Zoom Rolls Out New Features Requested By Educators

  • By Kristal Kuykendall
  • 04/11/22

Zoom has begun rolling out several new features for education users of its Chat and Meetings functions, fulfilling the most popular requests from teachers and administrators on its platform, the company announced today.

New features available now are virtual background and blur for Chromebook users; the ability to share content with audio in Breakout Rooms; and an LTI Pro integration in Breakout Rooms enabling educators to add students to a Breakout Room directly from their rosters and to assign Breakout Rooms in advance.

Other new features include:

Learn more about Zoom’s new education features on its blog.

About the Author

Kristal Kuykendall is editor, 1105 Media Education Group. She can be reached at [email protected].


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