Zoom Video Communications

Software/tool

App

 Website

Video conferencing

Digital communication 

Digital collaboration

Online learning and behaviour monitoring 

Collaborative learning online 

Screencasting 

Creation and editing of video

Planning (calendar) 

Methodology of using the resource/ tool

Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing platform that can be used for video conferencing meetings, audio conferencing, webinars, meeting recordings, and live chat.

Zoom videoconferencing platform can be used for organizing and implementing distance teaching and learnning activities, where teachers and students can communicate sinchronously.

In order to use this tool teachers and students should access zoom software using web application or download the software to computer (this is advisable for better program operation).

Teacher should schedule lessons meeting time and provide the invitation links to students throught their communication channels: email, virtual learning environments, messenger, etc.

Zoom can be synchronized with the calendar: do this, when you’re signed into Zoom, navigate to “Settings,” then “Meetings,” then “Synced Calendars.” Then, toggle on “Sync Zoom Meetings from Calendars,” and tap to select the calendars you want to sync with Zoom.

Teachers are able to record the lessons and usit for any other needed lessons.

Zoom platform has a chat panel, where students can ask questions or answering teacher questions. Teacher can stimulate student activity by asking questions or asking to show the reactions.

Zoom account for school  is paid version, so the platform could be used with all it‘s features and video confrerencing sessions would be implemented with required duration without interruption. Students can use free version.

• Zoom’s video-conferencing app can stream high-quality HD video and audio
• Participants can share their video and stop sharing 
• Participants can join with audio and turn off their audio

• • Individual Zoom meetings are all password-protected and require a password to enter
  • Meeting sheduling, meetings can be synchronized with the calendars
  • Waiting room – meeting host can put participants that attempt to join the meeting into a waiting room and admit participants (one at a time or all together)
  • Meetings can be recorded locally to computer or to cloud (paid)
  • Assign permission settings: host  can change in-meeting permissions as well, enabling or disabling participants from sharing their screen, using chat, renaming themselves, and unmuting themselves
  • Touch Up My Appearance: can be used to automatically retouch your video display with a soft focus. This helps smooth out the skin tone of your face and provides a more polished look while on video.
  • Chat: instant messaging, non-verbal ways of communicating, this can be used effectively during meetings for participants to communicate without interrupting the presenter.
• File sharing: in-meeting file transfer lets you send files to other meeting participants during the meeting using the meeting chat. You can also send files via chat directly to a single user or a group

• • Search chat: feature lets you easily find parts of a conversation or files that have been shared. This can really help with navigating chat to find instructions you’ve been given, files that have been shared with you, and other specifics you need to find quickly.
  • Contact channels (chat groups): you create groups of contacts that can be public or private. It can be used to quickly join an instant meeting with those invitees.
  • Virtual hand-raising: the virtual hand-raising feature lets participant to raise hand to alert the meeting host or speaker that they would like to speak.
  • Polls: feature is available during meetings, and lets participants vote on a poll created by the host. Create a single choice or multiple choice question to poll participants on the meeting. You can even download a polling report after the meeting is done. Anonymous polls can be conducted to keep poll participants’ results anonymous.
  • Breakout Rooms: this feature can be used can be used during a meeting to create smaller rooms for the meeting participants for egxample for group work.
• Whiteboarding: this lets you share a whiteboard that can be used by the host and – with permission – participants to annotate. This is an ideal tool for brainstorming as a group and collaborating on ideas together. Annotation tools let the host and participants use the whiteboard together. You can also share multiple whiteboards at once when sharing multiple screens.
• Multi-share: participants can share their screens simultaneously during a meeting, using the share screen function for multiple screens. Hosts will need to allow this for participants in the meeting, which helps them control and manage who is able to do this. To get the most from this feature, you will want to enable dual monitor options in the client settings.

Need software instalation

Web-based

Windows

MAC

Linux

Desktop

Tablet

Mobile

Synchronous learning

Privacy and security politics

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Free

Paid

https://zoom.us/pricing