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Alan Proctor-Thomson

Using Zoom

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Matt Hamilton Doug Stenhouse Simon Schmidt
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All tutors have access to an education license of Zoom.  Share your tips here.

Zoom mentions that you may lose features by updating to the Education version. You wont, unless you were paying for a top-tier Zoom account.

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  1. Post by Alan Proctor-Thomson
    Tutorial videos

    I don't have time to make any videos at the moment but I found these videos to be useful:

    This is a comprehensive tutorial:
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  2. Reply to Alan Proctor-Thomson from Simon Schmidt Parent of this post↑
    TY
    Thanks Alan, 

    these are good!
  3. Post by Alan Proctor-Thomson
    Moodle Filter
    I am working on getting a plugin installed which makes it easier to set up a meeting from within moodle. This could take a while though.
  4. Post by Alan Proctor-Thomson
    Phone App
    The Zoom phone app is really good. It might be better to use then an old webcam.  And your phone will have a better microphone. Just make sure to where your headphones. Obviously you can't use it for screensharing.
  5. Post by Doug Stenhouse
    Tips & Tricks: Teachers Educating on Zoom
  6. Post by Doug Stenhouse
    How to share FILES
    To share FILES in Zoom, choose the Share Screen button at the bottom of your Zoom window and choose the Files tab (see image).


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  7. Reply to Doug Stenhouse from Alan Proctor-Thomson Parent of this post↑
    Re: How to share FILES
    Can you have students submit files to that location like a drop box?
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  8. Reply to Alan Proctor-Thomson from Doug Stenhouse Parent of this post↑
    Re: How to share FILES
    Not sure, Al. But here's another way to share files, however, it only shares the file(s) with students who are currently in the meeting:

  9. Post by Doug Stenhouse
    Breakout Room [Youtube - 3 mins]

    This is an awesome feature and so simple to use! I seriously encourage you to check it out, it's only 3 minutes long smile

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  10. Reply to Doug Stenhouse from Alan Proctor-Thomson Parent of this post↑
    Re: Breakout Room [Youtube - 3 mins]

    Really good way to deal with large classes.

    Doug how is the latency? Could a few students jam together? I'm assuming not.  But you could have two working together - with one being master track and the other the player who would have microphone off.

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  11. Reply to Alan Proctor-Thomson from Doug Stenhouse Parent of this post↑
    Re: Breakout Room [Youtube - 3 mins]
    Haven't tested it in class yet, so not sure about *audio latency* issues. Will try to test during the next week. Useful for offering peer feedback (in pairs?), or small group discussion, etc. You can also create a TIME LIMIT for Breakout Rooms, allow students to RETURN to the MAIN ROOM, as well as let them know using a countdown timer exactly when they need to return to the main room! Very cool wink
  12. Post by Matt Hamilton
    Class attendance
    If you check the meeting report you can get a list of class attendees and the times they join and leave.




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  13. Reply to Matt Hamilton from Alan Proctor-Thomson Parent of this post↑
    Re: Class attendance
    Neat. Are the students logging in with their nmit email address? If they aren't this method of enrollment checking might be a bit iffy. But would be fine in this current scenario (I believe).
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  14. Reply to Alan Proctor-Thomson from Matt Hamilton Parent of this post↑
    Re: Class attendance
    I can see in some meetings some students have nicknames and don't have their cameras on, so the report only shows their nicknames.

    Taking the roll could be a difficult task when you have 30+ students with cameras off without their names.

    If you are meeting through Teams you have the attendees names.

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