Transparent Glass Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams or Zoom with OBS for FREE!

title: Transparent Glass Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams or Zoom with OBS for FREE!
source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oaikJCR6ec
author:
  - "[[Scott Hanselman]]"
published: 2021-02-02
created: 2025-10-08
description: "This is a video where I explain how I write backwards (hint: I don't really) on this lightboard (sometimes also written \"light board\" or \"light-board\").Here ..."
tags:
  - Graphics

Transparent Glass Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams or Zoom with OBS for FREE!

You can create a Transparent Glass Whiteboard in Microsoft Teams or Zoom with OBS for FREE! This is all free software. This inverts the idea in my previous video where I put myself in PowerPoint. In this example, from Rob Farley's blog on the topic I stand in front of Microsoft Whiteboard and draw on my laptop screen!

* Rob Farley's Blog, thanks Rob! http://blogs.lobsterpot.com.au/2021/01/30/presentation-trickery-online-glassboard-like-lightboard-but-using-just-free-software/
* Microsoft Whiteboard https://whiteboard.microsoft.com/
* OBS https://obsproject.com/

You can then just turn on the Virtual Camera in OBS to broadcast yourself and draw on your camera from Teams or Zoom! This is great fun for students and educators.