Zoom
Zoom is a video conferencing tool with a local, desktop client; a web client; and a mobile app. It is the preferred tool for synchronous instruction.
Materials from January 20, 2022 workshop
Teaching with Zoom
- Integrating Zoom into your Moodle course site
- Making Zoom work (for instructors) – Polling, Breakout rooms and more
- Use breakout rooms for small-group discussions
- Using Zoom for Office Hours
- Tips for presenting on Zoom
- Sharing and Viewing Zoom Recordings
- Track Attendance with Zoom
- A slide deck on Zoom from a TA point-of-view.
Zoom security:
- Securing your meeting and preventing Zoombombing
- Choosing whether to require authentication for meetings
Zoom is a powerful tool with many features, and you will be more confident and relaxed if you test many of them before your first synchronous class meeting. Schedule a practice meeting with your teaching assistants, colleagues, or RIT staff to get a sense of what will work best for your students. Also be sure to give yourself sufficient time before each class meeting to troubleshoot any technology issues.
Getting Started with Zoom
- Logging in to Zoom
- Using the Zoom Desktop Client
- Confirming you are Logged in the Trinity License
- Quick start guide for students and meeting attendees
What’s New in Zoom (1/14/22)
- Breakout rooms: As host or co-host, you can allow attendees to choose their own breakout rooms, or you can assign them to rooms. You can also share your screen to breakout rooms.
- Spotlighting individuals: Multiple speakers or attendees can be spotlighted or pinned.
- More reactions and emojis
- Live Captioning: When starting a meeting, you can enable live captioning/transcripts. Participants can choose to view the captions or hide them during the meeting.
- Sharing slides as a virtual background: Instead of sharing your presentation slides through the screen share, you can set your slides as your virtual background. Note that if you are recording the presentation, your slides will not be recorded when they are a virtual background.
Getting Help
The Zoom Help Center provides extensive documentation about a variety of common tasks, such as:
- Scheduling a meeting
- Scheduling a series of meetings
- Inviting your students to a meeting
- Sharing your screen during a meeting
- Recording a meeting
- Generating and editing transcripts of a recorded meeting.
See also
- Adding Live Transcripts to Zoom Meetings
- Zoom Recordings Retention Policy & Guidelines
- How to move Zoom recordings onto Kaltura or OneDrive.
- Get help with Zoom webinars
You can access additional video tutorials via LinkedIn Learning.
- For assistance accessing LinkedIn Learning, see this page.