Persisting annotations applied to an electronic hosted whiteboard

A system, comprising:

• a processor programmed to initiate executable operations comprising:
• receiving a plurality of annotations for a presentation presented in a web conference;
• and
• for each of the plurality of annotations:
• determining a respective portion of the presentation to which the annotation pertains;
• assigning to the annotation a respective relevance parameter, wherein the relevance parameter indicates a relevance of the annotation to the respective portion of the presentation to which the annotation pertains;
• assigning the annotation to a respective location of a view based on the relevance parameter assigned to the annotation;
• and
• presenting the annotation in the respective location of the view to which the annotation is assigned.

A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program code stored thereon, the program code executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, by the processor, a plurality of annotations for a presentation presented in a web conference;
• and
• for each of the plurality of annotations:
• determining, by the processor, a respective portion of the presentation to which the annotation pertains;
• assigning, by the processor, to the annotation a respective relevance parameter, wherein the relevance parameter indicates a relevance of the annotation to the respective portion of the presentation to which the annotation pertains;
• assigning, by the processor, the annotation to a respective location of a view based on the relevance parameter assigned to the annotation;
• and
• presenting, by the processor, the annotation in the respective location of the view to which the annotation is assigned.