New Zoom Features - June 2023

On June 12, 2023, Davidson T&I enabled a series of new features in the Davidson Zoom environment. If you have questions about how to use a new feature, please email ti@davidson.edu.

New Zoom Meeting Features

• Dedicated Group Chats for Meeting Conversations
  • Scheduled meeting participants can chat with each other before, during, and after the meeting in a dedicated group chat.
• Upcoming Meeting Notifications
  • Receive a desktop notification for upcoming meetings. The reminder time can be personally configured in the Zoom Desktop Client settings. 
• Participant Profile Cards
  • Participants can now see each other's profile cards in meetings by hovering over their video or avatar and selecting → View Profile. Profile cards contain important profile information such as title, local time, and working location, as well as buttons for 1:1 chatting, Zoom Meetings, SMS, and Zoom Phone calls.
    
• Focus Mode
  • Shows only hosts and co-hosts' videos and profile pictures during a meeting. Focus Mode is not enabled in meetings by default, and can be found in the "More" menu in the in-meeting toolbar.
• In-Meeting Stereo Audio
  • Allow users to select stereo audio during a meeting in their client settings.
    
• HTML Invitations for Outlook Plugin
  • Use HTML formatting in addition to plain text for meeting invitations scheduled with the Outlook plugin.
     

Zoom Phone Features

• Personal Voicemail Sharing
  
  • Users can share their own voicemail.
• Videomail Virtual Background

  • Users can set a virtual background for their videomail and video greeting.

Zoom Team Chat Features

• Team Chat Announcements

  • Specified users can send one-way announcements to everyone in Davidson College.
    

• Messages on Local Devices Storage Removal
  
  • Direct messages, group conversations, and channels are saved on local devices for 1 year, after which they are removed.