The COVID-19 pandemic is finally starting to subside. Schools, colleges, and offices are slowly reopening, giving us a glimpse of the lives we had before the pandemic hit in 2020. But returning to normality is easier said than done, as there are still areas that are struggling with the disease and will need more time to get back to their best.

In those areas, a hybrid work or learning environment is the need of the hour, which means that students or working professionals will need to keep a laptop handy for quick Zoom calls for the foreseeable future. With that in mind, Zoom has introduced something called ‘Focus Mode’, which, at least on paper, prevents students from getting distracted by others. Today, we’ll take a look at the newly introduced feature and tell you how you can use it to maximize learning.

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Focus Mode in Zoom is marketed as a revolutionary feature for students, allowing them to pay more attention to the lesson. As we know, children have very short attention spans, which can hinder virtual learning. With Zoom’s Focus Mode, hosts and co-hosts can prevent students from looking at other students’ video thumbnails. Screen sharing is also limited, as only the host can see all screen sharing and no one else.