As you collaborate with others in Zoom Chat,
discussions and ideas will start flying.
Let’s cover some of the basics so you
can join the conversation.
Here is a
direct chat message coming in now.
It looks like Angela is looking for some
information about a presentation
I recently delivered.
Even though this
is a direct message, I’m going to send
Angela a threaded response so that I
can keep the chat nice and organized.
I know exactly where the document is
kept so I’ll prepare a quick response
to Angela.
I’ll be sure to use the name
of the document so that I give my
message better keywords should
Anglea go searching for it in the future.
After some quick formatting and adding
in the hyperlink, I quickly send my response.
But oh goodness, I misspelled a word.
You might consider sending a follow-up
message like this with the corrected
spelling but that isn’t necessary in
Zoom Chat.
I’ll go ahead and delete the
extra response and simply edit my original
message instead.
I’ll click on the ellipsis
symbol next to my message to edit and
fix that spelling error.
Next to the timestamp,
my message will now show that
it has been edited.
At the bottom of the chat,
I can see that Anglea is typing a response.
This is helpful to know so I won’t navigate
away to other chats just yet.
To respond in a more dynamic and
potentially informal way, I’ll send her
a GIF back.
Zoom Chat has GIPHY
integrated natively into the application so
that you can easily search for and share a
GIF when the moment calls for it.
While GIFs can be fun, sometimes a
more subtle reaction emoji is a better fit.
In this example, Morgan has announced in
a channel that a new product will be launching.
By clicking on the smiley face with a plus
icon, I can choose from my most recently
used emojis or click on the ellipses for many
more to choose from.
Emojis can be a great way to react to a
message without posting.
I love this news, so I’ll give this message
a heart as other reactions pop in.
I’ll also give this post a rocket and star
reaction for good measure.
Hovering over an emoji lets you know
who added which emoji reaction.
Reaction emojis are great, but this
one is a little fishy.
In this example Sebastian
is trying to troubleshoot an issue with a
third party vendor.
Sebastian has done
something very smart here.
Rather than solicit
message responses that cause a lot of
unnecessary noise in Chat, Sebastian is
asking others to respond with an emoji.
This will help auto-tally how many
others seem to share this issue.
Another great way to reduce noise in
Zoom Chat is to follow the message without Commenting.
I’ll click on the ellipses icon and
choose to follow the message.
Now if any
additional threaded responses are posted
about this topic, Zoom Chat will notify
me of each of them.
In our final example,
Riley has posted some critical links to
documents that need to be updated.
I’m really busy at the moment but I
definitely want to address the chat
message once I am free.
There are three
great ways to keep this message front of mind.
The first is to mark the message as unread
as if I hadn’t even seen it yet.
The second method is to bookmark the message.
This message is now dynamically added to
my bookmarked messages smart collection
in the upper left corner.
Here I can quickly
see all of my bookmarked messages and jump
back to the original post if necessary.
The third method is to set a message reminder.
I’m pretty busy today.
Let’s customize this
reminder for tomorrow at noon.
Oh what’s this?
A message in a language
I don’t understand.
That’s okay.
By clicking on
the ellipses I can translate the message.
Now I know what they're talking about.