{"id":1731,"date":"2022-03-31T14:10:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T01:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/?page_id=1731"},"modified":"2022-03-31T14:10:13","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T01:10:13","slug":"focus-mode","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/focus-mode\/","title":{"rendered":"Focus Mode"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turning on Focus Mode allows you as the host to control who&#8217;s camera participants can see. When enabled only the Hosts and Co-Hosts cameras are visible to the remaining participants. For all other participants they will just see the names of other participants.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish other people&#8217;s cameras to be seen you can choose to &#8216;Spotlight&#8217; that person so their camera is seen also.<\/p>\n<p>Focus mode can be useful for teaching to ensure participants aren&#8217;t distracted by each other&#8217;s camera. It also means students cameras aren&#8217;t captured in the recording and may give them confidence to ask questions or participate more as they know they won&#8217;t appear on screen for others.<\/p>\n<p>As the Host you will still see the video of all participants.<\/p>\n<p>How to start Focus Mode in a meeting:<\/p>\n<p>Select the 3 Dots at the right of the Zoom toolbar and click &#8216;Start Focus Mode&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1732\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-600x477.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-600x477.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-1024x814.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-768x610.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-378x300.png 378w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode.png 1237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click the blue &#8216;Start&#8217; button.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1733\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-Start-600x493.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-Start-600x493.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-Start-1024x841.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-Start-768x631.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-Start-365x300.png 365w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Start-Focus-Mode-Start.png 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once running there is a Focus Mode icon that displays in the top left hand corner. To stop Focus Mode go back to the 3 dots and select &#8216;Stop Focus Mode&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1734\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Stop-Focus-Mode-600x469.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Stop-Focus-Mode-600x469.png 600w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Stop-Focus-Mode-1024x801.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Stop-Focus-Mode-768x601.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Stop-Focus-Mode-384x300.png 384w, https:\/\/blogs.otago.ac.nz\/zoom\/files\/2022\/03\/20220331-Stop-Focus-Mode.png 1249w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning on Focus Mode allows you as the host to control who&#8217;s camera participants can see. When enabled only the Hosts and Co-Hosts cameras are visible to the remaining participants. For all other participants they will just see the names of other participants. 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