Zoom

Zoom is a web-conferencing tool with features that make it easier to run large collaborative meetings such as a collaborative whiteboard, polling, and breakout rooms. Personal vs. BMC Zoom accounts You can use a personal Zoom account to atte...

Bryn Mawr students and employees can use personal or BMC Zoom licenses, although certain features may only be available on a BMC Zoom account . This article explains how to tell which one you have logged into from your account profile page. ...

This article explains how to set up a Zoom meeting from using the Zoom web portal or Zoom desktop and mobile apps. For academic courses, see Schedule Course Meetings with the Moodle Zoom Activity If you use Outlook or Office365, see Schedule...

This article explains how to schedule Zoom meetings using the Zoom add-in for Outlook/Office365. Using this add-in is optional.  You only need it if you want to create Zoom meetings from within your Outlook/Webmail calendar. Note that the...

As the most popular web-conferencing solution on the market (some industry analyses estimate it has almost double the market share of competitors like Go To Meeting), Zoom has become a target for online trolling attacks. Zoom is also facing severa...

Zoom recommends turning on registration for all publicly or widely advertised meetings to help prevent Zoom-bombing. When registration is on, Zoom creates a “ registration link” that you can publicize  instead of the direc...

You will need a laptop, desktop computer, or mobile device with Internet access. For the best experience, use headphones to cancel out ambient noise and avoid audio echos. If you want to share video and your device does not have a built-in came...

Before you start , this article assumes you: have created a BMC Zoom account. have downloaded the Zoom desktop or mobile app on the device you are using to host the meeting.* have scheduled a meeting or are launching an ad-hoc m...

Zoom “breakout rooms” allow you to split a meeting into smaller groups: The host or a co-host sets up the breakout rooms, either randomly assigning participants to rooms, manually assigning them, or letting them choose rooms, an...

Zoom supports both CART captioning (in which a trained professional attends the meeting and types captions in real time) and ASR (computer-generated) captioning. Turn on CART captioning Before you start,  you will need: to ...

Audience participation in small Zoom meetings is relatively straightforward, as participants can unmute themselves to speak. However, even in small online meetings, some participants may find it hard to speak. Things that are challenging in per...

If you are have difficulty viewing the chat messages or captions when using Zoom on a computer, you can increase the font size. To do this: Open the Zoom desktop app on your computer. Click on your profile picture or initials and choose ...

It’s often not possible to Zoom from a quiet place or on a flawless Internet connections. This article describes some measures you can take to improve your Zoom meeting experience. Internet bandwidth and data limit issues What individuals...

The Zoom activity in Moodle makes it easier to for instructors and students to manage course-related Zoom meetings. When you schedule Zoom meetings with this activity: Zoom automatically invites all course participants. Moodle creates calendar ...

If you are using a iOS or Android tablet to write on screen during a lecture, you may want to “mirror” it to a laptop or the podium computer to project overhead and record what you are projecting using Panopto. However, can be difficul...

  In Zoom, you can add a secondary camera feed using the Screen Share menu. This means you can use a document camera or a DIY solution such as a webcam with a flexible tripod to capture writing on paper; art, music, or lab demos; or anyth...

Find and manage your Zoom meeting and webinar recordings.

Zoom is a web-conferencing platform. We have created articles about the most common Zoom tasks, but Bryn Mawr students, faculty and staff have many other options for learning how to use Zoom.  Zoom's Learning Center houses all of ...