The recent lockdown during the Covid-19 outbreak has put billions of people cornered in their own homes. The situation wasn’t that favorable for working class too. Apart from some network issues, keeping in touch with clients and co-workers was next big task every employee was facing. Not only that students were also in a need to get their trainings online somehow.
In such a scenario, video conferencing apps have come as a great relief. It has offered numerous useful features including audio & video calls, screen recording, call records, and more. While a lot of these apps are used by different users around the world, the one such app is Zoom that has attracted majority of users.
What is Zoom?
Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing platform. You can use this powerful video conferencing software to perform numerous tasks including video meetings, webinars, screen record with sound, audio conferencing, live chats, meetings recordings, and more.
Zoom Meeting
When you host a video conferencing meeting using Zoom platform, it is called Zoom Meeting. Here, you can join Zoom Meeting through phone or webcam. In addition to that there is Zoom Room that requires physical hardware setup to launch Zoom Meetings.
These Zoom Meetings could be joined by remote and co-located meeting attendees. Above all, you don’t require having Zoom account to attend these meetings. You can attend these meetings in-person, via phone, through video conferencing camera or webcam.
How does Zoom Meeting work?
To get started, you need to select the right plan for your team. Zoom offers multiple plans to select from including Zoom Free, Zoom Pro, Zoom Business, and Zoom Enterprise to fulfill all needs. You can find these plans here.
Now that you have selected one of the suitable planes, download the Zoom software on your desktop or mobile. Sign-up for their account, if you are settings up a Zoom Room, you would additionally require to download “Zoom Rooms for Conference Room”.
Next is to sync Zoom Meetings to your calendar. It will help you schedule a Zoom Meeting that will appear on your calendar. Attendees can join the meeting from here. You can check this document to see how to sync calendar for Zoom Meetings.
Schedule a Zoom Meeting
Now that you are ready to schedule a Zoom Meeting, you can do it using your calendar client or using Zoom app. To do this, follow below mentioned steps:
Click on ‘New Meeting’ or ‘Schedule’ option.
On the next page, you need to edit the meeting details such as schedule a recurring meeting, setting a password, selecting calendar to sync, etc. Once you are done editing, click on Schedule button to schedule a Zoom Meeting.
Once you are in a Zoom Meeting, you can access various features of the app. It includes tweaking video & microphone settings, chatting with other meeting participants, screen record with audio, invite other participants, share screen, record meeting, and more.
How to join Zoom Meeting?
Prerequisites
• You would require 9,10, or 11-digit meeting ID
• If you are joining using telephone, you would require the teleconferencing number provided in the invite.
On Windows and Mac
Launch the Zoom desktop client.
Now you can join the scheduled Zoom meeting via one of these methods:
• Tap ‘Join a Meeting’ button to join meeting without signing in.
• Sign in to Zoom then click Join.
Enter the meeting ID and also mention your display name.
Here you can choose one of the options to connect with audio and/or video and click Join.
On Android & iOS
Download and launch the Zoom app.
Join meeting using one of these options:
• To join meeting without signing in, click on Join a Meeting button.
• Sign in to Zoom and click on Join button.
Enter the meeting ID and your display name.
Connect audio and/or video if you want and click Join Meeting.
Conclusion
Zoom offers an interactive solution to join & schedule meetings online. You can use this powerful video conferencing platform to stay in touch with your colleagues and people you care. Using its advanced features, you can take the maximum benefit of this popular platform. Do try Zoom Meeting and share your experience in the comments below.
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