Tip on how to use Zoom

Zoom offers robust collaboration and engagement tools as part of its standard free license, including the ability to connect using VoIP or via traditional phone when internet is not available. Administrators, teachers, parents, and students also have access to:

• Unlimited meetings for up to 100 participants • HD audio and video • Screen sharing • Whiteboarding • Annotation • Breakout Rooms • Virtual backgrounds • In-meeting chat • Local recording • Nonverbal feedback

For organisations requiring a more robust feature set and administrative control, Zoom’s Education plan provides the above capabilities and more at a low cost, including:

• Unlimited meetings for up to to 300 participants • Single sign-on (SSO) • LTI integration to support most LMS platforms • Enhanced user management to add, delete, and assign add-on features • Advanced admin controls for enabling/disabling recording, chat, and notifications • 500 MB of cloud recording • Cloud recording transcription • Usage reports to track participation

Here are some additional online resources to help you most effectively use Zoom for virtual education:

Live Zoom training daily: These include sessions specifically highlighting Zoom Meetings for Education (Students & Educators), focusing on using Zoom Meetings as your classroom setting. Zoom Webinar training is also available.

Recorded Zoom training: Watch previously recorded sessions on demand and at your convenience. Several are in German, Japanese, and Korean, in addition to English.

Here are some additional online resources for educators:

Outschool, a marketplace for live online classes, has made available Free Remote Teacher Training Webinars demonstrating how to adapt teaching practices and curriculum to a live video chat classroom. These webinars are led by Outschool’s experienced teachers who have transitioned from in-person to online teaching.

Instructional platform Nearpod is temporarily offering free online learning access to schools impacted by closures. Access includes live weekly webinars, a guide to using Nearpod for distance learning, and lessons on the coronavirus to keep students, teachers, and parents informed.

For more details, go to https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/06/how-to-use-zoom-for-online-learning/