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Avoiding learners having to register twice in Zoom

Hi All,

I have a question that I cannot find an answer to anywhere! Hoping someone here might have had a similar experience:

We ask our learners to register through a separate platform from Zoom. Once they register, they get the Zoom link. On the day o

Started by shanna thiel in Intermediate

1 Reply · Reply by Jo Cook May 3, 2022

Zoom pin and spotlight?

Hello,

I've been using the pin and spotlight options in a Zoom room today, testing it just on my own. I really can't see the difference and don't understand when I might use one over the other.

If anyone has any explanation or advice on how I can see t

Started by Bettie Tibbles in Technology & platforms

2 Replies · Reply by Paul Norrington Nov 24, 2021

New Zoom whiteboard

Take a look at the new Zoom whiteboard!

https://blog.zoom.us/zoom-whiteboard/

What are you looking forward to?

And if you aren't using Zoom, what do you do instead?

Started by Jo Cook in Design, Delivery, and Technology & platforms

1 Reply · Reply by Susanne Plaumann Sep 23, 2021

Zoom apps and integration

Have you tried the latest Zoom features?

There are 50 new apps to pick from, ranging from survey tools to gamification. And for those of you using Mural, you can now integrate it into Zoom, has anyone tried that yet?

You can also ask Zoom to enable t

Started by Jo Cook in Technology & platforms

4 Replies · Reply by Jo Cook Sep 7, 2021

Zoom emoticons and reactions now together

If you've kept up to date with your Zoom desktop application, you'll know that the emoticons (green tick/check, red X, hand up etc) have moved!

Instead of being on the participant panel, they've now moved to the bottom of the Zoom application, where

Started by Jo Cook in Technology & platforms

1 Reply · Reply by Dawn Sillett Jun 14, 2021

Zoom - How do I get to my recordings and saved annotations?

Hi all.

Been asked a few times, how do I access saved items from when I have run a session in Zoom? Such as saved poll data, annotations, whiteboards and even the recording of the session. This guide will help you resolve this issue.

In Zoom you can

Started by Michael Cook in Technology & platforms

2 Replies · Reply by Jo Cook Nov 27, 2020

Screen sharing PowerPoint in a window (Zoom and Teams)

A few people have asked about good ways to share their PowerPoint slides when facilitating in Zoom so that they can still use the chat and participant panels without them overlapping their slides.

I do this by having PowerPoint run in a window, rath

Started by Jo Cook in Technology & platforms, Beginner, and Intermediate

16 Replies · Reply by Jo Cook Jun 1, 2023

Zoom Facilitator and Participant Experiences?

I have been conducting virtual classroom training for many years. I have used Adobe Connect and WebEx Training as my virtual platforms for the vast majority of that time. I am currently facing a potential platform change to Zoom. In my research and t

Started by Bryan Gerlach in Technology & platforms

8 Replies · Reply by Jo Cook Oct 29, 2020

Clearing chat window?

Hi everyone, I can't find a way to clear the chat window in Zoom, like I can in Adobe Connect. Does anyone know if it can be done? Thanks!

Started by Angela Green in Technology & platforms and Beginner

1 Reply · Reply by Bettie Tibbles Oct 7, 2020

Zoom security update - Article

Hi all,

As you likely know from our post about ZOOMBOMBING which has details about how we survived and some links to news articles with how Zoom were helping deal with them.

I found an article today that details how Zoom has acquired a new company to

Started by Michael Cook in Technology & platforms

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Zoom virtual backgrounds

I love the virtual background option on zoom meetings desktop app. I found these you can download and thought i'd share: https://www.shutterstock.com/discover/free-virtual-backgrounds And this link explains how to set it up: https://www.shutterstock.

Started by Angela Green

6 Replies · Reply by Jo Cook Jul 6, 2021

Zoom - screen setup

Hi all,

A lot of people are using Zoom for meetings and learning, and sometimes struggling to share their screen as well as see the participants and chat panel.

This isn't the setup I use, but it's a great option if you have some kind of second scre

Started by Jo Cook in Technology & platforms, Beginner, and Intermediate

2 Replies · Reply by Jo Cook Jun 25, 2020

Slack+Zoom

What is the future of webinars and virtual classrooms? Is it collaboration, communication and productivity?

With Slack and Zoom working closer together, it could be:

https://www.cbronline.com/news/slack-and-zoom

Started by Jo Cook in Technology & platforms and Advanced

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New features released in Zoom

The Zoom platform have released some new features!

There are some browser calendar extensions for easier scheduling, watching who is watching recordings through registration, waiting rooms and more!

What have you explored that you like?

Started by Jo Cook in Delivery and Technology & platforms

1 Reply · Reply by Michael Cook Apr 20, 2018

Green screen in Zoom.us

Today Mike and I have been playing with recording video, including with a green screen.

One of the fun things about the Zoom webinar and virtual classroom platform is that there is an option on the webcam to use a virtual background. We tried that o

Started by Jo Cook in Technology & platforms

14 Replies · Reply by Lightbulb Moment Apr 2, 2018