Do you need some new ideas for your online or hybrid classes to get everyone moving or interacting? Check out this blog from the Future of Design in Higher Education website for a list of great ideas to try in class.
According to Kasey Bell from Shake Up Learning, you should share your Google Slides lessons in Google Meet or Zoom by publishing them to the web first. This gives you a unique link that anyone can view. It is a full window player, so you only see the slides one at a time. Use this unique link when sharing your screen in Zoom or Meet instead of clicking on “present.” The present button goes full screen on your monitor. This allows you to see more than one window at once, which allows you to see other tabs during your presentation.
Here's are links to some of our webpages where you can learn how to manage your Zoom meetings and teach with Zoom.
Audio is the most important part of Zoom that needs to be working correctly to have a successful Zoom meeting. Echos are an issue caused by too many microphones being on in the same room. Make sure you are confident in choosing your microphone and video camera when you are in a Zoom meeting.
Being able to share your screen, use waiting rooms, and share files is all controls by the control panel in Zoom. Practicing with these controls will make you more comfortable and give you confidence as you start teaching with Zoom. You may want to set up Zoom meetings with friends and family to do this.
Zoom is a necessary component for teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic at Murray State University. Whether your class is totally online or some of your students are in the classroom while others are online, Zoom will help you with your online teaching.
Need help with using Zoom in your classroom? This site is dedicated to helping you quickly find the answers to your how to questions. Whether it is how to schedule your Zoom meeting in Canvas to how to use breakout rooms, you'll find the resources here to get you started.
Before using Zoom with your class it is recommended that you explore all of the features of Zoom, find out how they work, and practice using them with family and friends so that you are comfortable with the controls and features.
Zoom sessions are very easy to schedule and use in the classroom and it's important that you are comfortable setting up meetings and using the controls from within it. Besides setting up your Zoom link for your class in Canvas, you can schedule on the Zoom website. Setting up a Zoom session outside of your Canvas class link can be important if you need to meet with a student or small group during the semester or set up a different virtual office hours link. Check out the videos on how to do this.
Looks like we are in for a hot and muggy weekend. If you've been outside and need to cool down for a minute AND if you don't know how to integrate Zoom into Canvas, then this is the video for you. It's less than a minute and a half and so easy to do.
