One of the coolest being the virtual background option. If you want more clarification, go to their website and they have some tutorials that can show you all the features that are available. If you're tech savvy at all, zoom is very intuitive to use. There are settings in zoom that you can enable/disable both on the start of joining of a meeting.Īs far as hearing background noises, that's not so much a zoom 'issue' as it is the hosts microphone, room acoustics, etc that would lead to unnecessary background noise. Yes, you can mute your mic and stop your video share.

A licensed Zoom user is the host of a meeting that owns a Zoom account. The nice thing about zoom is that if the other person (in this case the course host) has a paid version (which im assuming they do) you can join the meeting/class for the full duration without having to get a paid account. Here are the key features of the Zoom free plan: Up to 100 participants Up to 40 minutes of meeting time per call.

Doesn't sound like that's necessary for your needs. If you get the paid versions the number of people and time increases. you can host meetings between 2 and 10 people for 40 minutes or only 1 other person for an unlimited amount of time. You can get a free zoom account with limited services.

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