If you are using Zoom breakout rooms for small group work involving writing math or doing sketches, Jamboard may offer advantages over Zoom’s own whiteboard. Read Rick’s answer to Why would anyone use Zoom and Jamboard together?
Update 5/11/2020: Some have experienced issues with the Scheduler extension discussed here. WFU Multimedia recommends WFU users install the Zoom for GSuite instead. See Problem with the Zoom Browser Extension for more information. Did you know that you can create Zoom meetings right within your Google Calendar entry? For my…
This feature works great for meetings where you would normally have an attendee “step into the hallway” while discussions are going on. Thesis defense meetings and interviews often need such features. Here’s how to use it: Make sure On Hold is enabled in your Zoom account: go to wakeforest-university.zoom.us select…
Did you know you can customize the link to your personal Zoom room? All Zoom room URLs end with a 10 digit number. But it doesn’t have to. I customized mine to end with my WFU username. Here’s how: Sign into your account with your WFU credentials in your browser…
I just finished the LinkedIn Learning tutorial on Zoom and a YouTube on breakout rooms. From those sources, ITG email exchanges, and posts on here on itg.wfu.edu, I learned five things that were not obviously a part of a video conference platform: Zoom allows breakout rooms. Enable in settings. Zoom…
Polling in Zoom Meetings is a great way to engage students. Some Faculty members found ZOOM’s polling setup to be confusing. In this post, I perform a “walkthrough” of the process. The official Zoom help page may be of interest (link below). https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/213756303-Polling-for-Meetings?flash_digest=9a0ea9fd8f94b1a3af6bca4599aa6b5775f85b57 STEP 0: Sign into Zoom https://wakeforest-university.zoom.us/ STEP…
1–Request your Zoom account from IS. (You can REQUEST YOUR ZOOM ACCOUNT here.Or–that request link is also posted in the software download area in the next step). Creation of your account may take up to 1 hour to complete. If you do not have access to Zoom after 1 hour,…
