Zoom Immersive View

The latest update of Zoom has an awesome new feature: Immersive View! Immersive View will allow you to choose and place participants into a scene in your Zoom.

Step 1: Update Zoom

Open Zoom on your Desktop. Log in with Google, if necessary. Click on your profile picture and click on Check for Updates.

If the Zoom update loads and installs, move on to step 2.

If you have a new YCSD issued Lenovo laptop and you get an error message stating that Zoom Updates are blocked by Admins, follow these directions:

Search Add or Remove Programs in the Taskbar then click Open
Scroll to the bottom, click on Zoom & click Uninstall then click Uninstall
To reinstall Zoom, click on this link
Click Keep
Click the arrow, then click Open
Click Sign in, then click Sign in with Google & choose your email account
Note: You will need to add any custom Zoom Backgrounds again if you choose to use them.

Step 2: Update Zoom Settings

Go to Clever (or YCSD Staff Logins) and log in to Zoom. Click on Settings on the left side.

Either scroll down to In Meeting (Advanced) and find Immersive View or click Ctrl+F and type immersive in the search box. Toggle Immersive View ON.

Step 3: Turn on Immersive View in Zoom

Start a Zoom meeting then click on View in the top right corner. Now in addition to Gallery View and Speaker View you have the option to choose Immersive Scene.

Once you click on Immersive Scene, you will have the option to choose the scene you want to use.

You can see that in the bottom right corner of each scene it will show you how many people will fit in each Immersive Scene. You also have the option to Automatically place participants into the scene or Manually place participants where you want them. Anyone who has Zoom updated to 5.6.3 or higher will see the Immersive Scene that the host has set. Everyone else will see a regular Zoom view.