Teachers Are Using Funny Zoom Backgrounds to Engage Students During Online Classes By Techtonic group Since the inception of the Novel Coronavirus-led pandemic earlier this year, every major industry had to shut down operations due to social distancing, including educational institutions. This forced teachers and educators to take the high road and continue teaching students via video conferencing calls on Zoom , Google Meet , or Skype . Now, these teachers are using some of the funniest and wildest backgrounds in Zoom to engage students in the online classes. The "virtual backgrounds" is a pretty nifty feature that Zoom pioneered back in 2016 . It allows a user to add pretty much any background in their video calls during a meeting . After the popularity of the feature in recent times, apps like Skype and Teams also introduced this recently. Video conferencing apps like Zoom and Skype can aid a lo...