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Picture-in-Picture

Present anything and follow along with webinar engagement

Written by Luuk de Jonge

With Picture-in-Picture (PiP) you can exactly follow what's happening during your webinar, while presenting your screen.

PiP is only available on Google Chrome

How to turn on PiP

PiP automatically activates while you're sharing screen and move to another tab. Make sure to use Google chrome.

Use PiP to present with speaker notes on Google Slides

You can use PiP mode to follow along the with the engagement of your webinar, and present your slides. All the while you have your speaker notes up as well.

Here's how to do it:

  1. Screenshare your Google Slides presentation

  2. Go to Google Slides, click on the Slideshow-dropdown

  3. In here, select "Presenter view"

The audience sees your presentation. Google Slides should have opened an extra window with slide preview and your notes. You can put the PiP-window on the right to follow along with chat for example, as shown in this example:

Use PiP to present with speaker notes on Microsoft PowerPoint

You can use PiP mode to follow along the with the engagement of your webinar, and present your slides. All the while you have your speaker notes up as well.

Here's how to do it:

  1. Screenshare your PowerPoint presentation

  2. Go to PowerPoint, click on the Slideshow-dropdown

  3. In here, tickbox "Use presenter view"

The Slide Show tab in PowerPoint has a check box to control whether Presenter View is used when you show a presentation to others.

The audience sees your presentation. PowerPoint should have opened an extra window with slide preview and your notes. You can put the PiP-window on the right to follow along with chat for example as shown in the screenshot (Google Slides) above.

Hide the stream preview

You can resize the PiP window to hide the stream preview.

Features available in PiP

You have access to the following features while you're in PiP-mode:

  • Video feed as it's visible to webinar attendees

  • Public chat (messages come in automatically)

  • Speaker chat (messages come in automatically)

  • Screenshare selection

  • Turn on/off microphone

  • Turn on/off webcam

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