1. What are Breakout rooms Zoom's break-out room tool lets you split your class into a maximum of 50 mini-sessions (e.g. for small group discussion and group work). Instructors can divide the class randomly or in advance, check in on different rooms, broadcast...
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How can students do presentations in Zoom?
Before students can share their screen, the host of the meeting will need to allow Sharing: Within the Zoom meeting, click the arrow next to Share Screen and select Advanced Sharing Options. 2. Under Who can share?, select All Participants. If you need the student to...
What is the waiting room in Zoom? Should I admit guests?
Users who are not signed in to UVic Zoom show up in the “Waiting Room” for your Zoom session. It is not recommended to admit guests unless you know their identity (e.g. a guest speaker you are expecting). Students who are signed in with SSO and who have activated...
How do I invite a co-instructor or TA to my Zoom session?
The co-host feature allows you to share most hosting privileges with another user in a meeting or webinar. This can be useful to allow another user to manage the administrative side of the meeting, such as muting participants or starting/stopping the recording. Before...
Can students set up their own UVic Zoom accounts?
Yes, all UVic students, faculty and staff have their own Zoom accounts (accessed through uvic.zoom.us). Students are required to set up and use their UVic Zoom accounts in order to securely access their live class sessions. The Your UVic Learning Technologies student...
I heard Zoom stores information outside of Canada, can I still use it to teach? Is it secure?
Yes, you can teach with Zoom. Yes, it is secure. UVic is implementing an institutional version of Zoom and at present, the Zoom server is located in the US. The date stored on the US server will be limited to student name, uvic.ca email address, UVic affiliation and...
I teach using boardwork. How can I do this in Zoom?
There are number of ways to take handwriting online in Zoom: Use Zoom’s basic Annotation Tools. Annotation can be used in two ways. You can annotate using Whiteboard or you can click the Annotate button while screen sharing. Whichever method you choose, the annotation...
How do I set up a Zoom session outside of Brightspace?
Zoom allows you to easily schedule and invite students to online sessions. Step by step instructions are provided in the video below. Tip: schedule a your sessions as a recurring meeting (no need to schedule a new meeting for each class). After scheduling your...
How do I run a safe and secure online session in Zoom?
Please follow these guidelines to have a safe online session in Zoom. Before your session Require authentication to join. When setting up your Zoom sessions, consider turning on the 'Only authenticated users can join meetings' option, which is found when going to...
How do I join a Zoom session?
Instructors and students can activate their Zoom accounts by going to uvic.zoom.us and signing in with their Netlink ID and password. Learn more about accessing UVic Zoom. It is important to sign into Zoom BEFORE joining any session. Sign in is required in order...
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