7 secret zoom tips to help you make the most of your meetings

These add-ons and engineering features will take your video meetings and discussions at the next level.


With countless people suddenly working from the house and separated from loved ones because of thecoronavirus pandemic, videoconferencing applications asZoom have become part of everyday life for many of us. However, there is more to the popular video chat service than the eye. In fact, there are ways of Genius to make each meeting and a more efficient and even fun suspension built directly in the platform that even regular users probably do not know. Integrating other applications, you are already using ways to spice you before taking your calls, here are the tips and tricks of zoom you need to know now - and how to use them. For more ways to make the most of these meetings, discover theseThe back and do not make effective video conference.

1
Touch your appearance.

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If you apply makeup, brushing your hair or even daily showers have fallen on the edge of the situation since you started isolating yourself, you are not alone. However, if you still want to look like looking for your zoom meetings, there is an easy way to simulate it.

"You can apply a virtual makeup and make your skin more beautiful by selecting the'Touch my appearance' option Under "video settings", saysEthan Taub, CEO of digital financial companiesGuardian andReady. The functionality softens the focus on your face, which has a flattering effect.

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Note your meeting.

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When you spend the whole day in and short of meetings - especially with the distractions that your home environment adds to the chances of mixing, it is because some details slide through the cracks. Fortunately, there is a practical zoom feature that you can use instead of getting out your laptop.

"It's extremely easy ... to save meetings without using an external application," explainsHAMNA AMJAD, Project Manager at Tech CompanyDSRPT.

To do this, click on "My meeting settings", then on the "Recording" tab. Below you will find an option forActivate local registration. Once you are in the meeting, simply click on "Save on this computer" on your main zoom screen and will allow you to capture the meeting. However, if you are invited from the meeting, you must make sure that the host allows the recording of the screen before the meeting begins to do that. And it's just a good practice to let the rest of the participants in the call you are also registering.

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Make a transcript of your meeting.

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You do not want to look at the game of a meeting that you already sit? "You can get transcripts from your meetings, that is, text files of your audio or video recordings", Note Amjad, which adds that this feature is only available in the paid zoom accounts. In addition, records must be saved in the cloud after the automatic transcription works.

TOHave your transcript zoom meeting, Go to "Cloud Recording" under "Account Settings". In the "Advanced Cloud Recording Settings" menu, click "Audio Transcript" and tap "Save".

Remember that automatic transcription services are not always perfect and may have problems in particular with appropriate names or dense technical terms.

4
Synchronize yourself with your Google calendar.

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If you do most of your team, work via Google, theAdd-on Google Calendar Can help you transparently integrate your zoom calls with your existing schedule.

To do this, simply connect to your Google Admin account or Google Google, go to the GO Suite Suite, go to "Zoom for Google Calendar" and install the complement. And when you return to work at home, you can say goodbye to these5 things you will never see in your office after coronavirus.

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Segment your meeting in breeze rooms.

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Having too many people talking to a zoom call can make it almost impossible to follow what's going on. If you want to discuss something in a smaller group,Use the feature of the break room can help limit distractions to the main group.

"The meeting host can choose to divide the meeting participants into these separate sessions automatically or manually and can switch between sessions at any time," says Amajad. To start one, go to "Account Management" and click on "Settings". Click "Breakout Room" in the "Meeting" tab and make sure this option is enabled. If you can not do that, confirm that the meeting administrator has enabled this setting for your meeting.

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Welcome your guests in a waiting room.

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If you are welcoming a zoom meeting,dedicate a space of the waiting roomWherever everyone can spend time until each invitae arrives. This is basically a screen that will say everyone that the meeting will start whenever the host says, which eliminates these difficult minutes from Smalltalk that the first birds must support before the rest of the group report.

To activate this feature, open the "Settings" tab and click "in meeting". Scroll to the "waiting room" function and drag the button to activate it. When you create a meeting in the future, you will have the opportunity to allow a waiting room for this, while inviting meeting guests specific to this waiting room. And if you are looking to make a change of career, discover these7 remote jobs that you did not know existed.

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Define a virtual background.

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Do not want to straighten your workspace before your next zoom meeting? There is an easy way to hide this clutter or animate the cat:Add a virtual background! You can put everything you want behind, a mountain range at a range of puppies at the meeting place of your favorite television show.

Under "Account Settings", go to the "Meeting" tab, where you will find this option. Make sure this parameter is enabled by dragging the button from the "Activate" position. When you are in a meeting, you can put these backgrounds to use by clicking the up arrow next to the "Start / Stop Video" feature. Scroll to "Choose a virtual background", and whatever the image you choose or you download will appear behind you. The only warning is that your computer must have certain specifications for this functionality to work.


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