Create Desktop Shortcuts to Recurring Zoom Meetings

Do you have one or more recurring Zoom meetings, like a department meeting, club meeting, online class meeting, or others that always meet in the same Zoom room? Instead of having to search for the email announcing the meeting or opening your calendar to find […]


Zoom Immersive View

You can now put all your students’ videos together into one background in Zoom, with Immersive View! There are several backgrounds available; choose one based on your number of attendees. You can change it whenever you like, move people around, put everyone into one large […]


Change in Zoom Cloud Storage

See what recordings you have saved in Zoom’s cloud Go to zoom.us in your browser and sign in with your WFU account Click Recordings and make sure you are on the Cloud Recordings Archiving your recordings Information Systems has provided instructions for downloading files […]


Using Zoom Reports for Class Attendance

Zoom Reports allows you to determine who was on a Zoom session after the fact. If you ensure your students use their real names by turning on the meeting setting Require authentication to join , you can dispense with taking roll and use the Zoom […]


Zoom – Share Multiple Applications

Zoom has a great sharing feature that will allow the host to share multiple application windows without the need to share the entire system desktop (screen). This is especially helpful if you have a cluttered desktop space, or if you have an application open that […]


Encouraging Student Engagement

There are many ways to check in with your students or meeting members to gauge their understanding of content, gather opinions, and ask for ideas.Options can be as simple as asking for a show of hands,  having students hold up color-coded index cards with yes […]


PowerPoint Slides as a Virtual Background

Zoom now allows us to choose a special virtual background when sharing our screen. This new feature allows the instructor more control over their video and what the students are seeing. It also simplifies the sharing process for PowerPoint by directly sharing slides as a […]


Zoom for remote support

As an Instructional Technologist, I (and many of my colleagues) use Zoom to remotely support our faculty when there is a problem. The screen sharing feature allows me to see what is happening on his/her screen. That usually makes support easier. But what if you […]


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