Open the presenter
Select Present in the deck editor to start from the beginning, or use the ribbon’s presentation action for the selected slide. Use Previous, Next, or the slide rail to move through the deck.
On a slide with progressive reveals, Next reveals the next group before moving on. Previous reverses the reveal sequence. Select Edit deck to return to authoring.
Select Start session to enable audience participation. The current slide and reveal position carry into the live session.
Use a projector or second display
During a live session, open Session menu → Stage. Move the audience window to the projector or the screen you share, then use that window’s fullscreen controls. Keep the host window on your own display.
Desktop provides Audience screen and buttons for detected external displays. Choose the intended display to open the separate audience window. Check the image and audio output before beginning.
The audience display follows the host’s live navigation and reveal state. It shows audience material and results; private teaching notes stay on host surfaces. For an active question, Blank toggles audience result visibility while retaining the received answers.
Mark text and draw
In the live ribbon, choose the annotation tool and color. Select or drag across words to highlight, underline, or mark the passage with the available text shapes. Word-based marks follow the selected words when the display size changes.
Use the pen for a freehand stroke on the slide. Freehand strokes use slide coordinates; they appear in the participant’s Slide view. Reading view retains text-anchored marks. Switching back to Slide restores the freehand view.
Double-click a phrase mark to remove that mark. Use the clear action to clear annotations. Moving to another slide clears the live ink; hiding and revealing the same content preserves its text marks while you remain on that slide.
Look up a word
First set the space’s Students’ language and Teaching language in Space settings. Choose the students’ language first; it determines which teaching-language pairs are available.
Activate Look up in the live controls and select the word in the passage. Review its meaning and the available dictionary forms. Choose the form or explanation you want to show. Open and close the meaning view as needed, then return to the passage.
In the deck editor, selecting a word for lookup displays its definition in the task pane. A failed lookup can indicate a missing language pair, an unavailable dictionary service, or a word with no matching entry. Correct the language pair or try the word’s base form.
Play a listening activity
Open the audio slide and use Listening controls. Choose Room audio to play from the current presenter’s device, or Individual listening to give each participant their own player. Start playback with the player controls; use pause or seek to revisit a section.
Choose Show transcript when the class is ready to read the transcript. Hide it again for another listening pass. Use the retry/replay controls when repeating the activity.
Presenter handoff changes who controls the live listening settings. Room audio belongs to the presenter’s device; check that the new presenter’s audio output is ready after a handoff.
Add material during a session
Use the live Insert controls to add an explanation, supported media, or a new question at the current point. Complete the insertion form and show the new material. Use the corresponding edit action to revise editable live material.
Live additions belong to that session. To reuse them later, deliberately incorporate the material into the saved deck. The original deck remains the source for future starts.