10 tricks for Zoom video calls

• Fun options to change the background

If you want to have other options, and not the usual background, you can click on the settings icon located in the upper right corner of the window to open the setting.

Once this is done, users can choose from the options on the left. Next step, you will see a preview of the options that the camera captures. Beneath the preview window, you’ll find a selection of different images that you can set as the background, according to CNN.

• Make a private meeting room

To prevent strangers from entering meetings, the application gives the option to create a password for meetings before scheduling them, which will ensure that no one can enter without it.

Once they schedule the meeting and send the respective invitations, users should make sure to click the checkbox check beside Require Meeting Password. This will allow you to add a password and share it with the people you want to attend your meeting.

Also, in the lower right corner of the meeting, you can click ‘More’ and then ‘Lock Meeting’. Once this is done, anyone who tries to attend later will be greeted with a message that says “No new attendee can join this meeting once it is locked,” added the same outlet.

To speed up the response time in a video conference, Zoom gives a different option to manage the microphone without having to find it on the screen and click.

Users can press and hold the space bar to quickly mute and activate the microphone, directly from the keyboard, Cnet said.

• React with ‘emojis’ on screen

The ‘app’ gives the option of sending smileys like a thumbs up or an “emoji” clapping so that they can communicate without interrupting the meeting.

The Reactions tab is at the bottom of the meeting screen, on the same panel that is used to mute audio and video, on the right. There you can choose the one you want. The ‘emoji’ will disappear after 5 seconds.

Zoom has a variety of useful keyboard shortcuts to help you navigate the application without the mouse. You can find commands to join a meeting, start or stop recording, enter full screen and share your screen, added CNET.

Here is the complete list of Zoom keyboard shortcuts.

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