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Best Practices for Teaching with Zoom
- Download and install Zoom
- NEW! Move Zoom Cloud Recordings to YuJa
- Read the Comprehensive Guide to Zoom for Faculty
- Read the Guide for Virtual Office Hours
- Tips for Success with Zoom Opening Screen - customize with your own information
- Best Practices for Teaching with Zoom
- Educating Over Zoom - a list of articles from Zoom's blog
- Zoom for Educators! - a presentation made by Cassie Harden Scott
- Keep Teaching - Rapid Transition Guide
MSU Faculty, Staff and Students
Zoom Help for Students
- Zoom Quick Start Guide for Students (PDF)
- Zoom Tip: Secure Your Meetings (video)
- Zoom Tip: Respond to Hijacking (video)
Zoom Help for Faculty
Secure Your Meetings
These job aids are part of the Zoom Comprehensive Faculty Guide which is linked below. They have been uploaded as individual files for your convenience.
- Keep Your Meetings Secure (PDF)
- Zoom Tip: Secure Your Meetings (video)
- Update the Zoom Desktop app (PDF)
- Password protect meetings (PDF)
- Enable Waiting Rooms (PDF)
- Remove a Participant (PDF)
- Block Screen Sharing (PDF)
- Zoom Tip: Respond to Hijacking (video)
- How to Share computer sound while sharing your screen.
Guides
Zoom Quick Start Guide for Faculty (PDF) includes:
- Create your account
- Download and install
- Join a meeting
- Schedule a meeting
- Add a Zoom section to your Blackboard course
- Schedule a meeting
- Share your screen
- How to end a meeting
- Troubleshooting
Zoom Comprehensive Faculty Guide (PDF) includes everything listed above and more:
- Tour the Zoom app
- Navigate a meeting
- Breakout Rooms
- Mobile App
Zoom Guide for Virtual Office Hours (PDF)
- Best practices for creating office hours
- Instructions on how to set them up (it's not just a normal meeting)
Troubleshooting Guide (PDF)
- Audio issues
- Video issues
- Disappearing windows
Zoom Zen (Tips for using Zoom)
- Temporarily Unmute
- Avoid Full-Screen Mode
- Hide Screenshare Toolbar
- Record to the Cloud (Pro Users Only)
- Record to this Computer
- Move Cloud Recordings to YuJa
- Start an Instant Meeting
- Got an Invalid ID? (PDF)
- How to Share computer sound while sharing your screen