Video Views

There are three video layouts available when no one in the meeting is screen sharing: Active Speaker View, Gallery View, and floating thumbnail window. Each of these options will be discussed in upcoming pages.

If you (or another participant) are screen sharing, you can use side-by-side mode or view the screen share with Active Speaker View. Except for the floating thumbnail view, any of these layouts can be used in full screen or windowed mode.

Zoom participants have some control over their own meeting view, especially when no one is screen sharing. Note that students can't be required to appear live on-screen because of privacy issues.

A brief post on the Northwestern Digital Learning site discusses whether students should have their cameras on or off: Student Cameras: On or Off?