Keystrokes for Participating in Zoom Meetings

Module 13.1: Keystrokes for Participating in Zoom Meetings The keystrokes below only work if you are situated in the active Zoom meeting window. If you press Insert T, your screenreader will either say “meeting controls,” or “Zoom meeting.” If it only says “Zoom,” this means you are in the window for the desktop Zoom app, not the active meeting window. The keystrokes below will not work if you are in the “Zoom” window. If you are not currently in the active meeting window, press Alt Tab until you get back to it. To get into that window more quickly, hold down Control Shift and Alt together. Once you are in the active meeting window, you can Tab through to find the various controls, but it is more efficient to use the following keystroke combinations instead. Alt A - mute/unmute audio:

Creating a Zoom Account

Module 13.2: Creating a Zoom Account There are several types of Zoom accounts. we will just talk about the differences between free and pro accounts. With a free account, you can host meetings for only 40 minutes. With a pro account, you can host meetings with up to 100 persons for up to 24 hours. As of the creation of this course, a pro account costs $15 per month or $150 annually in the United States. While there are other differences between free and pro accounts, the free account time limit is the most important one. Getting up and running with Zoom involves creating an account and downloading the Zoom app to your computer. To create an account, go to: Zoom Sign Up, and do the following: On the page that opens, in the Year of birth edit field, type in your four-digit birth year. Tab t

Overview of the Zoom Desktop App and Changing Settings

Module 13.3: Overview of the Zoom Desktop App and Changing Settings As part of the installation process, a shortcut entitled “Zoom” is placed on your desktop. Use this app to adjust settings, schedule and start meetings you are hosting, and switch between multiple accounts if you have access to more than one. Let us first say that, over the last couple of years or so, we have become increasingly frustrated with this app. It is constantly changing, lots of useless clutter appears in the menus, and processes that were previously easy have become needlessly complicated. As soon as one accessibility or usability problem gets fixed, another one inevitably pops up. In the early days of the Covid pandemic, Zoom crushed the competition because of its simplicity and dependability. In their strivin

• The Account Dropdown Menu (16 min)
• Changing Settings In The Desktop App (7 min)
• General Settings (5 min)
• Video Settings (8 min)
• Audio Settings (10 min)
• Profile Settings (5 min)

Scheduling, Hosting, and Recording Zoom Meetings

Module 13.4: Scheduling, Hosting, and Recording Zoom Meetings Managing meetings involves scheduling through the desktop app, inviting participants, and hosting. You will also want to know how to record meetings. Because of the 40 minute time limit on free accounts, if you plan on regularly hosting meetings, you will want to have access to a pro account. You can initiate instant meetings, as well as schedule meetings for later. we will start with instant meetings.

• Instant Meetings (6 min)
• Scheduled Meetings (67 min)
• Hosting Meetings (62 min)
• Recording Meetings (35 min)

Important Settings That Can Only Be Changed Online

Module 13.5: Important Settings That Can Only Be Changed Online As mentioned above, not all settings can be changed in the desktop Zoom app. The full array of settings can only be changed online, and several of these may be important to you. You can access your online settings by activating the following link and logging in with your Zoom email and password: Sign In - Zoom You can get to this same login page through the PC desktop app as follows: Open the Zoom app from your desktop, and Control Tab to the Home tab. Tab several times to the dropdown button with your account name on it, Down arrow to our Profile, and press Enter. Log into your Zoom account. To access your account settings, use the Find command (Control F with JAWS, or Control Insert F with NVDA or Narrator), type in “settin

• Chat (5 min)
• Screen sharing (5 min)
• Sound Notifications (21 min)

Additional Considerations

Module 13.6: Additional Considerations

• Generating AI Summaries (21 min)
• Keeping Track of Your Zoom Meetings in Outlook (26 min)
• Visual Considerations, Including Tools for Centering your Face With the Video Camera (37 min)
• Participating in Zoom Webinars (10 min)
• Zoom on the iPhone (19 min)

Tips for Conducting Successful Zoom Meetings

Module 13.7: Tips for Conducting Successful Zoom Meetings Since the advent of the pandemic, numerous lessons have been learned about how to conduct Zoom meetings. Here are a few of the most important ones for participants and hosts. As a meeting participant, commit to memory the keystrokes listed in Module 13.1 above. The most important of these being Alt A for muting/unmuting, Alt U for navigating to the Participants list, and Alt Y for raising and lowering your hand. To save yourself lots of Alt tabbing to get back to the active meeting window, adjust your settings to make the Alt A and Alt U keystrokes into universal shortcuts. To save yourself additional Alt tabbing, the Shift Control Alt keystroke quickly returns you to the active meeting window. Develop a healthy paranoia about whet

Participating in and Creating Microsoft Teams Meetings

Module 13.8: Participating in and Creating Microsoft Teams Meetings Microsoft Teams is a communications platform that combines chat, meetings, video calls, file sharing, and more into a single app. You may be asked some day to participate in a Microsoft Teams meeting. Anybody with a PC can participate in a Teams meeting. However, scheduling and hosting meetings can only be done by those with Microsoft 365 accounts. There are several different types of Teams accounts, including free, Home Essentials, Business, and enterprise accounts. The range of things you can do varies by account type. we will only cover participating in and scheduling meetings with free accounts. “Free account” here means a Microsoft 365 home account for which you have paid nothing beyond $69 for an individual account

• Participating in Meetings (27 min)
• Creating Meetings (5 min)
• Instant Meetings (5 min)
• Scheduled Meetings (11 min)
• Navigating the Calendar to Find Your Scheduled Meetings (10 min)