Rita Costa, Director of Studies and Senior English Trainer of inlingua Luxembourg, has many years of teaching experience, including teaching virtually. Today, she shares her favourite Virtual Classroom tools as well as keyboard shortcuts for Windows and Mac users.
1. Which Virtual Classroom tools do you use?
- Sharing/Playing videos without uploading the content. I prefer to use the presenter’s view when showing a PowerPoint slide. The trainer can point with a laser. To make the screen black or to un-black the screen, you press “b” on the keyboard. To turn subtitles or captions on or off, just select the Toggle Subtitles button.
- Zoom chat / Whiteboard (especially when teaching homophones/homographs/heteronyms)
- Breakout rooms: for group courses (trials)
- Annotation tools: allows everyone to write, draw and highlight on what’s on screen. To annotate, select the “View” option from the top of the Zoom window, and then choose “Annotate”. A toolbar appears with all your options for annotating, including text, draw, arrow, and so forth.
2. Which keyboard shortcuts are available for Windows users?
- Control your audio and video:
Alt + V: Start/Stop video
Alt + A: Mute/unmute audio
Alt + S: Launch share screen window and stop screen share
Alt + Shift + S: Start/stop new screen share
Alt + T: Pause or resume screen share
- Recording the meeting:
Alt + R: Start/stop local recording
Alt + C: Start/stop cloud recording
Alt + P: Pause or resume recording
Alt + N: Switch camera
Alt + Shift + T: Screenshot
- Control your view:
F6: Navigate among Zoom popup windows
Alt + F4: Close the current window
Alt + F: Enter or exit full-screen
Alt + H: Display/hide in-meeting chat panel
Alt + I: Open invite window
Alt +L: Switch to portrait/landscape view
Ctrl + F: Search
Ctrl + Tab: Move to the next tab
Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Move to the previous tab
Ctrl + Alt + Shift+H: Show/hide floating meeting controls
- Communicate with others:
Alt + Y: Raise/lower hand
Alt + Shift + R: Gain remote control
Alt + Shift + G: Stop remote control
Ctrl + W: Close current chat session
Ctrl + Up: Go to previous chat
Ctrl + Down: Go to next chat
Ctrl + T: Jump to chat with someone
2. Which keyboard shortcuts are available for Mac users?
- Getting started with your meeting:
Command + J: Join meeting
Command + Control + V: Start meeting
Command + J: Schedule meeting
Command + Control + S: Screen share via direct share
Command + W: Prompt to end or leave meeting
- Recording the meeting:
Command + Shift + R: Start local recording
Command + Shift + C: Start cloud recording
Command + Shift + P: Pause or resume recording
Command + T: Screenshot
- Control your view:
Command + Shift + H: Show/hide in-meeting chat panel
Command + W: Close the current window
Command + L: Switch to portrait or landscape view
Ctrl + T: Switch from one tab to the next
Command + Shift + F: Enter or exit full-screen
Ctrl + Option + Command + H: Show/hide meeting controls
- Communicate with others:
Option + Y: Raise hand/lower hand
Ctrl + Shift + R: Gain remote control
Ctrl + Shift + G: Stop remote control
Command + K: Jump to chat with someone
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