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A presenter in BigBlueButton can control and annotate content uploaded into the presentation area or the whiteboard

The presenter role enables you to:
  1. Control the slide navigation
  2. Use the slide/whiteboard annotations
  3. Enable the multiuser whiteboard for use by attendees
By default, the first moderator to enter the BigBlueButton session is allocated the presenter role capabilities. If you are a viewer, you will need to request presenter status from the moderator.
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When a user has the presenter role, the presenter icon will appear over their avatar in the users list.

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Slide navigation

Once you have uploaded content into the BigBlueButton presentation area, you can control the navigation and visual orientation of the content displayed.
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The presenter’s slide/content control panel is located under the presentation display and above your media control icons.
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To navigate through your content, use the Slide Navigator [1] located in the presenter control panel. Advance using the forward ”>” navigation arrows, and return using the backward ”<” navigation arrows. Skip to a specific slide by selecting the slide number from the dropdown. Select the multi-user whiteboard button [2] to activate whiteboard use for all users.
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A prompt will appear at the upper-right corner saying it’s available, and the multi-user whiteboard icon will be highlighted in the bar. The other options are Zoom In (+) or Out (-) [3] or use Fit-to-Width [4]. When uploading a portrait document, use Fit-to-Width to make the text larger. You can then click and drag with the hand tool to move up/down the document. fittopage.gif