Paul McFedries

Teach Yourself VISUALLY Zoom


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the meetings, which can include muting or removing participants, as well as ending the meeting.

      Joining a Meeting

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      To participate in a Zoom meeting, you must join the meeting. For almost all Zoom meetings, you can join only if you receive an invitation from the meeting host and if the host allows you access to the meeting when you request it. Once you are in the meeting, you normally share your device’s camera feed so that other attendees can see you. Your microphone is normally muted, but you can quickly unmute the microphone to participate in the conversation.

      Sharing a Screen

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      If allowed by the meeting host, during the meeting you can request to share your device screen. Sharing usually refers to allowing other attendees to see some or all of your screen, usually so that you can demonstrate a procedure or display something. You can also share by writing on a digital whiteboard, playing a video file, or playing an audio file. You can also share a presentation by showing the slides as a virtual background.

      Recording a Meeting

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      The meeting host can elect to record the meeting, which saves the meeting video and audio to a file. The recording can be used to document the meeting or to allow people who were unable to attend the meeting to view the meeting. The host can store the meeting recording using either the host’s computer or the cloud storage provided with the host’s Zoom account.

      It’s important to understand that although Zoom offers the option of setting up a free account for Zoom Meetings and that a free account includes Zoom Chat, there are no free versions of either Zoom Phone or Zoom Video Webinar.

      Zoom Chat

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      Zoom Chat is available to all Zoom users and enables each user to send instant messages to other Zoom users and to external users. Besides exchanging text messages, Zoom Chat also enables you to exchange data such as screenshots, files, and audio messages. You can set up channels, which are private or public groups where you can quickly send messages to the channel members.

      Zoom Phone

Snapshot of Zoom phone dialog box.

      With Zoom Phone, you can use the Internet to place calls to and receive calls from other Zoom users and external contacts. During a call you can add other callers, transfer a call, and start an instant meeting with people on the call. Zoom Phone also provides a voicemail service and a history of the calls you make and receive. Zoom Phone is an extra feature that requires a subscription.

      Zoom Video Webinar

Snapshot of Zoom Video Webinar screen.

      Zoom Webinar enables you to broadcast a meeting to as many as 10,000 attendees. Each person joins the meeting as a view-only attendee, so only the webinar host or one of the designated webinar panelists can participate. That participation includes not only the audio and video feed, but also screen sharing. Webinar attendees have access to the meeting’s chat facilities and can answer questions posed by the host or a panelist. Zoom Webinar is an extra feature that requires a subscription. The number of people who can attend depends on the license you purchase.

      Create a Basic Zoom Account

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Using a web browser, navigate to https://zoom.us/signup.

      The Zoom sign-up page appears and asks you to enter your date of birth.

      

Select the month of your date of birth.

      

Select the day of your date of birth.

      

Select the year of your date of birth.

      

Click Continue.

Snapshot of Sign In to the Zoom Account.

      

Type your email address.

      007.eps Click Sign Up.

      Zoom sends an email to the address you provided in step 6.

      008.eps In the Zoom email, click the confirmation link (not shown).

      The Welcome to Zoom screen appears.

      009.eps Type your name, type a password (twice), and then click Continue (not shown).

      Zoom activates your new account.

      Once you have completed your work on the Zoom site, it is a good idea to sign out of your account. This ensures that nobody who has access to your computer can make changes to your Zoom account.

      Sign In to Your Zoom Account

Snapshot of Zoom signing in to the account and displaying the profile page.

      

Using a web browser, navigate to https://zoom.us/signin.

      The Zoom Sign In page appears.