Learning Zoom from Scratch

Preview and optimize your Zoom video by selecting the camera, adjusting aspect ratio, enabling low light and brightness controls, and mirroring or touch-up appearance before joining a meeting.

Learn how to configure Zoom audio settings, test speakers and microphones, adjust volume, enable auto join audio, and manage background noise, ringtone, and headset sync for clear meetings.

Start a Zoom meeting by clicking new meetings, join with computer audio, manage mic and video, and access participants, chat, whiteboard, invites others, and meeting ID and passcode.

Learn to manage Zoom meetings using the waiting room by sharing the meeting id and password, inviting participants, and admitting or removing attendees to secure access.

Explore the host interface in Zoom, controlling meeting security, chat, participants, screen sharing, recording, waiting room, reactions, and whiteboard to manage the meeting flow.

Enter the meeting ID, set your display name, and choose to join with audio and/or video before entering a case-sensitive password and waiting room admission.

Explore the Zoom participant interface, including unmute and start video, view and pin participants, raise hand, chat with host permission, and host-controlled recording and screen sharing.

Enable personal meeting ID (PMI) for frequent meetings, copy the ID or invitation, adjust password and waiting room, and keep a fixed ID by using PMI settings.

Learn host controls in Zoom: manage participants' video and microphone settings, configure personal meeting ID and password, and adjust waiting room and entry options.

Learn how to use zoom's raise hand feature to request attention, show the hand icon in host and participant views, and manage unmuting and lowering hands.

Learn to share your screen in zoom, select windows or portions, share a window, and optimize for video playback with computer audio, second camera, or PowerPoint as a virtual background.

Master classic Zoom whiteboard tools during a screen share, drawing shapes, adding text, stamps, arrows, and highlights, with color, font, and eraser options, then save or clear drawings.

Learn how to access Zoom's new whiteboard, create and save boards, set edit permissions, and use drawing tools, text, shapes, sticky notes, and real-time collaboration.

Learn how to request and gain remote control during screen sharing in Zoom, including sending a request, receiving prompts to grant or restrict access, and interacting with the shared computer.

Learn how to share a window or entire screen in a Zoom meeting, prompt a remote access request, approve it, and manage remote control and stopping share.

Begin recording by pressing the record button, then pause, resume, or stop as needed. End the meeting to convert and save the recordings as viewable video files on your computer.

Explore Zoom meeting record settings to choose storage locations, save after meetings, export audio per participant, show names and timestamps, and optimize for editors while handling screen sharing and backups.

Learn how to schedule Zoom meetings by using the schedule button, setting title, date, start time, and duration, choosing recurring options, meeting IDs, waiting room, calendars, and optional auto recording.

Learn how to edit scheduled Zoom meetings by opening the meetings tab, adjusting time and date, generating a new meeting ID and passcode, toggling the waiting room, and saving updates.

Enable nonverbal feedbacks in meeting basics to access reactions and communicate non-verbally, using yes, no, slow down, speed up, away, and back.

Learn how to enable and manage breakout rooms in Zoom, including turning on advanced meeting settings, assigning participants automatically or manually, and returning to the main session.

Learn how to manage zoom waiting room security, approve or block participants, and enable or disable the waiting room from desktop app and web settings.

Explore advanced screen sharing in Zoom, including loading PowerPoint as a virtual background, sharing portions of the screen, and controlling multi-participant sharing with audio and video.

Learn to annotate while sharing your screen in Zoom, turning on annotation during screen share to highlight areas. Clear drawings with the dustbin and continue with your usual tasks.

In the chat, attach files from your computer or a cloud service, then open and send the selected file, or sign into Zoom to share cloud storage like Dropbox.

Copy the Zoom meeting link and paste it into a browser. Join from your browser to access the meeting, test mic and video, and await host admission.

Learn to present a PowerPoint as a virtual background in Zoom by sharing your screen, selecting PowerPoint in advanced sharing options, and framing your video while you navigate slides.

Learn to manage Zoom chat as a host by adjusting chat previews, choosing who can chat (everyone or specific members), saving chats, sending files and emojis, and limiting participant chat.

Learn to customize Zoom with accessibility settings, including captions, display size to 200%, font size, and transcripts. See how to enable alerts, screen reader notes, and restore defaults.

Learn how to use the host key to claim host controls when the original host is absent and manage meeting settings, including personal meeting ID and joining options.

Learn to customize your Zoom background and effects, including blur, videos, images, and avatars, with filters, studio effects, and green screen support.

Schedule a Zoom meeting from the website by entering the topic, description, date, and time, with options like password and waiting room. Save, add to calendars, and edit or delete.

Learn how to extend Zoom by integrating apps with the app marketplace, adding and managing tools like live transcriptions and note taking extensions.

Learn to add zoom contacts by inviting others via email, manage contact requests, accept invitations, and connect with external contacts to chat and start meetings.

Learn how to chat in Zoom by messaging contacts and starting conversations without a meeting, using formatting, replies, reactions, share, bookmark, delete, unfollow, and mark unread.

Learn how to format chat text in zoom, including italic, underline, strike, color and size changes, add clickable links, and create bullet, numbered, paragraph, and quote formats with quick options.

Learn how to capture and annotate screenshots in Zoom chat, add arrows and text, hide the chat window, and attach files from cloud services or your computer for quick sharing.

Record and send voice messages in Zoom chat, then capture, review, and send video messages using your camera, with options to retake, cancel, and view full screen.

Learn to enhance messages in Zoom by using emojis and gifs from Giphy, including searching for emojis, changing skin tones, saved emojis, and attaching gifs to chats.

Use the more actions menu in chat to add members, search messages, and view profile info. Access files, whiteboards, and bookmarks, and manage notifications, blocking, and deleting contacts in Zoom.

Enable sharing programming code in chat by using code snippets, access settings, paste and wrap code, and send HTML or other languages with line numbers.

Create Zoom channels by pressing plus button, name channel, choose public or private, add members, and set posting permissions; external users can join per policy, indicated by the lock icon.

See your single channel on the left, and when someone adds you to a channel, you are directly added and start receiving messages.

Learn how to create and join channel group calls in Zoom from scratch, starting a group meeting with or without video, and enabling direct join for multiple members.

Install the Zoom Chrome extension in a chromium-based browser, sign in with Google, and create Zoom meetings directly from Google Calendar with attachments and templates.

Learn to record Zoom meetings using a Chrome extension, install and pin the record Zoom meeting plugin, and share your screen on the web Zoom session to capture the recording.

Create and manage notes inside Zoom, format text with font, size, italics, underline, and highlight; organize with headings, bullets, checklists, alignment, add links, images, and share via link or email.

Learn to create, share, and manage Zoom whiteboards using templates, view and sort them by creation date, and restore or delete items from trash.

Learn essential Zoom features: conduct, join, schedule meetings, share screens, chat, manage contacts, connect apps, and use whiteboards.