Moving the participants' videos to the top instead of bottom of screen

Anonymous
2020-03-31T22:34:19+00:00

It would be great if when a user is sharing their screen during a video call, the list of participants and their small video feeds were shown above the shared content rather than below it. Many times people are looking at themselves or other participants when speaking, and it looks to others like their eyes are closed. By moving the user's own image and the images of others to the top of the screen, above the shared content, there's a better likelihood that users will be looking upwards towards the camera rather than down.

Can this be changed in user settings or is this an optimization request?

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-08-11T21:50:19+00:00

    Please FIX this.  Puting the video feeds at the bottom was an ERROR.

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  2. Anonymous
    2020-08-13T15:53:30+00:00

    Yeah, this is a terrible error.  Please fix it.

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  3. Anonymous
    2020-08-14T10:36:58+00:00

    Highly preferred option. Please add to a wish list for improvements!

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  4. Anonymous
    2020-08-17T16:26:12+00:00

    Please add this feature!!!  It is not a nice to have it is a must and keeps me from using Teams for video meetings unless I absolutely have to and only when our clients won't use Zoom.

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  5. Anonymous
    2020-08-18T21:13:29+00:00

    It would be great if when a user is sharing their screen during a video call, the list of participants and their small video feeds were shown above the shared content rather than below it. Many times people are looking at themselves or other participants when speaking, and it looks to others like their eyes are closed. By moving the user's own image and the images of others to the top of the screen, above the shared content, there's a better likelihood that users will be looking upwards towards the camera rather than down.

    Can this be changed in user settings or is this an optimization request?

    +1 - this is a critical user experience item as we embrace videoconf as the new normal engagement pattern in business.

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