When you are in a Zoom meeting there are many different screen layouts and ways to arrange your windows. You need to be sure you can see the various windows that may be necessary for the meeting you are in. For example you may be required to raise your hand in order to be called on. You will need to view the participant window to do this. We recommend you open the participant window as well as the chat window. Once the participant window is open you will see icons to allow you to raise your hand and give feedback using the icons for Yes, No, go slower and go…

1. When you schedule a meeting in Zoom (through your browser or through the Zoom client), the default option is to use “Telephone and Computer Audio”. This allows participants to connect to the audio stream either way. If you want to force everyone to connect via phone set the Audio option to “Telephone”. Then proceed to start the meeting as you normally would. Note this only affects the audio portion of the Zoom meeting. You can, if you wish, still use the screen sharing, video and other Zoom features. More information on getting started with Zoom 2. Distribute the details to participants: You can use the calendar links to add it…

By default, a Zoom session takes place entirely in the main room. If you want to split students into discussion groups, you can do so by creating breakout rooms. (NOTE: If you are recording your session to the cloud, Zoom will record the main room only.) You can create the rooms ahead of time and pre assign students or you can create them on the fly after you have started a Zoom session. You must be the host of the meeting; co-hosts cannot create breakout rooms but they can jump between them. To start using them select the icon that looks like four squares (you may need to click the…