Would you like to have video conferences with your students, but don't know which program to rely on? Some of your collaborators work under the scheme of smart working and would you like to find some solution to communicate with them remotely? Then I think you should take a look at Zoom meeting.
You may have already heard of it: it is a platform, basically free, used mainly in companies and schools to hold meetings, remote lessons and, more generally, videoconferences. Unlike Skype, it does not require the creation of a contact list within the program: to start a call, simply share the link to the virtual environment that hosts it and, using it, anyone can take part in the video conference using the Zoom app on smartphones and tablets, the Zoom client on the computer or its Web version. Really convenient, right?
Index
- How ZoomMeeting works
- Come scaricare Zoom Meeting
- How to use Zoom Meeting on smartphones and tablets
- How to use Zoom Meeting on PC
How ZoomMeeting works
For more information about the prices and the various features included in the different Zoom plans, I urge you to visit this page on the official website of the video conferencing platform.
As for the general functioning of Zoom, know that this platform, despite having the interface not yet translated into Italian, is very simple to use. As I anticipated in the introduction, in fact, only the "calling" user must create an account: the participants in the call can join the call using the link that is sent to them.
Having said that, read on: later you will find explained how to be able to download Zoom, start a video conference and take part in it.
Come scaricare Zoom Meeting
The first thing you need to do in order to use the Zoom platform is to download its official application, available for Android, iOS/iPadOS and computers. Here, then, How to Download Zoom Meetings.
Android
Then press the green button Install, to start downloading the app. At the end of the procedure, tap the button apri to start Zoom. If you use a device without Google services, I inform you that you can also find Zoom on alternative stores.
iOS / iPadOS
Adesso, premium pulsating Get located at the ZOOM Cloud Meetings app and, if necessary, confirm the download via Face ID, touch ID o Password of your Apple account.
PC
If you wish to act from PC and you intend to download Zoom, go to this page and then click on the blue button Download related to Zoom client for meetings. If the site is not in Italian, select the language from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page.
At the end of the download, open the package you have obtained and follow the wizard to complete the setup. If you use Windows, for example, open the .exe file that you have downloaded and click on the button Yes.
It was used MacInstead, open the package .pkgclick on your button Continue, grant the application permission to access the folder Downloadby clicking on the button OK present in the box that appeared on the screen and that's it.
If you don't want to download Zoom's desktop client, know that the platform can also be used as an online service at Chrome (it is not supported in any other browser), as well as an add-on for Chrome and also for Firefox.
How to use Zoom Meeting on smartphones and tablets
Now it's finally time to see how to use Zoom Meeting on smartphones and tablets. After installing and starting the Zoom app on your device, tap on the item SUBSCRIBE located at the bottom left, indicate yours date of birth and fill out the form that is proposed to you with yours email address, name e last name; then press the button SUBSCRIBE.
Then access the e-mail box you indicated during registration and click on the button Activate account present in the message sent to you by the platform, so as to validate the email and activate your account. Then, on the web page that opens, enter the password you intend to set to protect your account in the fields Password e Confirm password.
Once logged in, tap the button New meeting placed in the upper left; move (if necessary) up ON the switch located next to the item Active video and his bottone award Start a meeting. If you weren't already prompted to do so, give the app permission to access the camera and microphone.
At this point, the conference is practically underway. To invite other users to participate, tap the button Participants (if you don't see it, tap anywhere on the screen to bring up the menu located at the bottom) and, on the screen that opens, press the button Invite located at the bottom.
In the box that opens, select one of the sending methods among those available (eg. Messenger, gmail, Outlook, etc.) or copy the invitation link using the button Copy invite link (the last item in the list) and send the link as you prefer (eg. Whatsapp, Telegram, Etc.).
Once participants have been invited to the conference, from the screen Participants where you are at the moment, you can also manage their microphone and camera, chat with them, rename them and so on: just tap on their name and select one of the available options (eg. Silence o Rhinomine).
On the videoconference main screen, on the other hand, using the menu located at the bottom you can close your microphone (Mute/unmute the audio) and your camera (Disable/Enable Video), share content (Share), see the list of other participants (Participants) and so on. To close a conference, however, tap the button Ends located at the top right and choose whether to leave the conference alone or to end it for everyone.
What do I need to do instead to access a user's conference? After installing and starting the Zoom app, press the link sent to you by the host (i.e. by the user who created the video conference), enter your name in the appropriate text field and tap the button Continue.
Then accept the conditions of use of the platform and grant the app the necessary permissions to function correctly, specifically those relating to access to the camera and microphone (if you haven't already).
Using the buttons located at the bottom, as I explained to you before, you can close the microphone and camera, share content, see the list of other participants and so on. To leave a conference, however, tap the appropriate button, located at the top right, and confirm. Simple, right?
How to use Zoom Meeting on PC
If you are interested in use Zoom Meeting on PC, after installing and starting the official client of the service, click on the button Log in and, if you are not registered yet, click on the item Sign up for free, in order to register with your Email. The steps to follow are the same as I showed you in the previous chapter.
Once logged in, click on the button Continue, click the orange button New meeting and grant Zoom permissions to access the webcam and microphone Of computer. Speaking of webcam and microphone, I would like to point out the possibility of customizing some settings relating to these devices.
If you want to take action regarding the webcam, click on yours profile picture (top right of the main Zoom window) and select the item Settings from the menu that opens. At this point, go up Video, then up Camera, select the webcam to use for conferences and adjust aspect ratio, resolution ed effects to use. From the section dedicated to Meetings, however, you can indicate whether you want to always show the name of the participants in the video, whether to mute your video when you join a meeting, and so on.
As regards the microphoneinstead, select the item Audio from the sidebar on the left of the window Settings open on the screen and, using the menu located in correspondence with the item Microphone, select the microphone to use.
To test it, click on the button test, start saying something, and click the say button registration to stop the recording and then on the button reproduction to check the incoming audio quality. If you want to manually adjust the input volume level, uncheck the box for automatically adjust the microphone volume and use the adjustment bar to make the desired changes.
At this point, the videoconference is practically started. To invite participants, click on the button Invite. In the window that opens, select the tab Email and send the video conference invitation link with gmail, Yahoo Mail or the default client (Default Email). Otherwise, click the button Copy invite link (bottom left) and send the invitation link to the videoconference as you see fit (eg. Whatsapp, Telegram, Etc.).
As I already explained to you in the previous chapter, the user who will receive the link will simply have to click on it and agree to open the Zoom app for smartphones and tablets or his desktop client (if he also acts as a PC).
To manage the videoconference, then, you can use the buttons located below: Mute/unmute the audio, to mute and unmute the microphone; Disable/Enable Video, to deactivate and activate the webcam; Invite, to send new invitations; Participants, to check the various participants in the call; Share screen, to share the screen; Chat, to send messages to conference participants; Registration, to record the call e Reactions to post reactions. To end the call, however, click on the button Ends and choose whether to leave the conversation or end the conference for everyone.
I remind you that Zoom is also available as a web application that can be used by Chrome: just go to this page, click on the button Sign up, it's free (if you want to make a call) or on the button Get into a meeting (if you want to participate in a call that has already started), more or less following the instructions I gave you previously.
