More capabilities sought by educators have been added to the videoconference and collaboration tool Zoom. Education professionals using Zoom Meetings and Chat may make use of these new tools to better handle their distant pupils. In addition to Chromebook virtual backgrounds and blur, Zoom has included Breakout Room upgrades and Anywhere Polling for educators. Continue reading to know further about Zoom’s additional features for teachers.
Educators at all levels tell Zoom regarding their biggest obstacles in interacting effectively with pupils in the digital world in the company’s official blog article. Zoom expresses this with pride in the post. Their input has been important in helping us to design a feature that suits the special demands of educators and enable them deliver a mode open, comfortable, and fluid environment for all users, Zoom says.
For Chromebook users, Zoom has added virtual backgrounds and blurs.
For the first time, Chromebook users are allowed to add virtual backdrops and blurs to their video feeds starting today. Zoom on Chromebooks may make use of this capability through Chrome’s Progressive Web App. Zoom claims to have created this function in response to several requests from academic institutions. Virtual backdrops may be added to a Zoom conversation, or the background can be blurred as the web software distinguishes between the person and the backdrop.
Breakout Room hosts will also be enabled to include audio in their content sharing. The LTI Pro Integration upgrade for Breakout Rooms allows instructors to allocate rooms to participants in the preparation and divide them into various spaces. Additionally, users will be enabled to create a three-minute video clip. Students inside this Waiting Room would also be eligible to have their names changed by educators.
