Presenter mode

Presenter mode turns a board into a guided session — one person drives the viewport for everyone else, with built-in frame-by-frame navigation. It's how you turn a workshop board into a presentation without exporting slides.

Presenter mode is available on Starter and above.

Starting a session

On any board you have access to, click Present in the top toolbar (or press P while in viewer mode). You become the presenter — your name appears at the top of the canvas and everyone else's viewport follows yours.

A small Presenting badge appears in the avatar strip so participants can see who's driving.

Frame-by-frame navigation

If your board has frames, the presenter toolbar shows the list of frames in their canvas order. Click any frame name to fly the viewport to it; Next and Previous buttons or the arrow keys step through them in order.

This lets you build a "deck" without leaving the canvas — each frame is a slide, and you can switch between presenter-driven slides and free-form panning at any time.

TIP

A typical workshop pattern: one frame per agenda item, presenter mode for the talking, then End the session for the breakout brainstorm so everyone can pan independently.

What participants see

Participants in a presenter session:

• Have their viewport tracked to yours automatically.
• See your cursor and the cursor of the presenter only — other participant cursors are hidden during the session.
• Can still edit the canvas if their role allows it (it's a presentation, not a lock).
• Can click Unfollow to break free from the synced viewport without leaving the session.

When the presenter pans or zooms, participants follow. When the presenter changes a shape, the change appears for everyone — same as normal live editing.

Handing over the presenter role

Any Editor or Owner can take over by clicking Take presenter. The previous presenter is demoted to participant; their cursor reappears in the strip. Useful when the meeting flow is "I'll cover the first half, you cover the second".

Ending a session

The presenter clicks End presenting to release everyone back to free pan/zoom. Participants who unfollowed earlier in the session are unaffected.

Recording and exports

There's no built-in recording in presenter mode — but the canvas is still a regular board afterwards. Export the final state to PDF for an after-action artefact (see Exporting boards).

When it's the right tool

Presenter mode is best when:

• You're walking a group through a board you prepared.
• A workshop has a structured agenda that maps to frames.
• You want a single source of truth on screen, not a separate slide deck.

For freeform exploration, regular live editing is better — every participant pans and zooms independently.

Related

• Real-time editing — what happens during free-form collaboration.
• Shapes and stickers — frames as slide containers.
• Plans and pricing — which tier unlocks presenter mode.