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Signing in

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Being signed After signing in with your Touchcast account, open “Preferences“ window (Touchcast Director > Preferences…)“Touchcast Director” menu > “Preferences…”.
On the “General“ tab, check your Zoom account:

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If you aren’t signed in to Zoom yet , click “Sign In“. You’ll be asked to sign in to Zoom in your browser, you will be redirected to your default browser for signing in:

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After signing in to Zoom in your browser, click “Allow“ :

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Return You will be redirected back to Touchcast Director via by a popup window appeared.
Just after fetching After connecting your Zoom account, you’ll be able to initiate Zoom meetings in Touchcast Director and more.

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Touchcast Director only stores your Zoom information locally,

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it’s not uploaded to any online storage and is not linked to Touchcast Account.

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Note: being not signed in to Zoom yet and trying to start new Zoom meeting in Touchcast Director, you’ll be asked to sign in to Zoom.

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Selecting your camera

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Оpen “Preferences“ window (Touchcast Director > Preferences…).

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and microphone

Open “Touchcast Director” menu > “Preferences…” and on “AV“ tab check camera and microphone. These devices will be used for Zoom calls, for local recordings and for streaming your presentations.

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when participating as a speaker on a Zoom call, you’ll see these devices in tooltips for camera & mic

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Adding placeholders for cameras of Zoom speakers

In Prepare mode, being when staying on any scene of your project, click “Speaker“ button on toolbar and then click “Placeholder for Camera“:

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Arrange the appeared placeholder as you want:

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Note: if you need to show Zoom speakers in several placeholders simultaneously, you can bind them using context menu

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Adding placeholders for Zoom’s shared screens

In Prepare mode, being when staying on any scene of your project, click “Speaker“ button on toolbar and then click “Placeholder for Shared Screen“:

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Arrange the appeared placeholder as you want:

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During a Zoom call

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you can crop a Zoom’s shared screen (View > Tune a Shared Screen)

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Starting new Zoom meeting

In Show mode , click “Zoom“ button on toolbar and then click “Start New Meeting“:

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You can not only conduct a meeting but also choose to participate in it the event or recording as a speaker: , in this case other participants of the call, viewers of the stream or the local recording will be able to see and hear you. Otherwise you can conduct events as a director, without being heard or seen by the audience.

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Note:

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During a Zoom call

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you can

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check information about the call in Zoom’s active apps notifier

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Joining

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the Zoom meeting

In Show mode , click “Zoom“ button on toolbar and then click “Join a Meeting“:

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Again, you You can choose to participate in a Zoom meeting as a speaker: the event or recording as a speaker, in this case other participants of the call, viewers of the stream or the local recording will be able to see and hear you. Otherwise you can conduct events as a director, without being heard or seen by the audience.

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Chatting with other Zoom participants

Being on During a Zoom call , open a “Chat“ window (View > Chat, or click “Chat“ button on toolbar) to chat with other Zoom participants as usually:

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Default options for your participation as a speaker are on “Shows“ tab of the Director’s preferences (Touchcast Director > Preferences…):

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Being When participating as a speaker on a Zoom call, you can switch on/off your camera or mic (using “Mic“ and “Camera“ buttons on toolbar), and also share screen (using “Screen“ button on toolbar):

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You can stop participation anytime staying on during a Zoom call, and also copy a link to invite others to the meeting (in Speakers Monitor):

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Touchcast Director can be moved by host to the Zoom breakout room as any other participant:

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during a Zoom call

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you can see the current breakout room in tooltip for “Speakers“:

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Leaving Zoom meeting

Being on During a Zoom call , you can leave it anytime a) :

  • by clicking “Zoom“ button on toolbar

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  • by leaving Show mode

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  • by closing your project

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Signing out from Zoom

Being When signed in with your Touchcast account, open “General“ tab of “Preferences“ window (Touchcast Director > Preferences…) and click “Sign Out“ near your Zoom account.

Removing

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Touchcast Director from Added Apps in Zoom Account

When signed in in a browser with your Zoom account, open https://marketplace.zoom.us/user/installed and click “Remove“ near the app:

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When you do the steps above your user information is deleted from local Touchcast Director’s storage and you will have to sign in with your Zoom account again to access Zoom-related features.