Online Teaching with Zoom
Learn to Set up the Zoom App, its Features, and Strategies for
Effectively Conducting Online Classes
By
Martha Avrith
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Contents
Introduction
Zoom Video Conference Application is an American technology services corporation based in California. It offers video telecommunications and online messaging facilities via one-on-one computing network located in the cloud, used for video conferencing, teleworking, online education, and social interaction. Zoom's model focuses on a product that is easier to use than the previous ones. Moreover, it is better regarding pricing advantages, which include reduced infrastructure-level hardware costs, ensuring a workforce productivity .
With the adoption of prevention steps introduced in reaction to this scenario globally, Zoom's device use has seen a substantial global rise beginning in early 2020. The software applications have been subject to criticism by the public and media due to privacy and security concerns. A portion of the Zoom staff is centered in China, which has contributed significantly to monitoring and surveillance concerns.
With the rise in the Zoom video conference in this global scenario, people are using Zoom for their personal and private use. Remote working and distance education are much more comfortable with the Zoom application. You need to download and install the application on your desktop, Mac devices, or smartphone. Creating an account and sign in to Zoom from your device is more straightforward, and you can use multiple methods to get started with your Zoom application discussed in detail in this book.
Zoom is easy to use, and its pricing is affordable if you are a teacher and want to give classes online. It has four plans with an additional plan of education that is mainly for instructors. Now more teachers use tools like Zoom to meet their learners. While many teachers use this opportunity to teach or discuss the curriculum for their learners, many use Zoom meetings just for social interaction. Now that distance education has become the latest standard for teachers worldwide; innovation is at an all-time peak as educators continue to find out how to meet their learners educational needs and how to educate them. For that, zooming may be a fantastic choice. If you have never experienced Zoom before, trying it out on the way can be confusing, so we have put up all in this book that you need to learn along with to get you moving.
This book will help you to learn the basics of the Zoom application with its first introductory chapter. It will further guide you about Zoom features and how you can use these features for your video conferencing. In the second chapter, a detailed procedure has been given about downloading, installing, and creating an account for Zoom. It will assist you in hosting your meetings, webinars, and classes with different Zoom tools. The third chapter is all about teaching with Zoom and best practices. It also includes Assignment and presentation setups to enhance your teaching skills through Zoom. Chapter four will discuss the benefits of Zoom application software and its comparison with other meeting applications to clear your understanding if you have any confusion for selecting Zoom over others. The last chapter is all about tips and tricks to make your Zoom video conference more effective. Thus, start reading this book to learn more about Zoom.
Chapter 1: Understanding Zoom and its Features
Technology for video conferencing is the backbone of every efficient and effective team. Video conference tools, such as Zoom; it allows individuals to connect and meet together in a "face-to-face" manner effectively when interacting in person is not possible. That makes interacting much more individual centrally, which is essential to help users feel linked and stay in touch.
Zoom is a cloud-based video conference application that can be used for audio conferencing, video conferences, webinars, broadcasting conferences, and live chat. According to the study, after Skype for Industry, Zoom is perhaps the most successful video conferencing tool for businesses with five hundred or fewer employees and the second-most common solution for companies, including over five hundred employees . In 2019 over half of Fortune five-hundred companies officially used Zoom and reached even higher heights during 2020, citing three-hundred million daily Zoom attendees recently.
Typically, when people talk about Zoom, Zoom Session, and Zoom Room. A Zoom Meeting refers to a meeting that holds a video conference using Zoom. You can attend such meetings via a webcam or mobile. In the meantime, a Zoom Room is the hardware system that enables businesses from their conference rooms to schedule and initiate Zoom Meetings.
1.1 Video Conferencing with Zoom
One of the leading companies in the web conferencing orbit, Zoom, is known worldwide for its outstanding conference rooms alternatives. You would not be disappointed with Zoom when you're demanding top quality video, extraordinary functionality, and dependability. In recent times, before their Public Offering was introduced in August 2019, Zoom confirmed a whole host of new features for their selling, including notifications to Zoom conferences, updated Zoom Rooms, and, of course, the developed Zoom Phone expertise.
A "Zoom Meeting" refers simply to a conference that is held using Zoom, and participants can enter the meeting in person, either by webcam or video chat camera or by phone . A Zoom Room is the actual hardware system that enables businesses to initiate Zoom Meetings from their lecture halls. Zoom Rooms is a software-defined tool and video conferencing device for a lecture room that allows users to plan, start, and run Zoom Meetings by pressing a button. Zoom Rooms require extra membership in addition to a Zoom membership, and it is a perfect option for more influential organizations with more staff attending daily Zoom meetings.
