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What is ZOOM?
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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Using Zoom with LumiNUS
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- Scheduling a session. In your module, go to Tools > Conferencing and click Create Session.
- Provide the session details. Select "Send Emails" if you want students to be notified. Click Create.
- Session created, click on the Session Title 10 minutes before the session starts to launch Zoom.
- LumiNUS Becoming the Host:
Reclaim Host Role to gain control of the session. Click on Participant Button > Claim Host. Type in the session's 6 digit Host Key displayed in LumiNUS.
You are now ready to interact with your students.
Local MP4 recording is available if you are the host. It will record the screen, video and audio. Manually save text chat 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.
Download
Download Zoom Client for Meetings
Download Zoom Mobile Apps for iPhone or Android
Join a Test Meeting
Alternative download site and web-client side for users who have problems connecting from China.
| Download: https://zoomcloud.cn/download Web-client: https://www.zoomus.cn/webclient/join |
Video Guides
Scheduling and Joining
Audio, Video & Sharing
- Joining and Configuring Audio & Video
- Sharing Your Screen
- Sharing Multiple Screens Simultaneously
- Recording a Zoom Meeting
Advanced
Additional user guides can be found on the Zoom support site.
Additional Information
A meeting host/presenter is able to mute or remove anyone from a session if required.
To share YouTube clips, you will need to select Share computer sound and Optimize for full-screen video clip when sharing the browser.
Alternative Platform
You can also use Microsoft Teams for online lessons/meetings, chat and file sharing.
All NUS Staff, Students and Visitors have access to Office 365 and Teams with NUSNET ID.
