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Kelly Pennington ELT. (2025). How to teach on Zoom — the real basics you actually need. YouTube. (30m)
What & Why
What & Why
Everything you need to know about leveraging Zoom features is here: Getting Started with Zoom. Everyone at St. Scholastica has a free Zoom account. Accounts include polling (live assessments) and breakout rooms for individuals or groups, and attendance reports.
Info for Students
Info for Students
Everyone at CSS has a free Zoom Enterprise account.
Students only need a link to join your class.
They can join by computer or the Zoom app on their mobile devices.
Students with a poor Internet connection can also call in IF you share all meeting information.
Share the Student Instructions with them.
Engagement Best Practices
Engagement Best Practices
The difference between a forgettable webinar and a transformative learning experience often comes down to whether you've designed systematic engagement into every moment of your session (StreamAlive, 2026).
Set clear, flexible expectations about when video is required to balance connection with fatigue prevention.
Sessions under 44 minutes are less exhausting; structure content in focused 30-45 minute segments
Polls are the highest-engagement tool - use them every 10-15 minutes.
Never go more than 3 minutes without audience interaction.
Design for distraction. 70% of us admit to multitasking during training. Work within this reality.
Real-time displays that show collective responses create psychological engagement that text-based interactions can't match
Active Learning In Action - Zoom Guides
Active Learning In Action - Zoom Guides
Support to use Zoom polls, quizzes, and breakout rooms to engage students.
Additional Information
Additional Information
Zoom & Zoom AI Companion for Students (Google Doc)
Zoom Teaching Tips and Zoom Classroom Management Tips (Carleton)
Using a Zoom Waiting Room (1:09 video + step-by-step instructions)
Install the Zoom Scheduler app so you can add a Zoom meeting link to an invite
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