The Zoom interface has been refreshed with a new icon set, new menus and the ability to personalise your meeting toolbar. Prior to your first teaching or tutorial session on Zoom for the new academic year, we recommend setting up a demo meeting to familiarise yourself with the refreshed interface and add all your commonly used features to your meeting toolbar.
The meeting toolbar has fewer icons, making it easier to use. Other features are consolidated in the More menu. Open the More menu and drag and drop each of the features you use regularly to the meeting toolbar. You can then re-order the features on your meeting toolbar by dragging and dropping them into position within the central area of the toolbar.
Security features, including the ability to restrict students' access to Chat, Share screen and Annotate are all available from the Host tools menu.
Reactions are now available from the React menu and you can share your screen from the Share menu.
Hosts can pre-configure the next breakout room setup, including assigning participants to specific rooms, while the current breakout session is active.
The Zoom meeting client has been rebranded as Zoom Workplace.
The new Portrait lighting setting allows Zoom to dim your background while brightening you in the foreground, making you stand out even more in your meetings.
