What is ZOOM?
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Zoom is a web conferencing tool that unifies cloud video conferencing, online meetings, and collaboration in an easy to use platform.
Zoom's extensive features, compatibility with desktop and mobile devices and H.323 room system, allows participants to have a rich web conferencing experiences with both NUS and external users.
Allows you to conduct Online Meetings
- HD video and high quality audio
- Up to 300 video participants
- Screen sharing and full suite of collaboration features
- Easy start and join
Allows you to conduct Online Training
- Co-annotation and whiteboarding
- Attention indicator
- Video breakout rooms
- Local MP4 recordings
Comparison of WebEx and Zoom
Who is it for?
Zoom is ideal for online classes, meetings, events, webinars and interviews.
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Download
Download Zoom Mobile Apps for iPhone or Android
Download Zoom Client for Meetings
Join a Test Meeting
Video Guides
Scheduling and Joining
Audio, Video & Sharing
- Joining and Configuring Audio & Video
- Sharing Your Screen
- Sharing Multiple Screens Simultaneously
- Recording a Zoom Meeting
Advance
Additional Information
Only hosts need a Zoom account to schedule a session. Participants and attendees do not require a Zoom account to join a scheduled Zoom session.
- Max number of participants per session is 300.
A meeting host/presenter is able to mute or remove anyone from a session if required.
To share YouTube clips, share the browser window, select Share computer sound and click Optimize for full-screen video clip.
LumiNUS License version: Is a Zoom PRO Licensed. Sessions can go beyond 40mins. Limit of 300 participants.
LumiNUS Becoming the Host:
LumiNUS Recording: Only local recording is available. It records the screen, video and audio. Text chat have to me manually saved in the chat window.
The MP4 will be in your PC's My Documents/Zoom folder a few minutes after the meeting ends. You can the upload the MP4 file to your module's Multimedia folder in LumiNUS.Additional user guides can be found on the Zoom support site.
Alternative download site and web-client side r users connecting from China.
Download: https://zoomcloud.cn/download
Web-client: https://www.zoomus.cn/webclient/join
Special Requests
- PRO Account for Group Call beyond 40mins
Zoom offers a full-featured Basic Plan for free with unlimited meetings. The Basic plan has a 40 minutes time limit on meetings with three or more total participants.
If you need to do a group call with three or more participants beyond 40 minutes, contact citbox7@nus.edu.sg to provide you with a Zoom Licensed Account.
(Zoom PRO Licensed accounts which have not conduct a group call beyond 40 minutes, after three months will be deactivated, and switch to the Zoom BASIC account).