University staff are encouraged to navigate through to the Intranet for Learning and Teaching Resources.
Training
- Live training webinars
- Video tutorials
- Recorded training sessions
- Meeting and Webinar best practices and resources
An Introduction to Zoom for Students
An introduction to Zoom video that summarises how to get set up with Zoom and how to engage with your peers.
Desktop
- How to activate your Zoom account (PDF 171.3 KB)
- Getting started on Windows and Mac
- How to use the Zoom desktop client
- How to use the Zoom web client
Mobile
Frequently Asked Questions
Joining and Starting
- Coming soon
Scheduling
- Coming soon
Audio
- Testing computer or device audio
- Joining a meeting by phone
- Mute All and Unmute All
- Audio echo in meeting
- Audio settings for iOS
Video
- Testing my video
- Virtual background
- Change the video layout
- Video or Microphone off by attendee
- Using dual monitors with the Zoom desktop client
- Pin video
- Touch up my appearance
Recording
- Finding and viewing recordings
- Consent to be recorded
- Local recording
- Cloud recording
- Automatic recording
- Recording without the host
- Recording on iOS and Android
Screen Sharing
- Sharing your screen
- Video layout options while screen sharing
- Start a screen share meeting
- Switching windows during screen sharing
- Sharing computer sound during screen sharing
- Optimising a shared video clip in full screen
- Screen sharing a PowerPoint presentation
- Request or give remote control
- Sharing a whiteboard
- Sharing multiple screens simultaneously
- Using annotation tools on a shared screen or whiteboard
- iOS screen sharing
- iOS screen sharing with the Zoom desktop client
- Screen share a camera input
Settings and Controls
- Changing settings in the desktop client or mobile app
- Roles in a meeting
- Attendee controls in a meeting
- Host and co-host controls in a meeting
- Managing participants in a meeting
- Displaying participants in gallery view
- Managing breakout rooms
- In-meeting chat
- Controlling and disabling in-meeting chat
- Saving in-meeting chat
- In-meeting file transfer
- Enabling and adding a co-host
- Meeting reactions
- Pre-assigning participants to breakout rooms
- Streaming a meeting or webinar on YouTube Live
- Streaming a meeting or webinar on Facebook Live
- Upcoming meeting reminders
- Waiting room
- Hide or show my video in my own display
- Spotlight video
- Identify guest participants
- End of meeting feedback survey
- Nonverbal feedback during meetings
- Hot keys and keyboard shortcuts for Zoom
- CarPlay meeting controls
- Safe Driving mode
- Pass host controls and leave the meeting
- Attendee on hold
- MacBook Pro touch controls
Chats
- Replying and managing chat messages
- Status icons
- Using chat mentions
- Capture screen, send picture, file transfer and chat reactions
- Mark a chat message as unread
- Getting started with Channels (group messaging)
- Disable notifications from the group chat (mobile)
- Using chat announcements
- Notifications for group messaging
- Storing chat message history
- Send GIFs and GIPHY
