Working from home has a lot of challenges. One of those challenges shouldn’t be inappropriate lighting in the video call, making it incredibly hard for others to properly see you. But alas! The truth is, it is one of the challenges. Most of us are scrambling to find good...
You can share PowerPoint presentations in Zoom for a long time now, but we have to agree, the experience is not as seamless as it is in real life. There is no way to point to your presentation in an attempt to explain it to your peers. In fact, sometimes...
Zoom is one of the most popular platforms for holding video calls these days. Whether it’s an office meeting, online class for school, or a movie night with friends, people turn to Zoom for all sorts of needs. But as days turned into months, and the end nowhere in...
Nearpod is an instructional platform for teachers, schools, and students. It’s a formative assessment platform that has various features to make learning engaging and collaborative for students via activities. Although it will make for a great learning aid in general, it can be especially useful in the current situation...
Hashtags have become one of the most prominently used elements in social media posts. They make it incredibly easy for users to track content and events with the same hashtags. By adding hashtags to your YouTube video, you can manage to increase its searchability. Hashtags are added as hyperlinks so...
Even without a dedicated desktop app for Chromebooks, you can effortlessly use Cisco Webex on your device through several methods. Use the Webex Web app The simplest way to access Cisco Webex on your Chromebook is through the web application, which doesn't require any downloads and works seamlessly...
The global crisis that we’re facing right now forced everyone to work from home. While some people did not like this transition, others have found a sheer delight in it and are hoping to continue working from home even after everything is over. A big part of the success...
Microsoft Teams announced the Together Mode last month. It garnered a lot of hype in the community for its ingenuity. Microsoft has apparently “decades of research” – as they put it – into the idea that the Together Mode will bring people closer in the virtual setting. What is Together Mode The...
NBA is officially underway, and just as much as fans want to be there to watch it, the players need the fans to cheer them on too. The pandemic might have changed the way we do things, but it sure as hell hasn’t changed our spirit, especially when it...
Team channels generally exist on the basis of different projects a team handles, and all team members have access to them. But what if a subset of the team needs to discuss sensitive issues in private, or they need a special area for collaboration where they can focus on the...
Breakout Rooms are quite in demand in the video conferencing ecosystem. Using breakout rooms, people can mimic the real-life scenarios of breaking into smaller groups during an online meeting or lecture and reconvene after brainstorming sessions or group discussions have come to a halt. Unfortunately, Microsoft Teams officially does not...
Google Meet is a great place to hold video meetings. All you need to start a meeting is a Google account – which most people already have, and if not, it only takes a moment to get one – and you’re good to go. You don’t even need to download...
Smartphones have changed our whole world, including the way people consume content these days. More and more people are using their phones to browse the internet instead of computers. So, it’s natural that the type of content would also have to change to successfully mirror this shift. Google Web...
A few years ago, the concept of an online school would have seemed foreign and unnecessary. Sure, there are plenty of online courses, but a school? Nuh-uh. But now, everything’s changed. And the sheer necessity of the existence of such a virtual infrastructure is paramount these days. Even if...
Instagram activity tab used to a mightily popular one. Whether you were “stalking” friends, partners, and your favorite celebrities or you were literally bored out of your mind and had nothing else to do but look at what others were doing, the Activity tab the place to go. Users loved...