1. We strongly recommend using a waiting room for student meetings.

2. You have the option to set it so that SVUSD accounts bypass the waiting room. We do NOT recommend this option for student meetings.

3. While meetings are required to have a passcode, you have the option to embed that passcode within the link, so that people can join the meeting with a single click. We recommend using this option for student meetings, as long as you do not post the link anyplace publicly available.

4. Authentication is on by default. Only participants with a mysaddleback.org or svusd.org account will be able to join your meeting. If you are having a meeting with a parent, guest, or community member, you will need to disable this option when you create your meeting.

5. These video options can be changed when creating individual meetings.

6. We do NOT recommend allowing "Join before host" for student meetings.

7. We recommend using "Mute participants upon entry.

8. If you want students to be able to chat with "Everyone", enable this. Students can always chat with you, regardless of whether or not this option is selected.

9. We do NOT recommend that you enable "Private Chat" in student meetings.

10. If you select "Auto saving chats", the chat will be automatically downloaded to your computer at the end of the meeting. That way you don't have to remember!

11. If you have an aide or co-teacher, you can make them a co-host of the meeting.

12. We strongly recommend that you set both of these settings to "Host only". That way students cannot take over the screen unless you enable it. If you do enable it, the second setting prevents a second student from taking over the screen from student who is presenting.

13. We recommend that only the user who is sharing the screen can annotate, unless you are explicitly doing a collaborative live activity.

14. We recommend that you enable non-verbal feedback.

15. We do NOT recommend that you allow removed participants to rejoin the meeting. If you removed someone, there's probably a reason for it.

16. Whether or not you allow participants to rename themselves depends on your class culture. There may be times when you want students to rename themselves, so you can quickly send them to breakout rooms. There may be other times you do not want to allow renaming. This setting is easy to change on the fly during a meeting.

17. We recommend allowing breakout rooms, giving yourself more options during a meeting. Only the host of the meeting, not co-hosts, can create breakout rooms. Hosts and co-hosts can move from room to room.

18. Whether or not you allow virtual backgrounds is up to you. We recommend that you do, as it supports students' privacy and creativity, as long as your class culture allows. For some classes, you may need to disable this options.

19. As with virtual backgrounds, whether or not you allow video filters is up to you, based on your knowledge of your students.

20. We recommend that you enable the "Join from your browser" link, for students who may have trouble with the Zoom app itself or cannot install it in the first place.

The Recording settings are on a separate tab.

21. This setting simply allows you to manually record the meeting if you choose.

22. If you set "Automatic recording", you won't have to start the recording manually.

While it is a good idea to record meetings for absent students or for re-watching, you must be very careful about student privacy. If you are recording, you must:

• Notify students that the session is being recorded;

• Allow students to turn off their cameras at any time;

• Allow students to rename themselves for anonymity, if they choose;

• Only post the recording someplace private, like Canvas or Classroom, never on social media or any site available to the general public.