Commonly Used Controls in Zoom

Manage Participants: As the host of a class/meeting, you can manage participants such as renaming, muting, stopping video and other controls for participants.

Video On/Off: Once in a meeting, you can turn your video on by clicking the “Start Video” icon on the bottom left of your screen. To turn it off, click the “Stop Video” icon. For more, visit: 

Muting: To ensure minimal background noise during your Zoom meeting, it is recommended that you mute everyone on the call when they’re not talking. To do this, click on the Participants icon at the bottom of your screen click Mute All in the side panel.

Using Chat: Meeting participants can ask questions during a Zoom Meeting via the meeting chat. Start by clicking the “Chat” icon on the bottom right of your screen. Once the chat panel will open up on the right, you can view and respond to all public chats.

• Use the three dots to choose whether you want to send messages to all meeting attendees or the host
  privately.

• Private chats will not be visible to the host. Visit this resource to control and disable in-meeting chat.

Sharing Screen: Click the “Share Screen” icon at the bottom of your screen to share your desktop. If you’d like to share specific windows or applications, you can choose to do so from the dialog box.

Sharing Documents via Chat: You may have additional files or items you stumble on during class you will want to share with students.

Using the Whiteboard: Use the whiteboard to work through problems or create collaborative ind maps. Students can use annotation to highlight items you’re sharing.

Annotate While Sharing Your Screen: This option will bring up a new toolbar with a variety of ways to doodle or point to particular items on your screen. When you want everyone in your meeting to focus on your screen, you can use the spotlight, highlighter, pen, or arrow.

Checking Attendance: You can generate reports on who attended specific meetings and for how long. Log in to zoom.uga.edu and sign in. Select the reports menu item on the left and filter according to your needs.

Polling: Engage the in-person and virtual students in polling activities.

Breakout Rooms: Engage students in small group discussion activities via breakout rooms. These can be quick think-pair-share activities where they address concepts or problems, role-play scenarios, discussions on solutions to challenging situations.