How to Share a Presentation in Google Chrome

Group Video and BrazenLive Video Broadcasts are powerful ways to engage during events and ensure personal, meaningful connections. 

Whether you are using Google Chrome on a Mac or a PC, you can share a PowerPoint or Google Slides presentation during your live video with screen sharing. Dual monitors allow you to display the slides on one screen for the participants to view while reading your presenter’s notes on the other monitor.

If you are using a Mac, remember to enable screen sharing as well as camera and microphone access before starting a live video. If you are using a PC, remember to enable your camera and microphone access.

In This Article

• Sharing a PowerPoint Presentation
• Sharing a Google Slides Presentation
• Sharing a Video During Your Presentation

Sharing a PowerPoint Presentation

Presentation window on single monitor

1. Open your presentation in PowerPoint. Then, click the Slide Show tab.
2. Click Set Up Slide Show.
   
   
   
   
3. Under Show type, select Browsed by an individual (window), then click OK.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Play from Start or Play from Current Slide to open the presentation window.
5. Open your Brazen event booth in Google Chrome, then click the Share Screen button.  
   
   
6. Select the PowerPoint presentation window, then click Share.
   
   
   
   
7. Switch back to PowerPoint and give your presentation.
8. Click Stop Sharing when you finish your presentation.
9. Click the Esc key on your PowerPoint presentation window, then return to your Brazen event booth in Google Chrome to continue participating. 

Presenter View on dual monitors

1. Open your presentation in PowerPoint. Then, click the Slide Show tab.
2. Open your Brazen event booth in Google Chrome, then click the Share Screen button. 
   
   
   
   
3. Select the desired screen, then click Share.
   
   

   You must share your screen, not a window, to give a PowerPoint presentation in Presenter View.

   
   
   
   
4. Switch back to PowerPoint, and click Presenter View to give your presentation.
   
   
5. Click Stop Sharing to end the presentation.
6. Click End Show in PowerPoint to exit Presenter Mode.
7. Return to your Brazen event booth in Google Chrome to continue participating. 

Sharing a Google Slides presentation

1. Open your Google Slides presentation in a separate window or tab.
2. Open the BrazenLive Video Broadcast or Group Video booth in Google Chrome, then click the Share Screen button. 
   
   
   
   
3. Select the Google Slides window or tab, and click Share.
   
   
   
   
4. Switch back to Google Slides, and click Slideshow to give your presentation.
5. Escape the fullscreen mode when you finish your presentation, and click Stop Sharing to end the presentation.
6. Return to your Brazen event booth in Google Chrome to continue participating. 

Sharing a Video During Your Presentation

When you intend to play a video during your presentation we recommend that you choose to share a tab, not your full desktop screen or window.

This provides a better audio experience for the audience. When sharing a tab, the video's sound is delivered through your computer. However, if you share your screen or window, the sound is delivered through your computer's microphone, which could impact the audio's clarity.

To avoid an audio echo while sharing a video in a tab and retain the video's sound clarity, we recommend that you mute your microphone in your BrazenLive Video Broadcast presenter window. Click the mute icon in the video control panel to ensure the audience is not hearing your microphone's input as well as the video's sound.

Another option you can try is to toggle your computer's audio off. To do so, click the kebab (  ) menu in your BrazenLive Video Broadcast presenter window, then click Mute. The audience will hear the video's sound delivered through your computer's microphone. Click the kebab menu again, then click Unmute to turn the computer's audio back on.

After muting your device's audio, your presentation screen indicates that your audio is muted, but your microphone, which you use to speak to your audience or other presenters, is not muted. The audience will hear the video's sound through your microphone's input, not through the computer's sound.

If you use a PowerPoint presentation during a BrazenLive Video Broadcast, you must select your screen or window when you share your screen. When you share through your screen or window versus a specific Chrome tab, any audio in your presentation can only be delivered through your computer's microphone as it hears the video play.