Have you visited the Zoom blog lately? They offer frequent “pro tips” to take your Zoom skills to the next level.  Some recent posts to explore:

Four new Zoom features educators can use to maximize teaching and learning

  • Create a virtual seating chart
  • Better support deaf and hard-of-hearing students
  • Use multi-spotlight for better group presentations
  • Easily manage unmuting

Three ways to create the audio-visual experience you want

  • Background noise suppression
  • Touch up appearance and adjust for low light
  • High fidelity music mode

Tips and features for teaching in a hybrid classroom

  • Breakout rooms
  • Chat
  • Digital whiteboard and annotation
  • Setting ground rules for the classroom

Best practices for securing a virtual classroom

  • Lock your virtual classroom
  • Control screen sharing
  • Enable the waiting room
  • Lockdown the chat
  • Remove a participant
  • Report a user
  • Suspend a participant’s activities
  • Renaming participants
  • Security options when scheduling a class