Zoom Troubles? Me Too

If you're experiencing problems with the Zoom application lately, I am, too. I have been using Zoom (free and paid accounts) since March 2020, so I know how Zoom is supposed to behave. I have tried solving problems on my own, sought assistance from people I know who use Zoom, and contacted a Zoom Support…

Five Steps to Take Your Toastmasters Club Online

In mid-March 2020, my state of California began closing – school districts announced closures until the end of Spring Break.  In mid- to late-March, Governor Gavin Newsom announced a Stay at Home Order that dramatically slowed the spread of the novel coronavirus. Everything was changing at a moment’s notice.   In early-March, I was researching…

Polls

When you purchase a plan on Zoom, you have a feature to poll members of your meeting. I assume that every member in the host's meeting is able to see and take the poll; that's one of the features that hosts pay for. In addition, participants can attend meetings from their browser (no download required).…

Private Chat is Limited

According to the setting for Private Chats, it states, Allow meeting participants to send a private 1:1 message to another participant. This description of Private Chats is misleading because it only allows participants to send a private message to the host, but no one else in the meeting. The host, on the other hand, is…

Organize a Zoom Meeting

Staying at home for isolation during COVID-19 is difficult. School districts in my city and neighboring cities had closed a week before the business closures issued by the Governor, so I was already home-bound. I was unemployed since one of my jobs is being a substitute teacher, and being unemployed wasn't new to me, either,…