Zoom is a video conferencing app designed to facilitate remote work productivity. Compatible with most devices – mobile and desktop alike – Zoom also features breakout rooms that make working remotely more productive and effective workshops and seminars.
Zoom boasts the highest meeting capacity among major video conferencing apps, accommodating up to 500 attendees simultaneously in its meetings – making it a fantastic option for large teams.
Video conferencing
Zoom video conferencing software enables users to communicate over the internet, offering seamless multi-device communication. Zoom can also be used for digital meetings and webinars as well as sharing participants’ screens and using its whiteboard feature on smartphones – features which businesses can take advantage of to maximize return on investment. Available through both App Store and Google Play for iPhone/iPad as well as browser version for customers without access to these platforms.
Service offers various tools for managing calls, including the capability of recording them – giving employees who weren’t present the chance to listen later – as well as muzzling or disabling video of individual participants, while meeting hosts can pin individual screens so only relevant information appears in recordings.
Zoom meetings allow users to share various types of content – from YouTube videos and desktop screens, select applications and windows or entire pages of websites, device audio streams and shared whiteboards, to desktop sharing. Furthermore, unlike other video conferencing software packages, Zoom does not impose time limits for meetings; in fact a single session may last up to 24 hours!
Zoom video conferencing app is easy and high quality, supporting HD video with advanced background noise suppression for optimal quality and visibility of faces and hearing. Participants can see each other clearly while hearing each other clearly through this powerful system. Plus, with its mobile application users can participate easily during calls on the go while sharing screens during meetings as well as creating personalized backgrounds for meetings!
Calling
Zoom allows you to make and receive phone calls, as well as participate in video meetings. You can do this using either the Zoom app on your mobile device or desktop computer or by dialing in using traditional landline telephone – this option may be especially helpful if you don’t always have access to either computer.
Zoom provides a call notification that allows you to quickly identify who is calling. If you prefer, you can decline and route it directly into voicemail for later retrieval using its app, web portal, or email interfaces.
Zoom offers several call enhancements that can elevate the conference calling experience, such as adding background images or selecting from its selection of call filters. While these may not be appropriate for business calls, they can make a big difference during personal calls with friends or family members. Recently, Zoom introduced two fun call filter options – sepia and Snapchat-esque filters. While these might not be appropriate for all business conversations, they provide fun additions to Zoom’s arsenal of enhancements.
Zoom meetings make it easy to access global meetings from any country that supports toll numbers with an additional one digit identifier (+1). Zoom provides a full list of international dial-in numbers on its meeting invitation, should you not connect immediately. If this does not work out for you, use one of Zoom’s international dial-in numbers on a separate phone; alternatively connect multiple Zoom participants at once using just one number; also sharing video can make this meeting highly productive!
Meetings
Zoom offers an impressive collection of collaboration tools designed to simulate face-to-face meetings, from shared screens and co-annotation tools, private and public chat groups, virtual hand raising/Q&A features and file sharing to whiteboard capabilities that allow participants to draw or write during calls.
Zoom’s limited video quality may present issues for those in areas with poor internet connections, as well as privacy concerns raised against it in 2020 – such as allegations that Zoom was storing user data on Chinese servers – prompting several security changes introduced by Zoom to assure its customers.
Zoom’s web browser access enables participants to join meetings more conveniently in areas with limited network coverage or those who do not wish to install its app. Launched through an email or calendar invite, participants simply click on their Zoom link in their browser window to begin meeting participation.
This app also offers various other tools designed to make meetings more efficient, such as screen sharing. With it, participants can view each other’s screens and highlight important information, ensuring all members remain on the same page throughout a meeting. There are even apps dedicated to playing games, taking notes and more!
Zoom provides you with the capability of recording meetings and sharing them with your team, which is especially helpful for project managers and business owners who must track project progress closely in order to identify any problems as soon as they arise and address them immediately. In addition, its virtual nature enables them to save both time and money through eliminating travel expenses.
Screen sharing
Zoom meetings allow participants to share their screen, which can foster collaboration and make meetings more efficient. However, some considerations must be kept in mind when using this feature: firstly ensure you have an uninterruptible internet connection if not you may experience connectivity or video quality issues; also consider any privacy implications when sharing your screen with others.
Log into your Zoom account, and click the ‘Share Screen’ option from the meeting toolbar to begin sharing your screen or app. A small window will pop-up for selection purposes before disappearing from view altogether and replaced by a minimal Zoom menu anchored at the top of your screen to allow for either immediate stopping/resuming of sharing content.
Use the ‘Share Screen’ feature of the Zoom mobile app to share the phone display with other participants – perfect for presentations or when showing camera views from various participants. Unfortunately, only Android devices support this feature.
Zoom allows you to easily customize screen-sharing settings for each meeting by clicking on the Co-host option in its Settings. This will open a pop-up window displaying options, which you can adjust per meeting – such as sharing all or part of your screen; showing content from secondary camera; sharing audio from device/microphone connection and optionally revealing computer sound if applicable; sharing or not your entire computer screen’s sound; etc.
Whiteboard
Zoom Whiteboard is an interactive platform for sharing creative vision on screen, enabling participants to draw, annotate, and collaborate in drawing graphics as part of a Zoom meeting. Everyone in attendance can use it – even outsiders! Additionally, Zoom whiteboard supports breakout rooms so attendees can collaborate in smaller groups when brainstorming new ideas.
Zoom Whiteboard is an online version of traditional whiteboards found in classrooms, which enables teachers to quickly write out key concepts and illustrate them for students quickly and efficiently. It’s simple and straightforward use encourage collaboration among students; its viewing platform includes desktop computer or tablet and can easily shared among all Zoom app users.
Once a whiteboard has been created, its contents can be modified using its toolbar. Font style, size and color of annotations can be changed; objects can be moved or resized as necessary to fit onto the screen; plus there is also an easy page control button which lets you switch back and forth between Whiteboard and Zoom windows!
Whiteboard features allow users to add texts, sticky notes, shapes, and free-form lines, as well as share it with others for annotation viewing. You may also delete or clear your own drawings by tapping the Delete icon located at the left of annotation panel.
To utilize the Zoom Whiteboard, both an account with Zoom and browser that support HTML5 must exist. Logging into your Zoom account to access this feature. In order to enable whiteboards in meetings using Zoom, the latest version of its client must also exist – if not, upgrade by clicking your profile picture and selecting “Check for Updates”, followed by installing them and clicking Install afterward. Once updated, collaboration on a Whiteboard can commence!
