From the Web Client, you can share information with conference participants.
Requirements to initiate Sharing from the Web Client
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Make sure you have installed the MiShareApp application on your system. To download and install MiShareApp:
The MiShareApp application is installed and upgraded automatically when you install latest MiCollab Client.
NOTE: After successful installation, the MiShareApp application closes automatically.
If you are using legacy MiCollab Desktop Client or do not have MiCollab Client installed, download the MiShareApp application:
from the MiCollab End-user Portal (MiCollab End-user Portal > Audio, Web and Video Conferencing > Settings > MiShareApp)
from the MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing web client and install it manually.
On Internet Explorer 11, clicking the Share icon on the web client will download the MiShareApp application.
On other browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Internet Explorer 9, and Safari), you must download the application from the tooltip on the Share icon.
NOTE: The MiShareApp application is upgraded automatically when you click Share icon in the conference window.
To initiate the web sharing:
Click the Join Meeting link provided in the Leader's invitation e-mail. You can also copy the Join Meeting link in the e-mail or copy it directly from the MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing web page.
NOTE: Make sure that pop-ups are allowed in your browser settings.
The MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing Web Client Join page opens.
To join as a Participant, enter your name and click Join.
To join as a Leader, click Join as Leader and enter your credentials.
The MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conference page opens. Click Share in the Web Client.
If the MiShareApp application is not installed, click Download App to download the application. Install MiShareApp manually after the download is complete. After MiShareApp is installed, click Share to initiate sharing.
If the MiShareApp application is already installed, ignore the tooltip and click Share.
The screen selection popup is displayed.
Select Your Entire Screen to share your entire desktop screen with the other participants in the conference.
Select Application Window to share any open application with the other participants in the conference.
NOTE: If you are using more than one monitor and choose to share your screen, all your monitors screens will be displayed in the selection popup.
A dialog box appears at the bottom of the screen indicating that sharing is in progress. The left panel of the conference page displays Your Name(WebShare) is added as a participant. In the dialog box, you can:
Click Stop sharing to stop the sharing process.
Click Hide
to minimize the dialog box.
To display the dialogue box again, click the MiShareApp application
icon from the task bar.s
When you share from Web Client, the viewer region is hidden and Sharing In Progress is displayed in the meeting details title.
Click Show Viewer to display the viewer (to view the shared screen).
Click
to hide the viewer.
Your computer must meet the MiCollab Audio, Web and Video Conferencing computer requirements.
On Windows, sometimes multiple entire screens may appear as screen selection options.
On Windows, some applications in the Sharing selection dialog box may display in black (fore example, Sticky Notes), which indicates that sharing is not supported for these applications. To enable sharing of these applications, share Your Entire Screen and bring the applications to the foreground.
While recording is being broadcasted from Windows Desktop Client, if you try to share from the Web Client, then the sharing app launches, Your Name(WebShare) is added as a participant, and the stop sharing dialog box displays; however, sharing is not initiated. Instead, only the broadcasted recording is displayed in the viewer.
You cannot share applications that are in minimized mode.
The Sticky Notes application cannot be shared in
When downloading the MiShareApp file:
Safari opens a new tab, but it does not close after the download.
All other browsers will download the app on the same tab.
On Edge version 25, MiShareApp does not launch when you click Share. This behavior does not occur on the other versions of Edge.
When the application is launched for the first time from Share, a confirmation popup is displayed on the browser for the user to confirm that the app be opened. There is an option to retain the confirmation choice so that the confirmation screen does not display subsequently. . However, on Edge, the confirmation popup always appears, and the confirmation step cannot be skipped.
On Firefox browser, after manually uninstalling the MiShareApp, you must refresh the Firefox browser to reset the browser preferences. To refresh the Firefox browser:
On Firefox browser, click the Menu button (at the upper-right corner) and then click Help.
From the Help menu, choose Troubleshooting Information.
Click the Refresh Firefox button at the upper-right corner of the Troubleshooting Information page.
To continue, click Refresh Firefox in the confirmation window.
Screen lock behavior while sharing:
On MAC - If the machine is turned to sleep mode while sharing, sharing is stopped.
On Windows 7, 8, and 10 - If the screen is locked while sharing, sharing is stopped.
Auto upgrade of MiShareApp 8.1.9 to MiShareApp 9.2.x will not work. Users must manually install the latest MiShareApp from the Share button tooltip. After successful installation, MiShareApp will automatically upgrade from next version onwards.