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Considerations for Meeting Online

  • Supports interactive learning and student-centered teaching and learning
  • Increases accessibility through the provision of content in different formats
  • Promotes team-oriented, online environment
  • Bridges different types of assessment through group projects, case studies, guided inquiry or process-oriented strategies
  • Recorded sessions can be reviewed by students and the instructor to reinforce a topic or a concept and for assignment and exam review
 
Interactivity Considerations Inclusivity Considerations
  • Consider situational factors and specific context 
  • Year of study (i.e., graduate versus undergraduate)
  • Student enrollment
  • Curricular goals / outcomes for the course and program
  • Prior knowledge, experiences, skills and attitudes of the instructor and the students
  • Provide opportunities to test equipment and for students to practice presenting if this will be part of an assignment
  • Estimate and get feedback from students regarding time on task
  • Determe when and how feedback will be provided
  • Determine the features that are pertinent to the knowledge skills or abilities that are being measured (construct relevance)

 

Recommended Hardware for Video Creation or Virtual Office Hours

  • Good quality microphone - (e.g., Yeti microphone)
  • Headset with microphone (if possible) to eliminate feedback.
  • Tripod and mount for phone if it is to be used as a camera.


UTM Recommendation for Meeting Online


Zoom

  • 300 people can join but only 49 active videos can be shown at one time 
  • Up to 1000 people viewing only 

Zoom is licensed at UTM, and is an option that can be used for synchronous meetings and can be used for meetings with up to 300 students. For larger courses (up to 1000 participants), UTM instructors can request a license through UTM I&ITS ticket, this would usually require a minimum of 72 business hours' notice.

Please note: It is recommended that you use a wired connection if you are a Presenter in Zoom.

It is recommended that you provide students with an opportunity to do a test run to ensure that their equipment is working.  One simple way to test this out would be to hold Virtual Office Hours and meet with your students online. 
 

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How do I access it?

Who supports it?

Notes
Zoom
  • All UTM students, staff, and faculty are licensed for Zoom Pro accounts. 
     
  • Go to  https://utoronto.zoom.us/ (Links to an external site.)  and click Sign in to access your account in the U. of T. Zoom Portal to create recurring meetings (e.g., lectures, tutorials, or practicals), make adjustments to settings, and to access recordings.
     
  • Use the Zoom client (Links to an external site.) (desktop application) to start and run meetings.  NOTE:  Ensure that you use SSO with your UTORid and password to login.  Also, keep the Zoom client up-to-date as security updates and fixes are added.  If the Check for Updates button is not visible, please review the Updating Zoom to the Latest Version KB document and contact UTM I&ITS for more information.
 UTM I&ITS Classroom Technology Support
  • UTM has site licenses and I&ITS requires 72 business hours' notice required using a support ticket for courses over 300 students (meeting format) or 100 students (webinar format).
     
  • Zoom Index of Knowledge Base articles (requires UTORid and password):
    https://uoft.service-now.com/utm_iits?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0011068
     
  • For additional assistance with Zoom functionality and features, UTM faculty can contact the I&ITS Service Desk by submitting an Instructional Support ticket.
     
  • It is recommended that students only use computer audio and not a telephone to avoid long distance charges
     
  • It is not recommended to show videos during an online session. Instead, you can provide students with a link in the chat window to view a short video during the lecture. Or, preferably, provide students with a link so they can view the video before or after the lecture.

Additional Resources


CTSI / U. of T. guidelines