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I’d like to include a screen share step in my VideoAsk workflow. The screen share is not going to be an on-screen demo, but more of a presentation.

My VideoAsks are embedded at 600px high and 100% width on my website, and I also share the full-screen link. I don’t believe users would ever see a widescreen image. Embedded, it appears to be slightly more vertical than square. On the full screen version, the recording, too, is slightly more vertical than square, since it’s on the left hand panel. That means a screen recording will produce letterboxing above and below the screen in any presentation.

Is there a way to do a screenshare with an aspect ratio that makes more sense for how the VA’s are displayed? I can create slides of a certain aspect ratio, but the VA screenshare will put my camera in a circle off to the side - that doesn’t seem like the right solution. 

I suppose I can record the slides externally and export as a video. If so, is there a suggested aspect ratio? What do others do if they want to include some slides or something in a VA?

Hi ​@Jeff Baird Happy Fri-yay! I hope you’re having a good one. Do you mind sending the URL of where you embedded the VideoAsk? That’ll help me see if it’s primarily an embed issue or if there are any suggestions I can make for the aspect ratio!


I assume we are in a safe space and there will be no judgment for the purely experimental VideoAsk here:

 

https://videolab.plainenglish.com/fwzkfwk31?preview

 

What you’ll see is that I do a screenshare presentation in the video when you choose the option “Learn more about the topic” 

 

My workaround was to create a slide presentation where the main content is in a narrow portion of the center of the screen. This is acceptable, but I am curious if there is a better way to do it.

 

I’m using VideoAsk as a tool inside an educational membership as a way to do asynchronous coching


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