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Bezeichnung	ZOOM Meeting
Internet-Adresse	https://zoom.us/
Art des Tools	online service for web conferences and webinars
Kosten	currently free of charge for TU employees
Accessibility	Very good! Very good operability of the keyboard. very good interface for screen reader and braille lines.

Brief description

ZOOM is an online service for web conferences and webinars. You can present the whole screen or only selected applications. It is also possible to give the control of mouse and keyboard to all or selected participants. Furthermore, this tool offers the possibility to send text messages and data files.

Examples of use

Hold interactive online lectures
Meetings with TU Wien colleagues or external partners
Individual exams
Inviting guest lecturers
Debriefing on exercises
Holding ollaborative meetings with whiteboards for meetings of artefacts like sketches, drafts etc.
Conducting polling meetings

Video instructions TU (<2 min) basics

Features & How To

Breakout rooms
Polling for meetings
Nonverbal feedback during meetings
Whiteboards
Using annotation tools on a shared screen or whiteboard
Sharing your screen
Integration with Moodle (TUWEL, CECnet)
How to create a Zoom meeting in TUWEL (incl. settings & student view)
Tips and Tricks for Teachers
Clients for
- Windows / Linux / Mac
- Android / iOS
- Web

Accessibility

Very good! Very good keyboard operability, very good interface for screen reader and braille display.

Licenses

At ZOOM, only the lecturer needs a registered account. Within seconds and without installing anything, listeners and conference participants can also join via link using a browser or free APPs.

Basic license (unlimited availability)
- maximum 100 participants per conference
- maximum 40 min. per conference (status as of March 19, 2020, ZOOM temporarily suspended this time limit)
- unlimited number of conferences
- video guides: Registration for the basic license (max. 40min. / conference, max. 100 participants)
Business license (available only until the end of March)
- all options of the Basic license included
- maximum 24h per conference
- recording of conferences up to max. 1GB (mp4 or mp3) are possible
Add-ons (normally subject to a surcharge, but currently available with the test license free of charge until the end of March)
- Large Meeting (up to 500 participants)
- Webinar (up to 500 participants)

Support

E-Mail ticketing system of the Teaching Support Center: teachingsupport@tuwien.ac.at

Further information

Online Meeting Tools