What Zoom Can Do

Before we get into how to set up Zoom and use it, let me sketch an overview of what Zoom offers across their software and some optional hardware so you can understand the scope of your options.

Zoom Videoconferencing

Zoom’s best-known and most commonly used feature is videoconferencing. Videoconferencing includes two or more people using audio and video to communicate with each other in a live session (Figure 1).

Figure 1: In a typical Zoom meeting, you might have a number of people who you can choose to see on screen at once.
Figure 1: In a typical Zoom ...

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