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Zoom for Effective Online Meetings

Before each live online session, Tech Training will provide a Zoom link for live online classes, along with any required class materials.

Zoom is both a practical and convenient tool for scheduling and conducting online meetings. Remote team members can easily use Zoom for interactive and productive meetings.

This session for Zoom beginners discusses and describes various key Zoom features that are frequently used for conducting effective meetings. Discover how to easily facilitate remote communications, interaction among meeting participants and the sharing of information and documents while using Zoom.

Topics covered in this online session include:

  • Overview -- What is Zoom?
  • Logging in with your Stanford account from a browser or the Zoom app
  • Updating your Zoom Profile
  • Your Personal Meeting ID and Meeting Link
  • Scheduling a meeting
  • Meeting settings
  • Tips for conducting and interacting in a meeting
    • Audio/Video setting
    • Virtual backgrounds
    • Managing the participant list
    • Navigating the chat -- Public vs. Private
    • Screen sharing and annotation
  • Meeting etiquette
  • Meeting recording
    • View / download / share recording of meeting
    • View / update captions provided by Zoom
Don Cameron

Don Cameron

Don is the Instructional Design lead in Technology Training, and has been at Stanford since 1998. He teaches collaboration and communication classes, along with courses on Google Apps, Smartsheet, and survey design.

Custom training workshops are available for this program

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University IT Technology Training sessions are available to a wide range of participants, including Stanford University staff, faculty, students, and employees of Stanford Hospitals & Clinics, such as Stanford Health Care, Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley, Stanford Medicine Partners, and Stanford Medicine Children's Health.

Additionally, some of these programs are open to interested individuals not affiliated with Stanford, allowing for broader community engagement and learning opportunities.