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š§āāļø Top 20 Zoom Tips & Tricks
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In this step-by-step tutorial, learn the top 20 best tips and tricks in Zoom Video Conferencing. For example, create your own custom virtual background, have your video appear over PowerPoint slides, use video filters and effects, spotlight your mouse cursor, and many more.
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0:00 Introduction
0:20 Custom virtual background
1:41 PowerPoint as virtual background
2:58 Green screen for virtual background
4:19 Touch up appearance
4:51 Adjust for low light
5:31 Video filters & studio effects
6:36 Enable original sound from microphone
8:08 Transcribe meeting using otter.ai
9:41 Press and hold space bar to unmute
10:13 Shortcut keys
11:11 Share phone screen
12:24 Share multiple windows
13:16 Whiteboard
13:50 Spotlight mouse cursor
14:16 Annotation tools
14:56 Waiting room
15:53 Breakout rooms
16:53 Nonverbal feedback
17:35 Calendar integration with Gmail
18:20 End-to-end encryption
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214.506, 'duration': 1.2}, {'end': 218.247, 'text': 'i have this green screen to see how it compares.', 'start': 215.706, 'duration': 2.541}, {'end': 219.327, 'text': "i've now turned on.", 'start': 218.247, 'duration': 1.08}, {'end': 220.868, 'text': 'i have a green screen and look at this.', 'start': 219.327, 'duration': 1.541}, {'end': 227.971, 'text': "you see a lot more detail around my head and also when i hold my hand up, you don't get that weird artifact between my fingers,", 'start': 220.868, 'duration': 7.103}, {'end': 231.892, 'text': 'because all the software needs to do is look for green and remove the background.', 'start': 227.971, 'duration': 3.921}, {'end': 239.015, 'text': "when you don't have a solid green background, it's pretty computationally intensive for your computer to identify the background and remove it.", 'start': 231.892, 'duration': 7.123}, {'end': 242.416, 'text': "So especially with fine details, it just doesn't do as good of a job.", 'start': 239.075, 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Well, go down to the video camera in the bottom left-hand corner, click on this up arrow and then let's choose video filters.", 'start': 338.938, 'duration': 7.887}, {'end': 350.99, 'text': "This drops me in video filters and let's take a look at what we can do.", 'start': 347.285, 'duration': 3.705}, {'end': 354.255, 'text': 'First off, we can adjust the color of our video.', 'start': 351.09, 'duration': 3.165}, {'end': 357.76, 'text': 'Along with adjusting the color, I can also adjust the theme.', 'start': 354.675, 'duration': 3.085}], 'summary': 'Zoom offers video filters and effects for fun, accessed through the video camera button and up arrow, enabling color and theme adjustments.', 'duration': 26.128, 'max_score': 331.632, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc331632.jpg'}, {'end': 471.41, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 447.452, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 454.477, 'text': "Now, why wouldn't you just do this for every meeting? Well, when you use the original sound, it requires more computational power.", 'start': 447.452, 'duration': 7.025}, {'end': 457.44, 'text': 'It requires more bandwidth and resources from your computer.', 'start': 454.577, 'duration': 2.863}, {'end': 464.185, 'text': "So use it when maybe you're playing music or maybe when you're talking to mom and you want her to hear your voice really clearly.", 'start': 457.8, 'duration': 6.385}, {'end': 469.129, 'text': 'Back on the main screen here now, I have a button for turn original sound on.', 'start': 464.485, 'duration': 4.644}, {'end': 471.41, 'text': "Let's do a quick test to hear what the difference is.", 'start': 469.249, 'duration': 2.161}], 'summary': 'Using original sound requires more computational power and bandwidth, but is beneficial for clearer voice transmission during music or important conversations.', 'duration': 23.958, 'max_score': 447.452, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc447452.jpg'}, {'end': 547.25, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 517.089, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 520.631, 'text': "Once your recording is all done, let's go down and click on stop recording.", 'start': 517.089, 'duration': 3.542}, {'end': 524.033, 'text': "Once the meeting's over, we'll get the output of the recording.", 'start': 521.032, 'duration': 3.001}, {'end': 524.854, 'text': "Let's end the meeting.", 'start': 524.134, 'duration': 0.72}, {'end': 530.283, 'text': 'Once you finish your meeting, head to the website otter.ai.', 'start': 526.241, 'duration': 4.042}, {'end': 536.386, 'text': 'Within otter.ai, you get 600 free minutes of transcription every 31 days.', 'start': 530.643, 'duration': 5.743}, {'end': 539.467, 'text': 'You can also transcribe up to three different files.', 'start': 536.686, 'duration': 2.781}, {'end': 543.048, 'text': "On otter.ai, let's click on the button that says import.", 'start': 539.967, 'duration': 3.081}, {'end': 547.25, 'text': 'Here now we can drag and drop our Zoom audio file into here.', 'start': 543.429, 'duration': 3.821}], 'summary': 'Otter.ai offers 600 free transcription minutes every 31 days and allows transcribing up to three files.', 'duration': 30.161, 'max_score': 517.089, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc517089.jpg'}, {'end': 629.988, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 604.801, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 609.925, 'text': "then you could provide your response and once you're all done, let go of the space bar and then you're automatically muted again.", 'start': 604.801, 'duration': 5.124}, {'end': 613.168, 'text': 'shortcut keys and zoom.', 'start': 612.026, 'duration': 1.142}, {'end': 617.753, 'text': 'Tip number 10, there are a lot more shortcut keys than just the space bar.', 'start': 613.308, 'duration': 4.445}, {'end': 623.48, 'text': "To access your shortcut keys, let's go down to the microphone, click on the up arrow, and then click on audio settings.", 'start': 618.053, 'duration': 5.427}, {'end': 629.267, 'text': "This opens up the settings dialog, and at the very bottom, there's the option for keyboard shortcuts.", 'start': 623.941, 'duration': 5.326}, {'end': 629.988, 'text': "Let's click on that.", 'start': 629.307, 'duration': 0.681}], 'summary': 'Zoom offers a variety of shortcut keys, including those for muting and unmuting, accessible through the audio settings.', 'duration': 25.187, 'max_score': 604.801, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc604801.jpg'}], 'start': 251.598, 'title': 'Zoom video settings and tips', 'summary': 'Covers tips for using zoom video settings, including touch-up appearance, adjusting for low light, smoothening skin, and improving illumination, as well as 10 practical tips for maximizing the zoom experience, such as applying video filters and effects, improving audio quality, obtaining meeting transcriptions, and utilizing shortcut keys.', 'chapters': [{'end': 331.352, 'start': 251.598, 'title': 'Zoom video settings tips', 'summary': 'Covers tips on using zoom video settings including touch-up appearance and adjusting for low light, demonstrating the option to smoothen skin and improve illumination.', 'duration': 79.754, 'highlights': ['I can touch up my appearance with a slider to adjust the degree of smoothness, providing a visual demonstration of the effect. (Tip number four)', 'Zoom can automatically adjust for low light, with the option to manually adjust the level of illumination, showing a comparison between the auto and non-auto settings. (Tip number five)']}, {'end': 661.9, 'start': 331.632, 'title': 'Zoom tips and tricks', 'summary': 'Provides 10 practical tips on maximizing the zoom experience, including applying video filters and effects, improving audio quality with original sound, obtaining meeting transcriptions, and utilizing shortcut keys.', 'duration': 330.268, 'highlights': ['You can apply different video filters and effects to your Zoom video, such as adjusting color, theme, and applying Studio Effects like eyebrows and facial hair. By accessing the video filters and Studio Effects options, users can enhance their Zoom video by adjusting color, theme, and applying Studio Effects like eyebrows and facial hair.', 'Enabling original sound from the microphone in Zoom can improve audio quality by providing higher fidelity sound, although it requires more computational power and bandwidth. Enabling original sound from the microphone in Zoom can drastically improve audio quality by providing higher fidelity sound, although it requires more computational power and bandwidth.', 'Users can easily obtain a transcript of their Zoom meeting by recording the meeting, importing the audio file to otter.ai, and accessing the transcript. By recording the meeting, importing the audio file to otter.ai, and accessing the transcript, users can easily obtain a transcript of their Zoom meeting for later reference.', 'Utilizing shortcut keys in Zoom, such as pressing the space bar to temporarily unmute and accessing various keyboard shortcuts, can streamline the user experience. Utilizing shortcut keys in Zoom, such as pressing the space bar to temporarily unmute and accessing various keyboard shortcuts, can streamline the user experience and improve efficiency.']}], 'duration': 410.302, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc251598.jpg', 'highlights': ['Zoom can automatically adjust for low light, with the option to manually adjust the level of illumination, showing a comparison between the auto and non-auto settings. (Tip number five)', 'I can touch up my appearance with a slider to adjust the degree of smoothness, providing a visual demonstration of the effect. (Tip number four)', 'Users can easily obtain a transcript of their Zoom meeting by recording the meeting, importing the audio file to otter.ai, and accessing the transcript. By recording the meeting, importing the audio file to otter.ai, and accessing the transcript, users can easily obtain a transcript of their Zoom meeting for later reference.', 'Utilizing shortcut keys in Zoom, such as pressing the space bar to temporarily unmute and accessing various keyboard shortcuts, can streamline the user experience. Utilizing shortcut keys in Zoom, such as pressing the space bar to temporarily unmute and accessing various keyboard shortcuts, can streamline the user experience and improve efficiency.', 'Enabling original sound from the microphone in Zoom can improve audio quality by providing higher fidelity sound, although it requires more computational power and bandwidth. Enabling original sound from the microphone in Zoom can drastically improve audio quality by providing higher fidelity sound, although it requires more computational power and bandwidth.', 'You can apply different video filters and effects to your Zoom video, such as adjusting color, theme, and applying Studio Effects like eyebrows and facial hair. By accessing the video filters and Studio Effects options, users can enhance their Zoom video by adjusting color, theme, and applying Studio Effects like eyebrows and facial hair.']}, {'end': 1196.011, 'segs': [{'end': 687.531, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 662.22, 'weight': 0, 'content': [{'end': 667.584, 'text': 'What does this mean? Well, when I have Zoom minimized, these shortcut keys still take effect.', 'start': 662.22, 'duration': 5.364}, {'end': 670.766, 'text': 'This is a very quick way to interact and use Zoom.', 'start': 668.004, 'duration': 2.762}, {'end': 675.289, 'text': 'Tip number 11, you can share your phone screen in Zoom.', 'start': 671.006, 'duration': 4.283}, {'end': 679.476, 'text': "You're not just limited to your desktop or a specific window.", 'start': 675.569, 'duration': 3.907}, {'end': 682.662, 'text': 'To share your phone, go down to share screen on the bottom.', 'start': 679.937, 'duration': 2.725}, {'end': 685.667, 'text': "And right here, there's an option for iPhone and iPad.", 'start': 682.782, 'duration': 2.885}, {'end': 687.531, 'text': "Let's click on that and then click on share.", 'start': 685.687, 'duration': 1.844}], 'summary': 'Zoom shortcut keys work even when minimized, share phone screen in zoom with iphone/ipad option.', 'duration': 25.311, 'max_score': 662.22, 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two windows on my desktop.', 'start': 775.458, 'duration': 2.983}], 'summary': 'Demonstration of sharing multiple windows using control key, allowing sharing of any number of windows.', 'duration': 25.619, 'max_score': 752.822, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc752822.jpg'}, {'end': 818.108, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 788.991, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 793.656, 'text': 'If I wanna switch back and forth between various windows, I could simply share all the windows that I wanna share.', 'start': 788.991, 'duration': 4.665}, {'end': 795.838, 'text': 'It gives me a little bit of extra privacy.', 'start': 793.976, 'duration': 1.862}, {'end': 801.941, 'text': 'Tip number 13, you can use a whiteboard to help with brainstorming or to help with your discussion.', 'start': 796.198, 'duration': 5.743}, {'end': 803.982, 'text': 'And this is a pretty easy one to find.', 'start': 801.961, 'duration': 2.021}, {'end': 808.684, 'text': "When you move your mouse, simply click on share screen and there's an option for a whiteboard.", 'start': 804.342, 'duration': 4.342}, {'end': 809.544, 'text': "Let's click on this.", 'start': 808.724, 'duration': 0.82}, {'end': 813.986, 'text': 'This opens up a whiteboard and it truly is just a white background.', 'start': 809.844, 'duration': 4.142}, {'end': 818.108, 'text': 'And here by default, it opens up all of these zoom annotation tools.', 'start': 814.127, 'duration': 3.981}], 'summary': 'Using zoom, share multiple windows for privacy and utilize whiteboard for brainstorming.', 'duration': 29.117, 'max_score': 788.991, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc788991.jpg'}, {'end': 859.836, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 831.754, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 834.956, 'text': "when i'm sharing my screen in zoom or maybe i'm sharing a window.", 'start': 831.754, 'duration': 3.202}, {'end': 840.338, 'text': 'if i want to make it easier for my audience to follow along, i can highlight my mouse cursor.', 'start': 834.956, 'duration': 5.382}, {'end': 841.058, 'text': 'how do we do that?', 'start': 840.338, 'duration': 0.72}, {'end': 845.3, 'text': "well, up above, let's open up all of the sharing tools and then click on annotate.", 'start': 841.058, 'duration': 4.242}, {'end': 848.323, 'text': "Within annotate, there's the option to spotlight.", 'start': 845.7, 'duration': 2.623}, {'end': 849.484, 'text': "Let's click on spotlight.", 'start': 848.363, 'duration': 1.121}, {'end': 856.312, 'text': "Here now you'll see that there's a red circle that appears around my mouse, making it more obvious as to where my mouse is.", 'start': 849.845, 'duration': 6.467}, {'end': 859.836, 'text': "Tip number 15, when you're sharing in Zoom,", 'start': 856.672, 'duration': 3.164}], 'summary': 'In zoom, to help audience follow, highlight mouse cursor by using spotlight feature.', 'duration': 28.082, 'max_score': 831.754, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc831754.jpg'}, {'end': 892.936, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 867.364, 'weight': 3, 'content': [{'end': 874.007, 'text': "When you're sharing your screen, go up to the share controls on top and over on the right hand side, there are annotation tools.", 'start': 867.364, 'duration': 6.643}, {'end': 877.449, 'text': 'When you click on this, this exposes a whole bunch of different tools.', 'start': 874.367, 'duration': 3.082}, {'end': 879.55, 'text': 'You can insert text on your screen.', 'start': 877.789, 'duration': 1.761}, {'end': 881.591, 'text': 'You could also draw on your screen.', 'start': 879.71, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 883.252, 'text': 'You could insert different stamps.', 'start': 881.631, 'duration': 1.621}, {'end': 889.215, 'text': 'You could spotlight, you can erase, and you could format the different colors, the line widths, also the size.', 'start': 883.592, 'duration': 5.623}, {'end': 892.936, 'text': "Once you're all done, you could simply clear it or you could save a copy of it.", 'start': 889.635, 'duration': 3.301}], 'summary': 'Screen sharing allows annotation with text, drawing, stamps, spotlighting, and formatting options; can save or clear annotations.', 'duration': 25.572, 'max_score': 867.364, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc867364.jpg'}, {'end': 942.597, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 902.56, 'weight': 5, 'content': [{'end': 906.04, 'text': 'You as the host have to admit everyone who joins your meeting.', 'start': 902.56, 'duration': 3.48}, {'end': 909.481, 'text': "This way you can't have random people Zoom bomb your meeting.", 'start': 906.38, 'duration': 3.101}, {'end': 914.622, 'text': 'Within the Zoom profile section, click on settings over on the left-hand side.', 'start': 909.901, 'duration': 4.721}, {'end': 920.184, 'text': "Within settings, this is the very first option under security and it's waiting room.", 'start': 914.942, 'duration': 5.242}, {'end': 924.045, 'text': 'Right here, I can toggle waiting room on or I could toggle it off.', 'start': 920.644, 'duration': 3.401}, {'end': 925.605, 'text': "I'm going to turn it on.", 'start': 924.425, 'duration': 1.18}, {'end': 932.27, 'text': "When someone attempts to join my meeting now, they'll get a message saying, please wait, the meeting host will let you in soon.", 'start': 925.925, 'duration': 6.345}, {'end': 938.594, 'text': 'As the meeting host, I see a message on top of my screen telling me that someone is waiting in the waiting room.', 'start': 932.97, 'duration': 5.624}, {'end': 940.615, 'text': 'I could admit them, or I could view.', 'start': 938.754, 'duration': 1.861}, {'end': 942.597, 'text': "Let's try view and see what that looks like.", 'start': 940.716, 'duration': 1.881}], 'summary': 'Enable waiting room in zoom settings to prevent unauthorized access, allowing you to admit participants individually.', 'duration': 40.037, 'max_score': 902.56, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc902560.jpg'}, {'end': 988.404, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 960.328, 'weight': 7, 'content': [{'end': 966.512, 'text': 'What are breakout rooms? Well, in Zoom, you might have a larger meeting and then you can break out into smaller rooms.', 'start': 960.328, 'duration': 6.184}, {'end': 971.795, 'text': "Once you're done with brainstorming or whatever you are doing, you can then all rejoin the larger session.", 'start': 966.752, 'duration': 5.043}, {'end': 975.737, 'text': 'Within your Zoom profile on the left-hand side, click on Settings.', 'start': 972.315, 'duration': 3.422}, {'end': 979.259, 'text': "Within settings, let's search for breakout rooms.", 'start': 976.357, 'duration': 2.902}, {'end': 983.581, 'text': 'Right here, you can see breakout rooms and we can toggle it on.', 'start': 979.939, 'duration': 3.642}, {'end': 988.404, 'text': "Down below, you have the option to assign participants when you're scheduling your meeting.", 'start': 984.101, 'duration': 4.303}], 'summary': 'Zoom breakout rooms allow for smaller group collaboration within larger meetings, and can be toggled on in the settings with the option to assign participants.', 'duration': 28.076, 'max_score': 960.328, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc960328.jpg'}, {'end': 1085.879, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1040.551, 'weight': 8, 'content': [{'end': 1044.574, 'text': "Let's say that the host asks a question and you want all of your attendees to respond.", 'start': 1040.551, 'duration': 4.023}, {'end': 1050.698, 'text': 'Everyone could click on yes, they could click on no, go slower, go faster, and you have many other options as well.', 'start': 1044.974, 'duration': 5.724}, {'end': 1054.98, 'text': 'So now you have lots of ways to get nonverbal feedback from your audience.', 'start': 1051.018, 'duration': 3.962}, {'end': 1059.142, 'text': 'Tip number 19, you can integrate Gmail with Zoom.', 'start': 1055.28, 'duration': 3.862}, {'end': 1062.524, 'text': 'Here, for instance, I have an email that says we need to chat.', 'start': 1059.562, 'duration': 2.962}, {'end': 1067.567, 'text': 'When I click into this email over on the right-hand side, I have an icon for Zoom.', 'start': 1062.564, 'duration': 5.003}, {'end': 1073.47, 'text': 'When I click on this, I can start an immediate meeting or I can also schedule a meeting.', 'start': 1067.947, 'duration': 5.523}, {'end': 1079.294, 'text': "To add Zoom to your Gmail, at the very bottom, there's a plus icon where you can get add-ins.", 'start': 1073.931, 'duration': 5.363}, {'end': 1085.879, 'text': 'When I click on this, this opens up all of the different Gmail add-ins and the very first two options are for Zoom.', 'start': 1079.594, 'duration': 6.285}], 'summary': 'Zoom integration with gmail allows for easy scheduling and immediate meetings.', 'duration': 45.328, 'max_score': 1040.551, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc1040550.jpg'}, {'end': 1133.206, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 1108.595, 'weight': 10, 'content': [{'end': 1116.479, 'text': 'So Zoom has invested heavily into various security features, and you can now use end-to-end encryption for your meetings.', 'start': 1108.595, 'duration': 7.884}, {'end': 1121.802, 'text': "Within settings in security at the bottom, there's now the option to use end-to-end encryption.", 'start': 1116.879, 'duration': 4.923}, {'end': 1123.083, 'text': "Let's turn this on.", 'start': 1122.182, 'duration': 0.901}, {'end': 1127.144, 'text': 'Here now I can choose what the default encryption type is.', 'start': 1123.863, 'duration': 3.281}, {'end': 1133.206, 'text': 'I could use enhanced encryption, which is the default, or now I could turn on end-to-end encryption.', 'start': 1127.544, 'duration': 5.662}], 'summary': 'Zoom offers end-to-end encryption as a new security feature.', 'duration': 24.611, 'max_score': 1108.595, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc1108595.jpg'}], 'start': 662.22, 'title': 'Zoom tips & meeting security', 'summary': 'Covers efficient zoom tips for sharing, such as sharing phone screens and using annotation tools. it also discusses essential meeting security features, including waiting rooms and end-to-end encryption.', 'chapters': [{'end': 902.159, 'start': 662.22, 'title': 'Zoom tips for efficient sharing', 'summary': 'Highlights various efficient tips for zoom, including sharing phone screens, multiple windows, using a whiteboard, and annotation tools, offering a quick and interactive way to make presentations and engage with the audience.', 'duration': 239.939, 'highlights': ['You can share your phone screen in Zoom, not just limited to desktop or a specific window, offering a quick way to connect and share instructions for iPhone and iPad.', 'You can share multiple windows within Zoom by pressing the control key, enabling sharing of any number of windows for enhanced privacy and ease of switching between various windows.', 'You can use a whiteboard to help with brainstorming or discussion, accessible through the share screen option, providing a simple white background with annotation tools and the option to save the image.', 'When sharing in Zoom, you have access to amazing annotation tools such as inserting text, drawing, using different stamps, spotlighting, erasing, and formatting, offering powerful features to enhance audience understanding and engagement.', 'You can highlight your mouse cursor when sharing your screen in Zoom by using the spotlight option within the annotation tools, making it easier for the audience to follow along and understand the points being made.', "When your attendees join your meeting, you can make them wait in a waiting room, providing control over the timing and attendees' access to the meeting."]}, {'end': 1196.011, 'start': 902.56, 'title': 'Zoom meeting security and features', 'summary': 'Covers essential zoom meeting security and features, including enabling waiting room for meeting security, setting up breakout rooms, utilizing nonverbal feedback, integrating gmail with zoom, and enabling end-to-end encryption for secure meetings.', 'duration': 293.451, 'highlights': ['You can enable waiting room feature in Zoom to prevent unauthorized access and Zoom bombing, providing a secure meeting environment. Enabling waiting room ensures that the host has to admit every participant, preventing random people from joining the meeting and enhancing security.', 'You can set up breakout rooms in Zoom for smaller group discussions within a larger meeting, promoting effective collaboration and interaction. Breakout rooms allow for smaller group discussions within a larger meeting, facilitating effective collaboration and interaction among participants.', 'Zoom allows for nonverbal feedback from attendees, providing options such as yes, no, slower, faster, and other responses to gauge participant engagement. The nonverbal feedback feature in Zoom enables attendees to provide responses such as yes, no, slower, faster, and more, enhancing participant engagement and interaction.', 'Integration of Gmail with Zoom allows for seamless creation of meetings from emails, streamlining the scheduling and initiation of Zoom meetings. Integrating Gmail with Zoom enables the seamless creation of meetings from emails, streamlining the scheduling and initiation of Zoom meetings for enhanced productivity.', 'End-to-end encryption in Zoom ensures secure meetings, with the option to verify encryption and require participants to enable the feature for enhanced security. Enabling end-to-end encryption in Zoom ensures secure meetings, with the option to verify encryption and require participants to enable the feature, enhancing meeting security.']}], 'duration': 533.791, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/UEABW3ddZkc/pics/UEABW3ddZkc662220.jpg', 'highlights': ['You can share your phone screen in Zoom, not just limited to desktop or a specific window, offering a quick way to connect and share instructions for iPhone and iPad.', 'You can share multiple windows within Zoom by pressing the control key, enabling sharing of any number of windows for enhanced privacy and ease of switching between various windows.', 'You can use a whiteboard to help with brainstorming or discussion, accessible through the share screen option, providing a simple white background with annotation tools and the option to save the image.', 'When sharing in Zoom, you have access to amazing annotation tools such as inserting text, drawing, using different stamps, spotlighting, erasing, and formatting, offering powerful features to enhance audience understanding and engagement.', 'You can highlight your mouse cursor when sharing your screen in Zoom by using the spotlight option within the annotation tools, making it easier for the audience to follow along and understand the points being made.', "When your attendees join your meeting, you can make them wait in a waiting room, providing control over the timing and attendees' access to the meeting.", 'You can enable waiting room feature in Zoom to prevent unauthorized access and Zoom bombing, providing a secure meeting environment. Enabling waiting room ensures that the host has to admit every participant, preventing random people from joining the meeting and enhancing security.', 'You can set up breakout rooms in Zoom for smaller group discussions within a larger meeting, promoting effective collaboration and interaction. Breakout rooms allow for smaller group discussions within a larger meeting, facilitating effective collaboration and interaction among participants.', 'Zoom allows for nonverbal feedback from attendees, providing options such as yes, no, slower, faster, and other responses to gauge participant engagement. The nonverbal feedback feature in Zoom enables attendees to provide responses such as yes, no, slower, faster, and more, enhancing participant engagement and interaction.', 'Integration of Gmail with Zoom allows for seamless creation of meetings from emails, streamlining the scheduling and initiation of Zoom meetings. Integrating Gmail with Zoom enables the seamless creation of meetings from emails, streamlining the scheduling and initiation of Zoom meetings for enhanced productivity.', 'End-to-end encryption in Zoom ensures secure meetings, with the option to verify encryption and require participants to enable the feature for enhanced security. Enabling end-to-end encryption in Zoom ensures secure meetings, with the option to verify encryption and require participants to enable the feature, enhancing meeting security.']}], 'highlights': ['Enabling end-to-end encryption in Zoom ensures secure meetings, with the option to verify encryption and require participants to enable the feature, enhancing meeting security.', 'Integration of Gmail with Zoom enables the seamless creation of meetings from emails, streamlining the scheduling and initiation of Zoom meetings for enhanced productivity.', 'Zoom allows for nonverbal feedback from attendees, providing options such as yes, no, slower, faster, and other responses to gauge participant engagement.', 'Breakout rooms allow for smaller group discussions within a larger meeting, facilitating effective collaboration and interaction among participants.', 'Enabling waiting room ensures that the host has to admit every participant, preventing random people from joining the meeting and enhancing security.', 'When sharing in Zoom, you have access to amazing annotation tools such as inserting text, drawing, using different stamps, spotlighting, erasing, and formatting, offering powerful features to enhance audience understanding and engagement.', 'You can share multiple windows within Zoom by pressing the control key, enabling sharing of any number of windows for enhanced privacy and ease of switching between various windows.', 'You can share your phone screen in Zoom, not just limited to desktop or a specific window, offering a quick way to connect and share instructions for iPhone and iPad.', 'Utilizing shortcut keys in Zoom, such as pressing the space bar to temporarily unmute and accessing various keyboard shortcuts, can streamline the user experience and improve efficiency.', 'Enabling original sound from the microphone in Zoom can drastically improve audio quality by providing higher fidelity sound, although it requires more computational power and bandwidth.', 'You can apply different video filters and effects to your Zoom video, such as adjusting color, theme, and applying Studio Effects like eyebrows and facial hair.', 'Users can easily obtain a transcript of their Zoom meeting by recording the meeting, importing the audio file to otter.ai, and accessing the transcript.', 'Zoom can automatically adjust for low light, with the option to manually adjust the level of illumination, showing a comparison between the auto and non-auto settings.', 'I can touch up my appearance with a slider to adjust the degree of smoothness, providing a visual demonstration of the effect.', "The software's capability to process fine details is enhanced when a green screen is used, resulting in improved artifact removal and overall background quality.", 'The feature allows repositioning, resizing, and splitting the video on PowerPoint slides, enhancing user control and customization.', 'Tip: Using a green screen for virtual background provides cleaner details and smoother edges, reducing computational intensity and improving background removal.', 'Tip: Creating custom virtual backgrounds Explains the process of creating a custom virtual background using PowerPoint and saving it in compatible formats (JPEG, PNG, BMP).', 'Tip: Using PowerPoint presentations as virtual backgrounds Demonstrates how to use a PowerPoint presentation as a virtual background during Zoom video conferencing.']}