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− | === The practical way: Give | + | === The practical way: Give your host key === |
This method seems to work for free accounts and beyond, and is quite simple: | This method seems to work for free accounts and beyond, and is quite simple: | ||
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|[[file:20200324-1232.png|thumb|If desired, you can later change your host key, at the same page as where you found it (it's hidden behind that pop-up thingy)]] | |[[file:20200324-1232.png|thumb|If desired, you can later change your host key, at the same page as where you found it (it's hidden behind that pop-up thingy)]] | ||
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+ | == Marathon meeting == | ||
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+ | Could you schedule a meeting with no end time, where anybody can just enter? Like a ''marathon meeting''? | ||
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+ | Well, not directly, as the limit of the duration of a meeting is 23 hours and 45 minutes. | ||
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+ | But you can get close, by simply making it a recurrent meeting, or restart the meeting every day around the same time. | ||
== Sources == | == Sources == | ||
* https://zoom.us/ | * https://zoom.us/ |
Versie van 24 mrt 2020 14:26
Zoom is a platform for online meetings. Zoom is really easy. Especially if you have experience with Skype or WebEx, you might be pleasantly surprised to come across a solution that just works.
Installation
Zoom is available for pretty much any platform:
- As an app, called the Zoom Client, for Windows, Mac and Linux
- As an extension for Chrome and Firefox webbrowsers
- As a mobile app for Android and Apple mobile phones and tablets.
Go to https://zoom.us/download for downloads.
How to join a meeting
To join a Zoom meeting, you need:
- A Zoom Meeting ID, consisting of nine or ten figures, like
123-456-789
or123-456-7890
- Sometimes a Zoom Password
- Naturally, the day and time that the meeting takes place
- The app or plugin installed on your computer or mobile device
- A microphone and headphone (or loudspeakers) on your device.
No zoom account needed
You can create a free Zoom account, but you don't have to: You can participate in meetings without an account. That's good news:
- It makes it just a bit easier to participate in meetings
- It enhances privacy.
Meeting ID, Password & URL
Zoom Meeting ID & Zoom Password are often incorporated in a Zoom URL, like
https://zoom.us/j/123219123?pwd=NUdTbmt1cUt6VmZxN3liR29SMGZ12345
When following this link, Zoom will open in your browser (provided you have a Zoom plugin installed).
Alternatively, Meeting ID and password can be provided seperately, like
* Meeting ID: 123 219 123 * Password: BlubBlub
In this case, open the Zoom app on your device, or go to https://zoom.us/join
in your browser, and enter the Meeting ID.
Be early
Meetings usually "open" some 15 minutes before the official starting time. Some reasons to make use of that extra time:
- The Host has to let people into the meeting by clicking on a button. When the meeting has already started, the host is busy with hosting the meeting, and letting people in, becomes a hassle
- Participants often forget to give themselves a name, so you may have some people in a meeting called "Galaxy" or "Android". The host can rename these people, but that takes name. Therefore again this is best done before the actual meeting starts
- Use the time to check your microphone, headphone and video.
Headphones vs. Loudspeakers
The trouble with loudspeakers is, that they may cause feedback: The sound from the loudspeakers are picked up by the microphone, send again to the loudspeakers, picked up again by the microphone, etc. Before you know it, you just have a wall of sound.
With a headset, you don't have this issue. So do yourself and others a favor, and get a headset (if you didn't have one yet). Changes are, that the headset for your Android mobile phone, will also work on your computer.
Mute!
You can easily recognise the veterans in online meetings: They are the folks that never have their microphone activated when they aren't speaking.
It often takes a bit of time to get this habit, but it is really usefull:
- It's quite annoying for others to have to listen to your noice or whatever
- It also makes you look not as smart as you really are.
Zoom makes it really easy to mute and unmute:
- Keyboard:
Alt a
(Command a
on Apple?) - Mouse: Click the microphone icon left in the Shortcut Bar.
Additionally, the Host can mute/unmute everyone at once with Alt m
Video?
Video is a nice extra, but by no means necessary, and surely not mandatory. Only use video when you are comfortable with it.
How to start a meeting
- Create a Zoom account (or use somebody's else's account)
- With creating a Zoom account, you automatically get a 'default meeting', like
https://zoom.us/j/3860386123
- Anyone to whom you give this URL, can join you in your meeting, as long as you are there. Since it's your account, you're the so-called host, which means you have several superpowers - When you start with a free Zoom account (called Zoom Basic), there are two limitations:
- Meetings can have max. 100 participants
- meetings with 3 or more participants, are limited to 40 minutes
- When Zoom Basic is too limited for you, you can upgrade to various paid plans. Amongst others, you can pay with PayPal.
Parts of Zoom
Most of the stuff in this chapter is only relevant if you want to be a really, really good chair. If you just want to participate in a meeting, you can dispense with all of this.
Main Window
The Main Window is where you usually spend most of your time during a meeting. Some parts that usually live here:
- Gallery View: Video feeds of participants
- Speaker View: Video feed of the speaker, maybe combined with some video feeds of participants
- Shared Desktop
- Whiteboard
The Main Window can be a split screen with various objects - Really handy!
Shortcut Bar
- Zoom has a desktop share or screen share function, where you can choose which part of your desktop is shared - really handy!
- When sharing your screen (e.g., to share literature), for people who join through a mobile phone, stuff is still readible, as they can zoom in.
Participants list
The Shortcut Bar has a link Participants. When you click on it, a separate windows opens with a list of all participants, with several attributes. For business meetings, this list is indispensable. In large meetings, I would move this window to a separate computer screen.
The Participants List can be merged with the Main Window.
Invite button
The Invite Button in the Shortcut bar produces a text like this, ready to be texted or emailed:
Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/123219123?pwd=NUdTbmt1cUt6VmZxN3liR29SMGZ12345 Meeting ID: 123 219 123 Password: BlubBlub One tap mobile +13462487799,,123219456# US (Houston) +16699006833,,123219456# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 123 219 123 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/123DHxoBs
Some other functions
Record
- Only participants with the record privilege can record the Main Windows of the meeting, including audio
- A sign Recording will be displayed on all participants' screens - So no secret recordings.
Host
A meeting has a Host, usually the person who started the meeting. The Host has various functions that others don't have, like muting participants.
Keyboard shortcuts
Keyboard shortcuts seem to differ from platform to platform.
Default keyboard shortcuts according to Zoom:
Shortcut | Description |
---|---|
Ctrl \ | Always show meeting controls |
Alt v | Start/stop video |
Alt a | Mute/unmute my audio |
Alt m | Mute/unmute audio for everyone except host (host-only shortcut) |
Alt s | Start/stop Desktop Sharing |
Alt t | Pause/resume Desktop Sharing |
Alt r | Start/stop local recording |
Alt c | Start/stop cloud recording |
Alt p | Pause/resume recording |
Alt n | Switch camera |
Esc | Enter/exit full screen mode |
Alt u | Show/hide Participants Panel |
Alt i | Open the Invite Window |
Alt y | Raise/lower your hand |
Alt Shift r | Begin remote control |
Alt Shift g | Revoke/give up remote control permission |
Alt Shift t | Make a screenshot |
Ctrl w | Close current chat session |
Esc | Close the Participants Pane or Chat Window (when they have the focus) |
Verified keyboard shortcuts on Linux (Ubuntu, March 2020):
Shortcut | Description |
---|---|
Alt a | Mute/unmute my audio |
Alt s | Start/stop Desktop Sharing |
Alt u | Show/hide Participants Panel |
Alt i | Open the Invite Window |
? | Raise/lower your hand |
Alt h | Show/hide chat window |
It would be quite handy if you manage a Zoom-account, and could schedule for other people. E.g., when your the IT gal of a company, and you're scheduling meetings for others on the company's Zoom-account.
The impossible way: Add users on your account
When you schedule a meeting on a non-free account, you have the possibility to add alternate hosts. However, these alternative hosts need to be part of your account, like they are some kind of sub-account. Even then, I couldn't get it to work. Worse: I couldn't schedule any meeting anymore, because of this 'illegal' alternate hosts, which I couldn't delete anymore.
When I finally succeeded in deleting that alternative hosts from this account (it was a payed account from a friend, and my free account was the alternative host), it turned out that I lost my own Zoom-account.
The practical way: Give your host key
This method seems to work for free accounts and beyond, and is quite simple:
Marathon meeting
Could you schedule a meeting with no end time, where anybody can just enter? Like a marathon meeting?
Well, not directly, as the limit of the duration of a meeting is 23 hours and 45 minutes.
But you can get close, by simply making it a recurrent meeting, or restart the meeting every day around the same time.