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A thread with some advice on videoconferencing - I& #39;m focusing mainly on using Zoom. Firstly, why Zoom? Many of the safety worries have been resolved and the stability, resilience and breakout rooms features are great. (More on safety: https://tidbits.com/2020/04/03/every-zoom-security-and-privacy-flaw-so-far-and-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself/)">https://tidbits.com/2020/04/0...
When presenting to colleagues, look at the camera, not your screen!
Simple thing: clean your camera and/or invest in a new one - you can plug in an external one.
Get the lighting right - don& #39;t sit with your back to a window or with a big light behind you.
Remember to mute when you& #39;re not speaking, but also use @krispHQ to block out background noise.
Consider a better microphone. I use this £20 one from Amazon: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07X53R38M">https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/produc...
Here& #39;s some advice I made previously about how to smoothly present full-screen slides in Zoom. https://twitter.com/informed_edu/status/1240346898898321409?s=20">https://twitter.com/informed_...
Here& #39;s a little tour through some of the background settings for your Zoom meetings - we use Zoom Pro account here. Video 1 here covers audio, muting and password settings.
Video 2 of the settings in Zoom Pro covers chat, chimes, co-hosts, screen share permission, whiteboards
Video 3 of the settings in Zoom Pro covers breakout rooms (my favourite feature of Zoom!), backgrounds, waiting rooms.
Here& #39;s some advice on basic screen-sharing...
... and how to share audio (either with slides or separately)...
... and finally how to share video clips and how to pause sharing.
Here& #39;s some advice from Zoom themselves on managing breakout rooms and broadcasting messages into them. https://youtu.be/j_O7rDILNCM ">https://youtu.be/j_O7rDILN... (more details: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476313)">https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/...
I& #39;d add that you should set key facilitators and guests as co-hosts so that they can move in and out of meeting rooms and support.
Here& #39;s a useful set of notes on security: https://twitter.com/BiellaColeman/status/1251122684966178817?s=20">https://twitter.com/BiellaCol...
Here& #39;s that article again on why I now trust Zoom for security, if you take the right precautions. Much of the advice that suggested not using it was written before these updates. https://tidbits.com/2020/04/03/every-zoom-security-and-privacy-flaw-so-far-and-what-you-can-do-to-protect-yourself/">https://tidbits.com/2020/04/0...
