Zoom gets a new feature -- Immersive View

I am so excited that Zoom now has an Immersive View!  Microsoft Teams has had something similar to this and I was always a little jealous.  So quick overview of what immersive view is.  It's a way to bring participants into a virtual room that actually looks like a room.  There are options that look like classrooms, board rooms, picture galleries, and much more.  You'll need to play around with it to see how it works.  To access immersive view, you can click on the icon in the top right where you can change from gallery and presenter view and now there will be a new option for immersive view. 

Some things to note:

• you have to be on version 5.6.3 or higher (so check for an update and encourage your students to as well)
• participants with an older version of zoom will see the normal view
• most views can have up to 25 people shown, but some allow for less (if there are more than 25 the others will appear at the top of the screen)
• it does not work in breakout rooms
• a shared screen will take over for the immersive view
• as of right now, recordings will look as they always do.

Zoom has a help article if you want more information.