Raising your hand in the Zoom classroom

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If your instructor is using the raise hand option in Zoom, you can select an icon to let the instructor know you want to speak. To raise your hand and provide other nonverbal feedback:

  1. Join a Zoom meeting as a participant.   
  2. Select the Participants button (See Figure 1).
    Figure 1: Participants icon  
    Figure 1: Participants icon
  3. Select one of the icons to provide feedback to the instructor (See Figure 2). Select the icon again to remove it.
    Figure 2: Zoom participant feedback icons
    Figure 2: Zoom participant feedback icons
    Note: You can only have one icon active at a time. The icon will appear next to your name in the participants list (See Figure 3).  
    • Raise Hand / Lower Hand
    • Yes
    • No
    • Go slower
    • Go faster
    • Additional icons are available by selecting the more button:
      • Agree
      • Disagree
      • Clap
      • Need a break
      • Away

Figure 3: Raised hand next to the participants name
Figure 3: Raised hand next to the participants name


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Article ID: 463
Created
Fri 7/19/24 9:42 AM
Modified
Tue 9/24/24 2:46 PM

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