Zoom's web SDK and web client were down for nearly four days over the weekend with minimal communication, and when they brought it all back they killed a key functionality the education market needs which is the ability to join a meeting without an account: https://devforum.zoom.us/t/in-progress-web-sdk-web-client-fr...
You can still activate this functionality in the settings, it now only deactivated by default due to the public outcry over Zoombombing etc.
Amusing that many of the changes lowered accessibility significantly (e.g. my grandmother wasn't able to join the meeting anymore after passwords became default). I still don't get it. Skype was way worse in my opinion and nobody ever cared about it.
Actually this isn't true anymore, they have since added the _option_ to not require an account when using the web client. The Web SDK still works like before and also doesn't require an account.
But I agree, the way it was handled was harrowing.
Many students aren't old enough to create their own accounts and getting parents to create accounts and provide credentials is a bureaucratic mess for the schools I volunteer with.
The school needs an education account and students should be able to join meetings hosted through a school account:
> Students under the age of 18 should not go to www.zoom.us to create an account because (i) they should only be joining Zoom meeting sessions as participants (not separate account holders) through the School Subscriber’s account and (ii) minors are not permitted to create an account per Zoom’s Terms of Service. The School Subscriber’s account administrator (e.g., teachers) should securely and confidentially provide meeting information and meeting passwords to the student users to ensure the school can maintain supervision and control over its student users’ meeting experiences. If students have already signed up for individual accounts, Zoom can assist schools in fixing this.
The school should contact their account rep about this. I bet they can fix it quickly.
Amusing that many of the changes lowered accessibility significantly (e.g. my grandmother wasn't able to join the meeting anymore after passwords became default). I still don't get it. Skype was way worse in my opinion and nobody ever cared about it.