Zoom Essential Skills

Build Confidence Scheduling and Managing Virtual Meetings with Zoom

This practical training course gives you the skills needed to use Zoom for virtual meetings. You will learn how to schedule meetings, invite participants, use presentation tools, share screens, record meetings, create breakout rooms, and manage users and default settings.

Whether you are new to managing virtual meetings or want to strengthen your current Zoom skills, this course helps you run meetings more confidently and use key meeting tools effectively.

Zoom Essential Skills is ideal for people who:

• Are new to scheduling meetings in Zoom
• Want to manage virtual meetings confidently
• Need to invite and manage participants
• Want to share screens or record meetings
• Need to create breakout rooms and manage meeting settings

To attend Zoom Essential Skills, you should:

• Have some familiarity with Microsoft Windows if possible
• Have some familiarity with Microsoft Office if possible

After completing Zoom Essential Skills, you will be able to:

• Navigate the Zoom app with confidence
• Schedule meetings and invite participants
• Manage participants and assign meeting roles
• Share your screen and record meetings
• Create breakout rooms and manage users and default settings

Introduction to Zoom

• Identify the main areas of the Zoom app
• Understand how Zoom supports video and audio meetings

Accounts and Roles

• Recognise Zoom account types
• Understand participant and meeting roles

Scheduling Meetings

• Schedule a Zoom meeting
• Invite participants

Managing Meeting Participants

• Manage participants during a meeting
• Assign appropriate meeting roles

Presentation and Recording Tools

• Use meeting tools
• Share your screen
• Record a meeting

Breakout Rooms

• Create breakout rooms
• Manage participants in breakout rooms

Users and Default Settings

• Manage users
• Change default meeting settings