In order for your audience to see handwriting and printed materials in the correct orientation, not backwards, there is a specific procedure to follow. We make use of a Chrome extension, that participants in your Zoom class will need to install. This is a one-time procedure that takes 30 seconds, after which they will have an icon in their Chrome window’s toolbar, that enables them to flip the video with a single click.

Step 1 – VideoMirror Chrome extension Install (one-time step; takes 30 seconds)

Launch or switch to your Google Chrome browser. (If you don’t have Chrome on your laptop, the download page is here.)

Click this link to open a new window / tab with the VideoMirror Chrome extension page at the Google Store:

Click the blue “Add to Chrome” button.

Then in the alert window that pops up, click the “Add extension” button:

After this you will see a confirmation alert letting you know that it has been added to your Chrome browser:

Step 2 – Pin the VideoMirror Chrome extension
(one-time step; takes 10 seconds)

Now click on the jigsaw-puzzle piece icon at the top right of the window, to reveal the menu showing the extensions you have installed in Chrome.

Move your cursor over the pin icon, which will cause it to highlight in gray:

Clicking the pin will cause MirrorVideo to become pinned to the toolbar, and visible on all your Chrome windows:

The Zoom “Launch Meeting” window will prompt you with an alert to “Open Zoom.us” — which you need to bypass by pressing the “Cancel” button:

After the alert disappears, then press the blue “Launch Meeting” button, which will again alert you, asking whether you want to “Open Zoom.us?”

This time, however, you will see a new “Join from your browser” link near the bottom of the window, which is what you should select:

Then you will be prompted to enter your name, and check that you are not a robot:

Upon entering the meeting, if you have your MirrorMeThis attached, you will see your keyboard area, and the keys will appear mirrored, or backwards:

Click the VideoMirror icon in the top right of your window:

At which point your video will be flipped, and your keys will appear in the correct orientation:

Clicking the VideoMirror icon repeatedly lets you instantly flip the video’s orientation back and forth.

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† We are talking to the Zoom Video Communications team about adding a feature for mirroring your outgoing video (not your local video, which Zoom can already do with the “Mirror my video” option in Video Settings), but this will likely take a few weeks.