{"id":708,"date":"2020-07-15T12:29:50","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T11:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=708"},"modified":"2022-08-31T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-31T10:30:19","slug":"what-is-zoom","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/article\/what-is-zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Zoom?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is Zoom and why might you use it?\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pA1pI-EEdoA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video: What is Zoom and why might you use it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Zoom is a web conferencing tool that enables online communication, collaboration, and interaction between users (students and staff) in various different ways. Features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>HD audio and video meetings with up to 1000 participants depending on the license type;<\/li><li>built-in collaboration tools, such as Prezi and Mentimeter presentations, Miro whiteboards, Kahoot quizzes, and many more;<\/li><li>instant chat with groups or individuals with searchable and exportable history, and integrated file sharing;<\/li><li>interaction and connecting, so that the users can use filters, reaction types, polls, hand raising, screen-sharing, and many more;<\/li><li>recording to the cloud which then can be access via Panopto or locally with live and exportable transcripts; and<\/li><li>scheduling new meetings via Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, or iCal.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Zoom, please visit <a href=\"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/subject\/zoom\/\">our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about why to use Zoom, please read the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.plymouth.ac.uk\/digital-education\/new-features-in-zoom\/#WhyUseZoom\">following blog article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn the basics of Zoom, please visit their <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.zoom.us\/learn\/lp\/2\/Getting%2520Started%2520with%2520Zoom\">Learning Center website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, we will provide a brief overview about Zoom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[67],"ht-kb-tag":[178,243],"class_list":["post-708","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-zoom","ht_kb_tag-overview","ht_kb_tag-zoom"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4247,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/708\/revisions\/4247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/digi-ed.uk\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}