We meet by video conference, using Zoom, the Cloud Meeting Company.
To set up in two easy steps:
First: download Zoom; and
Secondly, create your own account. Here's how:
To Download the free Zoom service:
* from your computer: go to http://zoom.us/download
* from your iPhone, iPad or Android, or Smartphone, go to either the Apple App Store, or the Google Play Store to download the free "Zoom Cloud Meeting App."
To set up your own account to connect with Zoom, simply:
1. go to www.zoom.us It will open to their website, "Zoom, The Cloud Meeting Company"
2. In the center of the screen, click the Orange button for SIGN UP FREE
3. Enter your email address.
4. Click "SIGN UP FREE"
5. The “agree to terms” of service page confirms you agree, and verifies you wish to use that email address you entered. If it’s correct, click SIGN UP.
6. This will generate an email to the account you specified. That email address will act as your username for any future logins. It’s a security measure to make sure you are a real person, with permission to use that email address.
7. Go to your email to access the email Zoom sent you.
8. From inside that email message, click on the link to activate your new account. It will take you back to the Zoom site to complete creation of your account.
9. It will then ask you:
First Name
Last Name
Password
Confirm Password
10. Click “Activate”
11. Once done, you will get a message stating something to the effect that your new Zoom account is ready for use. If you wanted to add your photograph or changes to your account you can do so by clicking on Go To My Profile. Otherwise, you are done and can leave the website.
You are done. You have created your own Free Zoom Account. You are now ready for when we email you the link to join the live meetings!
You now have a Zoom FREE Account. You can host your own video conferences with up to 8 people for 50 minutes per session (no limit to the number of sessions). We love Zoom. Its High Definition video and audio service, and it offers the ability to Share Screen with your meeting participants. To Host your own meeting:
1. Simply click on the Zoom Icon
2. Click on "Video Meeting" That opens a new meeting, and you are the only one there so far.
3. Click on "Invite" which allows you to create an email message. Select the people you want to join you, and click Send.
4. If your participants already know to check their email at that appointed time, they should be able to get your message and join you immediately!
Here's the steps to enter your Photo on your Zoom Profile:
1. Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Foxfire, or which ever program you use to access the internet.)
2. In the address bar, enter: www.zoom.us (That brings up the "Zoom the Cloud Meeting Company" Page. You already have a free account with them, so skip clicking on anything in the middle of the page.
3. Un the upper right corner, Click on Log In
4. Log in with your email address and your password.
5. Once logged in, it brings up your Zoom Page. In the upper left side, click on MY PROFILE
6. You can change anything on that page, including the Picture square to add your photograph.
7. Click on the Avatar Square, it will then ask you to browse your computer for the image you want to upload. Click on that and find the photo, then Choose or Apply (I forget which way they said it) and the image will be uploaded to your account.
8. Click the blue button for SAVE CHANGES, and you are done!
How to Change Your Name's Appearance during a Zoom Session
We do this often in the Study Group so it can read something like "Val, Pittsburgh" rather than the normal "Valerie Weil"
1. Click on he thumbnail of your photo.
2. A pop-up menu appears. Click on Change Name
3. Write in the box what you want your name to look like.
This is temporary, to this active zoom session, only. If you wanted to change the display name permanently, you would need to do that by logging into your account at the http://zoom.us website, then click on MY PROFILE to change it there.
First: download Zoom; and
Secondly, create your own account. Here's how:
To Download the free Zoom service:
* from your computer: go to http://zoom.us/download
* from your iPhone, iPad or Android, or Smartphone, go to either the Apple App Store, or the Google Play Store to download the free "Zoom Cloud Meeting App."
To set up your own account to connect with Zoom, simply:
1. go to www.zoom.us It will open to their website, "Zoom, The Cloud Meeting Company"
2. In the center of the screen, click the Orange button for SIGN UP FREE
3. Enter your email address.
4. Click "SIGN UP FREE"
5. The “agree to terms” of service page confirms you agree, and verifies you wish to use that email address you entered. If it’s correct, click SIGN UP.
6. This will generate an email to the account you specified. That email address will act as your username for any future logins. It’s a security measure to make sure you are a real person, with permission to use that email address.
7. Go to your email to access the email Zoom sent you.
8. From inside that email message, click on the link to activate your new account. It will take you back to the Zoom site to complete creation of your account.
9. It will then ask you:
First Name
Last Name
Password
Confirm Password
10. Click “Activate”
11. Once done, you will get a message stating something to the effect that your new Zoom account is ready for use. If you wanted to add your photograph or changes to your account you can do so by clicking on Go To My Profile. Otherwise, you are done and can leave the website.
You are done. You have created your own Free Zoom Account. You are now ready for when we email you the link to join the live meetings!
You now have a Zoom FREE Account. You can host your own video conferences with up to 8 people for 50 minutes per session (no limit to the number of sessions). We love Zoom. Its High Definition video and audio service, and it offers the ability to Share Screen with your meeting participants. To Host your own meeting:
1. Simply click on the Zoom Icon
2. Click on "Video Meeting" That opens a new meeting, and you are the only one there so far.
3. Click on "Invite" which allows you to create an email message. Select the people you want to join you, and click Send.
4. If your participants already know to check their email at that appointed time, they should be able to get your message and join you immediately!
Here's the steps to enter your Photo on your Zoom Profile:
1. Open your web browser (Internet Explorer, Chrome, Safari, Mozilla Foxfire, or which ever program you use to access the internet.)
2. In the address bar, enter: www.zoom.us (That brings up the "Zoom the Cloud Meeting Company" Page. You already have a free account with them, so skip clicking on anything in the middle of the page.
3. Un the upper right corner, Click on Log In
4. Log in with your email address and your password.
5. Once logged in, it brings up your Zoom Page. In the upper left side, click on MY PROFILE
6. You can change anything on that page, including the Picture square to add your photograph.
7. Click on the Avatar Square, it will then ask you to browse your computer for the image you want to upload. Click on that and find the photo, then Choose or Apply (I forget which way they said it) and the image will be uploaded to your account.
8. Click the blue button for SAVE CHANGES, and you are done!
How to Change Your Name's Appearance during a Zoom Session
We do this often in the Study Group so it can read something like "Val, Pittsburgh" rather than the normal "Valerie Weil"
1. Click on he thumbnail of your photo.
2. A pop-up menu appears. Click on Change Name
3. Write in the box what you want your name to look like.
This is temporary, to this active zoom session, only. If you wanted to change the display name permanently, you would need to do that by logging into your account at the http://zoom.us website, then click on MY PROFILE to change it there.