Use Explain Everything with Webex

COMING SOON: The Webex integration will be available soon. Stay tuned!

Available to: Webex desktop app users 

As part of the Explain Everything integration with Webex, you can add a tab to a live, recordable Explain Everything whiteboard at the top of the selected Direct message or Space in your Webex app, and whiteboard together on a video call.

This will let you work on the Explain Everything whiteboard directly inside a selected DM or Space window without the need to jump between the two applications.

Note: Before you start, make sure that the admin of your organization has enabled the ability to add external apps in the Webex app. If you don't see the option of adding an app, it means that your admin may have disabled it.

Add Explain Everything to your DMs and Spaces

  1. Go to a Direct message or Space of your choice
  2. From the top of the selected Direct message or Space window, select + Apps.
  3. On the list, find Explain Everything and select it.
  4. Sign in to your Explain Everything account if necessary.
  5. In the Select project window, search for the project you'd like to share — enter the project's name or its CODE in the search bar.  If you don't have a project yet, select + Create New Project and go straight to step 6.
  6. Once found, choose Select on the project's thumbnail.
  7. Select the Add to tab button — your project will be added to tab and will open in the selected Direct message or Space window.

Tip: After you add Explain Everything to a tab, you can set up permissions for others to access your project. You can also customize collaboration rules and features, and choose a preset collaboration scenario.

Note: To add a tab, you need to send a message first in the selected Direct message or Space. Have no conversations in your DMs and Spaces? Learn how to start a conversation with someone, and how to create a team or a team space on the Webex Help Center website.

Tip: If you'd like that people working on the Explain Everything whiteboard inside a selected DM or Space see each other's faces, you can make a video call.

Remove Explain Everything tabs from your DMs and Spaces

You can add as many tabs with the Explain Everything whiteboard to your DMs and Spaces as you need, and work on a few projects simultaneously. However, if you’d like to remove a tab, you can do it in a few easy steps.

  1. Go to a Direct message or Space of your choice.
  2. From the top of the selected Direct message or Space window, select the name of the tab with the project you'd like to remove.
  3. Once it loads, select the down arrow to the right of the tab's name to reveal a list of additional options.
  4. From the dropdown menu, choose Remove.
  5. Select the Remove button to confirm removing the tab.

Rename Explain Everything tabs in your DMs and Spaces

By default, when you add a tab with the Explain Everything project to your DMs and Spaces, it gets the name of the project you add. You can easily rename the tab whenever you need.

  1. Go to a Direct message or Space of your choice.
  2. From the top of the selected Direct message or Space window, select the name of the tab with the project you'd like to rename.
  3. Once it loads, select the down arrow to the right of the tab's name to reveal a list of additional options.
  4. From the dropdown menu, choose Edit.
  5. In the text box, enter a new tab name.
  6. When you're ready, select the Save button to update the name of the tab with your Explain Everything project.

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