Abstract: A method of presenting multimedia in a shared environment includes the steps of as a presenter, creating a multimedia environment comprising one or more multimedia assets on a remote server, using an interface on a first computing device, sharing the multimedia environment with one or more participants on second computing devices, and from the first computing device, controlling playback of a first multimedia asset using one of the operations from the set comprising play, pause, rewind, and fast-forward, wherein the first multimedia asset is hosted on the remote server, and wherein a control signal is sent from the first computing device to the one or more second computing devices to control playback of the first multimedia asset on all computing devices simultaneously. A system for presenting multimedia in a shared environment is also disclosed.