What is Zoom?

Zoom is a cloud-based meeting platform that provides video, audio, and screen sharing options across multiple platforms, including mobile. You can join any Zoom meeting by clicking the meeting URL, or by entering the meeting ID into the Zoom Web Portal, the desktop app, or mobile app.  Conestoga provides Zoom web conference software for staff, faculty, and students for teaching and collaboration purposes.

Features

• Full video conferencing functionality
• Up to 300 attendees per session
  
• Screen and application sharing
• Support for Android and iOS mobile platforms
• Single sign-on integration (Use Conestoga account credentials)
• Record and share meetings
  
• Integration with email/calendar/browser applications

Support Information for Students, Staff, and Faculty

Zoom Quick Start Guide (PDF)

Scheduling A Meeting

• We recommend that you schedule meetings in the Zoom meetings web interface.

 

Sharing Meeting Links

How to post your Zoom link in eConestoga

 

Hosting a Meeting

 

 

Joining a Meeting

 

• Learn more about how to join Zoom meetings from different devices.
  
• Windows / MacOS / Linux / Android / iOS / Web browser / Zoom messaging / Telephone
  

Sharing your Screen

• Sharing your screen in a meeting
• You can also share a whiteboard and annotate on the screen during a Zoom meeting.
  

 

 

Breakout Rooms

 

• If you're interested in pre-assigning breakout rooms, you can learn more about how to do this.
• Use this template .csv file to be able to pre-assign the groups.
  
• Zoom Blog article: "All You Need to Know About Using Zoom Breakout Rooms"
  

Using Polls

 

• Generating Meeting Reports for Registration and Polling
  

Using Recordings

• By default, all Conestoga accounts have captioning enabled for cloud recordings.  It is recommended to use the Record to the Cloud option.
  

 

• If you choose to record locally, you will then need to upload your video to a streaming service in order to share.
  

 

Generating Reports

• You can generate reports on attendance and poll responses in Zoom.
  

 

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