While it doesn't use as much bandwidth as your video, you can also reduce your bandwidth somewhat by muting your audio when you're not speaking. These services can use less data than streaming video, while still allowing everyone to see changes as they happen or close to it. Use online collaborative documents rather than screen sharingĬertain services, like Box Notes, Office Online Documents, and Google Apps let multiple people open and edit the file at once.

Also, request that other users turn off their screen sharing when they are done with their example.įor details about turning screen sharing on and off, see Share Your Screen on the Zoom website. When you do screen share, only share as long as absolutely necessaryīe sure to stop screen sharing when you no longer need to show your screen. In the My Video section, uncheck the box beside Enable HD if it is checked. In your desktop Zoom client, click Settings (the gear icon). Providing video in HD resolution requires significantly more data, so consider turning it off when the quality of the image you're sending isn't critical.

You can adjust your settings, so you always join meetings with your camera off, and choose to have attendees' cameras off for meetings you set up. For meetings where seeing each other isn't that important, turning your camera off is the easiest way to reduce the amount of data going in and out of your computer.

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