Leading Engaging Zoom Meetings

Master energizing online meetings with Zoom tools such as screen sharing, whiteboard, annotation, and breakout rooms to boost participation, attendance, and results by adjusting settings and applying best practices.

Set up essential Zoom host settings before meetings, including waiting room, chat controls, co-host, polling, always show meeting control toolbar, screen sharing, annotation, whiteboard, breakout rooms, and nonverbal feedback.

Learn to share screens in Zoom meetings, using screen, whiteboard, iPad with a plugin, or a second camera, and enhance with sharing computer sound, music, and file sharing.

Learn to use the whiteboard in Zoom to engage participants by drawing, annotating, and saving collaborative ideas with tools like text, shapes, arrows, stamps, and spotlight.

Enable annotation in Zoom to boost engagement by inviting attendees to annotate your screen with text, drawing, and stamps, while you tailor the presentation based on their feedback.

Learn to engage participants with Zoom polls: hosts launch and edit polls, attendees vote, and you use anonymous or tracked responses, view results, compare polls, and print reports.

Discover how to pre-assign and manage breakout rooms in Zoom, including CSV templates, automatic or manual assignments, participant selection, and host timing controls to keep meetings on track.

Use the whiteboard in breakout rooms to brainstorm with text, drawing, highlighting, and saving as PNG for sharing back in the main room.

Manage breakout rooms as host with broadcast messages, monitor participants, and join rooms to offer guidance; use ask for help to respond to queries and inject fun into meetings.