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A: You can go to: https://secure.americananthro.org/eWeb/DynamicPage.aspx?Site=AAAWeb&WebKey=ced2aab5-ccd7-4f28-bd95-01edee542f5e

This takes you to the page listing all upcoming AAA events which are listed by date. If you are looking to register just before the conference starts, then the SAR Spring Virtual Meeting will be near the top of this list.

You may need to login to your AAA account (or create one). Once you do, the AAA site may take you to your account profile page. Along the left-hand side of that page is a list of links, one of which is “Add Meeting Registration.” That will take you back to the page listing all upcoming AAA events. Click on the “Register” button for the SAR Spring Virtual Meeting and follow the instructions from there. Once you have paid, you should be able to access the AAA Communities site that we are using as the paywalled site for this conference.

A: Yes, mostly! As long as you are registered before May 12, you should be able to receive the email that will contain the zoom links for the conference. You can just click on those links in the document and it will either open up the zoom room in a browser window or launch your zoom desktop/mobile application.

A: First, note that as a presenter you cannot access a zoom room until 10 minutes before the panel start time. If you are an attendee, you may have to wait in the waiting room until about 5 minutes before the start time.

If you are not able to find the zoom link, the link is broken, or you have other trouble, you can

1) contact Courtney Handman at chandman@austin.utexas.edu. She, or someone else from SAR who she forwards your message to, will help as soon as possible; or

2) contact Saliha Chattoo by direct messaging the SAR Twitter account, @AnthroReligion (https://twitter.com/AnthroReligion), or the Society for the Anthropology of Religion facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/AnthroReligion

A: Each room will have a host who can try to help trouble-shoot any issues. This person will also let people into the zoom room and kick out any folks who are being disruptive.

A: Of course. Please use #SARbiennial2021 for all your SAR conference tweetin'

A: Links will not be made available until the day before the conference. 24 hours before the conference begins you will be able to find the zoom room links a number of ways:

1) by looking at the document that will be emailed to all registered participants the day before the conference beings;

2) by looking at the red headers for each session time on this public schedule (for example, the red “Morning Session 1” header on the “May 14” page of this schedule), which will direct you to a page on the AAA paywall-protected website that will show the zoom links for all of the sessions in the time slot you were looking at;

3) by looking at the full conference schedule that will be posted on the AAA paywall-protected website for the conference: https://bit.ly/3c8udt6. The link to that site is available at the bottom of each page here.

A: You can get into the zoom room 10 minutes before the start time.

A: Thanks for being the chair of your session! As chair, you should introduce the different presenters and also time the presenters.

Before each presenter gives their paper, introduce them by name and affiliation, and give their paper title.

On panels composed of individually-submitted papers, each presenter has 15 minutes. Please time the papers. You can ask presenters how they would prefer to be notified that their time is winding down. The presenters can keep their chat window open (it would have to be in a pop-out window if the presenter is screen sharing any images or power point slides) and you can send chat messages when the presenter has 5, 2, and 0 minutes remaining. Or, if that will be too distracting, you could just unmute yourself to quickly say "5 minutes left," "2 minutes left," etc.

A: Yes. As a presenter, you will be made a co-host in the room. That will allow you to screen share so that others can see your slides.

A: Because the conference is being held online, the session times are a bit shorter than usual. Each session is only 75 minutes long.

A: It depends. If you are in a session that brings together individually-submitted papers, then your presentation should be no more than 15 minutes long. If you are in a session that was organized in advance, you should speak with the organizer of your session to see how they are dividing up the session time. Remember that all panels are only 75 minutes long in an effort to limit zoom fatigue.

A: If you submitted your paper individually, no, you do not need to pre-circulate the paper. If you are on an organized panel, please direct this question to your panel organizer.

A: Links will not be made available until the day before the conference. 24 hours before the conference begins you will be able to find the zoom room links a number of ways:

1) by looking at the document that will be emailed to all registered participants the day before the conference beings;

2) by looking at the red headers for each session time on this public schedule (for example, the red “Morning Session 1” header on the “May 14” page of this schedule), which will direct you to a page on the AAA paywall-protected website that will show the zoom links for all of the sessions in the time slot you were looking at;

3) by looking at the full conference schedule that will be posted on the AAA paywall-protected website for the conference: https://bit.ly/3c8udt6. The link to that site is available at the bottom of each page here.

A: You will be let in to the panel zoom rooms about 5 minutes before the start of the session.

A: You will be muted, but you can raise your hand (either your “zoom” hand or your flesh-and-bones one if your camera is turned on) and the host will unmute you. You can also post questions and comments in the chat.

A: If you have never used zoom before, your best bet might be to watch the tutorials called “Joining a Meeting” and “Meeting Controls” that are both available on the zoom support page: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206618765-Zoom-video-tutorials

A: During the conference, you can only share your screen if you are a co-host of a zoom session. All panel participants (but only panel participants) will be made co-hosts. This will be done by the room host when participants enter the zoom room before their session begins.

Once you are made a co-host, put your cursor on the zoom screen. The meeting controls will appear at the bottom of the screen. Click on the “share screen” button. A window will pop up that shows all of the windows open on your desktop. Select/click on the window you need (this is most likely the Power Point window that has your conference presentation on it). Then click the “Share” button at the bottom right. The rest of the group in the room should now be able to see your Power Point (or whatever window you selected) as well as the box showing you. When your presentation is done, click on the red button at the top of the screen that says “Stop Share.”

You can also watch this video if you are still unsure how it works: https://www.youtube.com/embed/YA6SGQlVmcA?rel=0&autoplay=1&cc_load_policy=1