Instructional video comes in many forms, here are some of them: A recorded lecture A short video introducing yourself at the beginning of the course A demonstration of a tool or technique An interview A screencast, which is a digital recording of your computer screen...
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Host a live lecture or meeting
Use Zoom or Microsoft Teams to host a live class, meeting, or discussion. Zoom is a videoconferencing tool that serves as a virtual classroom. It provides a range of tools for online lectures, class engagement, and collaboration. This includes guest lectures and panel...
How do I create breakout rooms in Zoom?
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...
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...
Can students use Zoom to record my class?
The default option in the UVic Zoom environment is that only the host can record the session. Students will only be able to use Zoom to record a class if you grant them permission by making them a host, or if you grant them recording privilege from the More option in...
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...
How do I access UVic Zoom?
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 to:...
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