HyFlex Class Checklist

Before Class

  • Share materials (slides, handouts, etc.) on Canvas or in another shared space so that remote students have access to them

  • Arrive to the classroom early (~15 minutes) to make sure the hardware and software is ready to go.

  • Connect the microphone you'll be using and open your presentation or materials.

  • Optimize the lighting and other room conditions for the Zoom session.

  • Start the Zoom session at least 5 minutes before class. After the first few students connect, make sure they can see and hear you.

Starting Class

  • Assign a student or TA to monitor the Zoom window for “raised hands” or contributions/questions via chat.

  • If you are recording the class session, remind all students that the session will be recording before starting to record.

  • Acknowledge and welcome your students attending remotely.

During Class

  • As needed, adjust the camera to face the focal point of attention (you, the whiteboard, a demonstration, etc.).

  • Periodically check in with the student assigned to monitor the Zoom to address any questions or contributions (or technical issues).

  • Alternate between in-person students and remote students when soliciting input from the class.

Ending Class

  • Refer students to any materials that are needed to prepare for the next session.

  • Acknowledge the remote students in closing the class and confirm when they can exit the Zoom session.

  • Before ending the Zoom session, check to see if any Zoom students want to stay after class to ask any questions. If so, disable recording.


This document is based on Allan Gyorke’s 2006 Faculty Guide to Teaching Through Videoconferencing and put together by University of Miami faculty members Magdalena Balcerak Jackson, Logan Connors, Shirley Dennis, Tracy Devine Guzmán, Kevin Finn, Ager Gondra, April Mann, Maha McCain, Ann Olazabal, Maria Stampino, Rechna Varma, Kenneth Voss, and Barbara Whitlock. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.