Online Meetings
Hosting an online meeting allows you to interact and hold discussions with students in a fully online or hybrid course format. This provides students with an opportunity to ask questions about topics they may be struggling with in order to strengthen their knowledge about your course content. Online meetings also provides students with with opportunities to interact with their peers in meaningful ways instead of relying on discussion forums to facilitate discussion. Below are some suggested online meeting tools that will provide instructors with the ability to facilitate online meetings.
Top pick: zoom |
Zoom is one of the most user friendly options for hosting online meetings. This option allows you to schedule a meeting or host meetings on a needed basis. Meeting hosts can easily share their video, audio, and computer screens so that they can show attendees a presentation or anything that is pulled up on their computer. Attendees can also share their video and audio so that they can have a discussion with the host or their peers. Attendees also have the ability to share their own computer screen so they can show what they are working on with the class. One of the most useful features of Zoom is the ability to record and share live meetings so that they can be viewed at a later time.
TIP #1: Host a live meeting using Zoom to have students discuss what they have learned at the end of a module or unit.
TIP #2: Use Zoom to meet one-on-one with students during various points of a project to provide feedback and answer questions.
Tip #3: Use Zoom or any of the additional options listed below, to bring guest lecturers and industry experts into your classroom from around the world.
Visit zoom.us and sign up for a free account to get started.
TIP #1: Host a live meeting using Zoom to have students discuss what they have learned at the end of a module or unit.
TIP #2: Use Zoom to meet one-on-one with students during various points of a project to provide feedback and answer questions.
Tip #3: Use Zoom or any of the additional options listed below, to bring guest lecturers and industry experts into your classroom from around the world.
Visit zoom.us and sign up for a free account to get started.
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