Simultaneous Teaching

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Videos: 1. Audio Setup 2. Display Settings 3. iPad Setup 4. Managing Multiple Displays Options

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Additional Equipment

Conference Mic

This external mic can pickup the voices of all your "roomers" (even those in the back row) for the "zoomers". It also picks up the teacher's voice, giving freedom from being tethered to the laptop. Principals have a budget to purchase these ($59).

Audio Cable

This cable attaches your laptop to the lightspeed. In addition to having quality sound evenly distributed for watching movies, it allows your "roomers" to easily hear your "zoomers". No more blaring speakers on the teacher desk, with kids in the back not able to hear.

iPad

iPads are available for checkout from your building's Teacher-L librarian. This adds an extra view into your room (just don't join the audio). Pair it with an iPad stand and join your Zoom meeting to easily incorporate analog teaching and learning online.

iPad Stand

This iPad stand can easily be wheeled around the room, is telescoping and has a flexible gooseneck. It is an easy way to share items such as anchor charts, whiteboard work or a view of your students or classroom to "zoomers".

Audio Setup

Conference room microphone plugs into your laptop or docking station.
Stretch out towards the center of your room.
In Zoom, click the carrot next to your microphone and choose PDP for conference mic and Realtek for Laptop mic.
Toggle between your laptop mic and Movs mic as needed.

*Don’t use Lumens, it’s your doc camera.

Plug the audio cable into the input jack of your light speed and also into the headphone jack of your laptop.
Be sure to click OK for the pop up.
Make sure your Zoom AND Laptop speakers are set to Speaker/Headphones
Want to use laptop speakers? Unplug cable from laptop.
Want to use lightspeed speakers? Plug the cable back in.

*Be aware, your TV and conference mic may also show up as speakers.

Not getting the pop up when you plug in your light speed?

Headphones plugged in and still getting sound from your speakers?

This videos should help...

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Suggested Display Options

Trouble Shooting

-If your laptop is not set as your default screen, you can change that in your

-Can't move your Zoom? Hit the escape button to make your screen not in full screen so you can move it between displays.

You might start with the physical flow of your room. Having your computer in the front of the room allows you to look up to see Roomers and down to see Zoomers.
Click “Display” in the search on your computer to setup your display options. Suggestion: Laptop is screen 1. This allows you to see items before sharing. Monitor is display #2 which is duplicated to the TV or Projector which is display #3. That way you don’t have to guess what you are sharing in your room, and you can share that screen in Zoom as well.
Arrange displays so that if you lose your mouse, just pull down and it will be on your laptop again.

Video Input Options

Not seeing screen 1 or screen 2? Check your settings at zoom.us

iPad Setup

Tips:

On the Laptop- Start the Zoom meeting.
On the iPad
- Open the Zoom App, Sign in with Google, Click on “Meetings” and “Start”.
- Choose “Cancel” for audio so you don’t get feedback.
On the Laptop- Admit yourself into the meeting and you can rename the iPad which will be a co-host.
On the iPad
- Turn the iPad camera off and on as needed (from laptop or iPad)
- Spotlight the iPad to make it the main screen (from laptop or iPad)
- Charge it nightly and keep in a safe place. Remember, it has access as you to all Zooms.

Putting the Parts Together

Start with the Purpose

What is it you want students to do and experience?

Image from the Distance Learning Playbook.

The SAMR model helps us to think beyond what we've done in the past and truly leverage our tecchnology and unique situation.

Open Zoom
Click on Chat and Participants
Click the downward carrot to “pop out”
Drag your Zoom window up to your monitor
Manage the participant and chat windows on your laptop

Open Zoom
Share Screen
Choose your monitor (often this is screen 1)
Drag anything you want to share with Roomers and Zoomers to your monitor

Turn on Dual Monitors within Zoom and restart meeting
“Pop out” the chat and participant windows
Arrange your monitor so it is half Zoom and half something else you’d like to share.
Click Share Screen and only choose the single item to show Zoomers.

Add your document camera in Zoom
Click Share Screen and then on Advanced.
Choose “Content from 2nd Camera”
Now you can hit the “Switch Camera” to toggle between your laptop camera and document camera.

FAQ

My "zoomers" can't hear me or the class.

In Zoom, check which speaker you have as the output.

I can't hear the "zoomers"

Which speaker do you have chosen in Zoom? It should be "Speaker/Headphone"

Did you plug in a Light Speed? Make sure ok on the pop up box. Make sure your audio cable is plugged into the input jack on the Light Speed, not the headphone jack.

If the audio cable is still plugged into your laptop, the computer will try to send audio to the Light Speed, even if it isn't connected or turned off.

I can't hear videos from my computer.

Remember your laptop and Zoom have separate audio controls. If you can't hear things like YouTube videos, check the speakers you have chosen in your audio settings. You can do this by clicking on the speaker icon in the lower right of your computer screen. You should be on Speaker/Headphones

How do I use an Aver Doc Cam?

Install the Sphere 2 software from the Software Center (called A + + Suite). You won't use this software but it does have the drivers needed.
Use a USB mini cable from the doc camera to the laptop.
Be sure the Aver camera is plugged into power and the power is turned on.
The switch on the right side needs to be on PC
The switch on the left side needs to be on RGB
You can now use the camera with Visualizer or with Zoom

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