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Pro accounts are needed to host or record meetings longer than 40 minutes. Although, even with a basic account you could run a sequence of zoom sessions.
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I’m a huge ZOOM user and proponent. YES you can share your screen (or students can share their screens) while still keeping your camera on. Participating members can play around with their ZOOM controls so that they can see both the static or streaming screens of the members on the ZOOM call.
The trick I’ve had to relearn (again and again) is that the controls disappear when you aren’t using them. If you wiggle your mouse, you’ll see the controls appear at the bottom of the screen and “Share Screen” is one of them.
When I set up large classrooms, I generally ask that the participants
- Use earbuds if they have them (prevents reverb)
- Stay muted unless they are going to speak (background noise can be killer)
- An alternate to conversation/participation is to use the text-messaging tool built into zoom
- NOT TYPE on the laptop while they are unmuted if they are using the laptop as their ZOOM tool…it drowns out other voices. They can easily log into zoom with a tablet or phone and then use their laptop to take notes. Or stay muted.
- Keep video off…saves bandwidth and let’s participants listen comfortably without having to worry about their appearance.
We’re happy to talk about good practices for the mechanics using Zoom and to discuss how it works in different class settings. A fully online session will run differently than a mixed mode on campus and online session. I’d add a few suggested tips to Lynette’s list:
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