by changing their roles to Presenter.
7. When done annotating, click the  button.
8. A participant can request access to edit the presentation. A small popup box will appear in the lower right portion of the screen. The presenter or host can accept or deny this request.
9. To stop sharing, you can click the  icon in the system tray or dock and click .

By using the Share pod in Adobe Connect, you can display digital video in an Adobe Connect meeting for your participants to view. Be advised that only Flash video (.flv) files can be shared this way in Adobe Connect.

1. From within the  pod, click the  button and select .
2. Click the  button and locate the video you wish to share.
3. Adobe Connect will prepare the file for sharing. When done, it will place the video player in the  pod.
4. Click the  button to play the file.

Adobe Connect may compress your video file to conserve bandwidth. As a result, the video may be pixellated or artifacted. If this proves distracting or problematic, you can re-size the Share pod in order to make it smaller and make the video artifacts less noticeable.