Communicate and Interact with Others

In a Zoom meeting, you can communicate and interact with others using a variety of tools, such as chat, private, chat, polls, and nonverbal feedback icons. Your Zoom meeting host may also ask you to share your screen, share a whiteboard, use the annotation tools, participate in breakout rooms, or brainstorm with whiteboards. In a Zoom webinar, you can ask and answer questions with chat, Q&A, polls, and raise your hand, if the host permits.

Ask and Answer Questions with Chat, Polls, and Webinar Q&A

Chatting in a Zoom Meeting Links to an external site. (External resource)
- NOTE: If permitted, send chat messages to the host, co-host, and other participants.
Webinar: Chat Links to an external site. (External resource)
- NOTE: Scroll down to How to Use webinar Attendee Controls section. If permitted by the host, send chat messages to host, panelists, and attendees.
Meeting and Webinar: Answer Polls Links to an external site. (PSU resource)
- NOTE: Scroll down to the Participate in Polls section.
Webinar: Ask Questions in Webinar via Q&A Links to an external site. (External resource)
- NOTE: Scroll down to the How to Use Webinar Attendee Controls section.

React with Nonverbal Feedback Icons

Using Non-Verbal Feedback and Meeting Reactions Links to an external site. (External resource)
- NOTE: Scroll to the section “Providing Nonverbal Feedback in Meetings.” You can select from a variety of non-verbal feedback icons such as raise hand, yes, no, etc.
Webinar: Raise Hand Links to an external site. (External resource)
- NOTE: Scroll down to the How to Use Webinar Attendee Controls section. In webinar, you can raise your hand to indicate you need something from the host.

Share Your Screen or a Whiteboard, and Use the Annotate tools (Meeting Only)

Sharing Your Screen Links to an external site. (Video 36s)
Using Annotation Tools for Collaboration Links to an external site. (External resource)
- NOTE: If permitted, annotate on any screen or application shared by the host or someone else.

Participate in Group Activities with Breakout Rooms (Meeting Only)

Participating in Meeting Breakout Rooms Links to an external site. (External resource)