Teaching from Home with Zoom - Faculty Portal

Teaching with Zoom from Home

To successfully teach from home with Zoom live video conferencing during the outbreak, the instructor and students will manually join the meeting before each class by clicking on the Zoom meeting link predetermined by the instructor.

Participants and instructor will needed:

a/ а laptop with webcam and microphone (most of the devices are equiped)

b/ Minimum bandwidth is 600kbps (up/down) and recommended is 1.5 Mbps (up/down). These speeds change by the minute. With speeds less than that you may turn off your cameras and use voice only. Check your Internet bandwidth at speedtest.net.

c/ Learn the basics of Zoom software (below).

(Click here for More information on teaching during pandemia)

Preparations for the class:

STEP 1: Create a Course Zoom Meeting in Brightspace. Each course should have a different Zoom meeting.

It is also recommended to put the link ro the meeting the course content. Click here to see how to do it.

STEP 2: Share your Course Meeting ID with all your students (sample letter for your convenience)

On each class session:


STEP 1: Login into your Zoom account on your computer you are planning to use during the session Step-by-step Instructions
Share your computer screen with other participants
Guide to Using Zoom in UMS Video Conferencing Classrooms, if you teach from one of UMA Center locations on Polycom equipment.
Zoom Guide for Students (Instructor, please share it with your students)
At the end of the class sesction please do not forget to click "End Meeting" and select "End Meeting For All" - not "Leave meeting".

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