Zoom is a popular video conferencing tool that allows users to communicate with friends, view college courses, and hold virtual business meetings. However, it does have certain drawbacks. A two-person video conference can run for up to 24 hours, but sessions with three or more participants are limited to 40 minutes. A meeting will be more productive if you use a timer to remind you not to get off track. DARUK is a meeting countdown timer that you may use for Zoom meetings to make the most of your time.
A visible timer serves as a reminder that effective meetings are about more than simply content. It also allows them to see their roles at the process level. This enables them to make
● Their contributions are concise and targeted.
● Keep the conversation going.
● They focus their debates on the most critical issues.
● When a discussion becomes unproductive, call attention to it right away.
● Keep track of the time on presentations and agenda items.
Virtual meetings frequently include screen sharing. Usually in the form of presentations or simply directions on a slide. and occasionally as a shared resource like a document or whiteboard. Adding a timer to a shared screen that is a PowerPoint slide is simple. One can be easily copied from the Timers page’s selection and pasted/placed right onto the slide-see Countdown Timers in PowerPoint.When diverse content is displayed on a shared screen (rather than a window), when you click a timer on the timers page, it will open in a small window that may be moved to the shared screen and resized as needed.
Fortunately, by utilizing simple free virtual webcam programmers, the facilitator can now easily include a timer via their camera. Virtual flip charts with built-in timers are also available. This aids both engagement and timing. An added benefit of being able to serve as the video for several dummy participants in a meeting (e.g., using browser windows). This allows you to put instructions and timers in the breakouts using the dummy participants’ camera feed.
There are even virtual backgrounds that feature countdown timers if the meeting software allows for video in their virtual backgrounds (such as Zoom).
If the above reasons have convinced you to adopt a video timer in virtual zoom meetings, contact DARUK for a countdown timer for zoom meetings so your presenter and audience are aware that time is running out.
