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- Practice using Zoom in advance. Test your audio and video. Be sure light is on your face and that your background and desktop are free of distractions. Practice looking at your webcam, not the screen when you present. Practice sharing your screen. (See Testing computer or device audio and Share Screen).
- Review your host controls and meeting settings. Determine whether you’ll include other hosts or co-hosts, mute participant microphones (muting recommended for large groups), or record the session for use at a later time. (See Host Controls, Managing participants in a meeting, and recording).
- If creating a Zoom meeting in Canvas, the default is set to Enable Waiting Room. This prevents a student from entering before you and be listed as host, but you will have to admit each student. If you do not want to do this, uncheck Waiting Room, but DO NOT "Enable join before host" as this may assign the host to the first person in the meeting.
- Consider making slides or discussion questions available in advance in Canvas, etc. so that students can access the content if screen sharing does not work.
- Anticipate potential challenges including the possibility that students don’t have ideal connections and aren’t able to hear and see everything perfectly.
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