Zoom: Winning in Education

Zoom Connects Us All

When the Coronavirus shut down the world, Zoom served as a lifeline for millions in business and education. Zoom enabled the school year to continue by connecting students to their instructors virtually. Over the last few months, Zoom has innovated its collaboration technology to enhance the classroom experience even further. Conectrix is a proud partner with Zoom.

Zoom’s Vision of Education

Virtual learning through Zoom has kept students on pace during this pandemic, it can also engage those who never had the opportunity to learn. Through its advanced technical architecture, Zoom can connect any user to the highest available bandwidth no matter what country you are in. This creates a new level of connectivity that allows more people to learn.

Privacy is one of the greatest concerns when it comes to web conferencing today. Zoom has improved its security software since the emergency move to online learning in March. After addressing shortcomings in privacy, Zoom initiated two-factor authentication to prevent “Zoom Bombing”, or unauthorized users joining a meeting.

Improving Student Engagement

The biggest failure found in online education during the COVID-19 shutdown was a lack of student interaction. Zoom is the top outlet for online learning because they designed the virtual classroom to address the needs of educators. Their goal was to improve the engagement of students, which they have with their new features.

Teachers now have an improved proctoring ability to oversee quizzes and tests to stop cheating; forcing students to learn the material if they want to succeed. New whiteboarding features enable students to share their screens and show their work to their peers. Improved features like higher quality listening, Q&A functions, and collaborative presentations will create higher levels of interaction.

Conclusion

Web conferencing will be the main source of education for the upcoming year and may continue to be the ideal platform even after regular activities resume. Zoom expects to not only make online education competent but to improve the overall education system in general. Zoom and Conectrix have entered into a partnership for our clients to acquire and manage their Zoom licenses through Conectrix, Inc. We are a corporate technology management company representing 250+ suppliers. Conectrix can find the right technology fit to meet any of your business’ needs.