Upload a custom selection of virtual backgrounds so you look like you’re in the office (it’s a “wait, what?” moment every time!), at the beach, or in a scene from your favorite movie. But sometimes you just need to look like you’re someplace else. Virtual Backgrounds – We’ve enjoyed seeing our coworkers’ homes, meeting their families, and catching glimpses of furry friends. Want to level up even more? Under the “General” tab in settings, you can select “Automatically copy invite link once the meeting starts.” When that box is checked, the meeting link will be added to your clipboard whenever you join a meeting.ħ. Command+I brings the invite window right up on a Mac, while Alt+I makes it easy on a PC. Quick Invite – Forget navigating 4 menus to track down a lost invite while you’re also trying to follow a live conversation. Skip the repeated pleas and mute all: hold Command+Control+M on Mac, or Alt+M on PC.Ħ. Mute All – We’ve all been in those meetings where out of 10 participants, one person’s mic is directly in the wind, another’s dog is barking in the background, and a third person is chewing extra loudly while wearing headphones. Using Dual Monitors – Speaking of multiple monitors, use the dual-monitor display feature to place the video and screen-share layouts on different screens and take advantage of that extra real estate.ĥ. Word to the wise: this works best if you have an extra monitor. Allow Multiple Screen-shares Simultaneously – This is it, the gold medal of Zoom screenshares: viewing two at once.

Turn on Do Not Disturb on Mac, or use Focus Assist in Windows to banish those embarrassing pop-ups.ģ. Silence Notifications for Screensharing – It’s everyone’s worst nightmare: a personal call or text pops up when you’re screensharing with an audience of tens (or hundreds). Temporary Un-mute – Tired of hovering over the mic button just to miss the moment? Hit the spacebar and hold while you speak to temporarily un-mute yourself.Ģ.

(If you’re not already using Donut, you can add it to Slack with one click.)ġ. Once you’ve launched that meeting, what next? Here are our team’s 10 greatest Zoom hacks of all time. By popular demand, we launched a Zoom integration for Donut that allows your team to start meetings right from an intro in Slack.

The upside of such intensive usage? Our learning curve has been exponential. From all hands meetings and business lunches to skip-level 1:1s and coffee with work friends, we’re spending 8+ hours a day in and out of different Zooms. It’s a wild new work-from-home landscape, and we keep hearing over and over that, like us, your teams are living in Zoom.

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