Zoom

Google Meet and Zoom Basic are both available for MDUSD teachers to use with students for video conferencing. Zoom has provided their Basic service for free without the time limit that they generally maintain. Students should be signing in to both with their mdusd.net accounts and teachers should have permissions set to accept only that domain. In Google Classroom, you have a Google Meet link provided.

Zoom Basics for Teachers

This tutorial video will give you the basics that you need to know in order to use Zoom with students. Your settings are important, so make sure to check out the suggested settings below.

Using Zoom to Teach Classes - How to/Tips

This tutorial video will give you the basics and then go into how you can use Zoom with students. It includes some tips on what might help make your experience go smoothly.

Zoom Settings --- Meeting Controls

Settings to Consider

Lock the Meeting: when you’re in the meeting, click Participants at the bottom of your Zoom window. In the participants pop-up box, you will see a button that says Lock Meeting. When you lock the meeting, no new participants can join, even if they have the meeting ID and password.

Expel a Participant: still in that participants menu, you can mouse over a participant’s name, and several options will appear, including Remove. Click that to kick a participant out of the meeting. They can’t get back in if you then click Lock Meeting.

Prevent Participants from Screen Sharing: In the host controls, click the arrow next to Share Screen and click Advanced Sharing Options. Under “Who can share?” choose “Only Host” and close the window.

Attendee On-Hold: if you need a private moment, you can put attendees on-hold. The attendee’s video and audio connections will be disabled momentarily. Click on the attendee’s video thumbnail and select Start Attendee On-Hold to activate this feature.

Disabling Video: Instructors can turn participant video off and request to start participant video. This will allow instructors to block unwanted, distracting or inappropriate gestures on video.

Mute participants or Mute All: Instructors can turn mute / unmute participants or all. This will allow instructors to block unwanted, distracting or inappropriate noise from the meeting.
All of the above information is from THIS document.

Zoom Meeting Controls

There are many settings available to allow teachers control over what students can/can't do in a Zoom meeting. Many of these controls are also to ensure the SECURITY and SAFETY of our students.

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