Focus Mode

Focus Mode helps keep people stay focused in a Zoom meeting. Focus Mode gives the host, co-hosts, and participants spotlighted by the host, a view of all participant videos (or names if not sharing video) without other participants seeing each other. Focus Mode places meeting participants in a view where they are only able to see themselves, the host/co-hosts, and the content they are sharing. They only see other participant names, nonverbal feedback, or reactions, and hear other participants when they are unmuted.

The host/co-host can view and switch between each participant’s shared screen, while the participants can only view their own content. If the host finds a participant’s content should be shared with others, they can easily begin sharing the participant’s screen with others.

Account Settings

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal https://www.conferzoom.org/. 
2. In the left navigation menu, click Settings.
3. Under the Meeting tab, in the Meeting (Advanced) section, click the Focus Mode toggle to enable or disable it.                                                                                                                                 
4. Allow host to enable focus mode when scheduling allows you to schedule meetings that automatically start with Focus Mode. This is an optional feature that can be enabled or disabled. If you do not see the option to Enable Focus Mode when meeting starts in the Advanced Options area of the scheduler, you may need to sign out and sign back into the Zoom Desktop Client to activate this feature. 

Use Focus Mode in a Meeting

1. Start the meeting.
2. Click More on the meeting toolbar.
3. Click Start Focus Mode.

• The host and participants are notified with a banner at the top of the video.
• When active, the Focus Mode icon  is visible in the top-left corner of the video window.                                                                                       

Allow Others to View a Participants Shared Screen

1. Click the up arrow to the right of the Share Screen.
2. In the Shared screens can be seen by section, click All participants.

• To return to just host and co-hosts viewing shared content, select Host only.

Note: These options are only available when in Focus mode.

End Focus Mode

1. Click More on the meeting toolbar.
2. Click Stop Focus Mode. 

If you do not see some of the options described above in your account, be sure to check Zoom's knowledge base article for complete details including prerequisites for using this feature: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/360061113751-Using-focus-mode-