What is the difference between Spotlighting and Pinning?

Spotlight Video	Pin Video
Only the Host / co-host can Spotlight Highlights the video for all participants Will be seen in cloud recordings	Hosts and Participants can Pin Only highlights the video for you personally. Will not affect cloud recordings

Spotlight Video

Spotlight video puts a user as the primary active speaker for all participants in the meeting and cloud recordings. This feature is often used to spotlight a keynote speaker.

To Spotlight a user's video, you can click on their thumbnail and select "Spotlight Video" from the dropdown menu:

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Alternatively, you can select their name from the Participant list, select "More" and then select "Spotlight Video" from the dropdown menu.

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Ending Spotlight Video

To end Spotlight View, click the "Cancel Spotlight Video" link in the top of the spotlighted participant's video feed:

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Pin Video

Pin Video is a feature in Zoom that allows you to enlarge and center the video feed of a particular user. Pinning another user's video will only affect your local view in the Zoom Room, not the view of other participants and will not affect cloud recordings.

To pin a video feed, hover your mouse pointer over the thumbnail of the user that you wish to pin in Zoom. Click on the ‘3-dot’ menu icon in the top right corner of the thumbnail once you see it. Now click on ‘Pin Video’ from the submenu that appears.

Unpinning a Video

Unpinning a video in Zoom is a pretty straightforward process. In the top left corner of your Pinned video, you should see an option titled ‘Unpin Video’. Clicking on this will unpin the video and move it back into the gallery view on Zoom.

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