Web Conferencing, Online Meetings, Telephone-Conferencing, Webinars - spreed. 614933 (614933) Screen Sharing Tools and Technology: A Mini-Guide. What is Screen Sharing? Screen sharing is generally understood as the technologically-empowered ability to transmit the contents of your computer screen to one or more remotely connected Internet users. Photo credit: Screen Stream In other words screen sharing allows you to show PowerPoint presentations, Word documents, images and any other software running on your computer while remotely connected users see in real-time what you see on your screen.
Traditionally screen sharing has been long referred to as application sharing, to define more specifically the ability not just to show specific applications to other connected participants but the combined ability of screen sharing with remote control. So while the terms "application sharing" and "screen sharing" mean two different things they are increasingly used in interchangeable ways as many of the new tools and online services integrated them both, and companies prefer to use terminologies that make more immediate sense to the end user. Gerhold's Blog. Modules and plugins.