{"id":8129,"date":"2020-03-19T17:02:17","date_gmt":"2020-03-19T22:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/?p=8129"},"modified":"2020-06-24T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T20:04:29","slug":"using-videos-to-teach-synchronous-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2020\/03\/19\/using-videos-to-teach-synchronous-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Videos to Teach: Synchronous Options"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When assessing your decisions to create video content for remote teaching, the first choice you will make is what needs to be synchronous and what can be asynchronous. You likely will choose both for different purposes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When choosing synchronous meeting time for your classes, be sure to only expect that synchronous time to happen during your regularly scheduled class time. Due to potential internet instability and bandwidth considerations, choose synchronous time sparingly. You might consider choosing synchronous time with students in smaller groups. If you have a class of 30 students, for example, you could break up your class into 15 minute chunks to meet with 10 students at a time to make interaction easier. Record synchronous sessions using Google Hangout or Zoom so those students unable to join at that exact moment can watch later. Please don\u2019t penalize students for an inability to join synchronously.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For synchronous gatherings you have a few very solid options. We recommend Zoom, Canvas Conference, or Google Hangouts. Here are some points of interest for each:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zoom<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To create a meeting with your Canvas course, go to \u201cSettings\u201d and then \u201cNavigation.\u201d Find Zoom at the bottom of the list, drag it to the top of the list of options, and click save. Next, click on \u201cZoom\u201d in the menu on the left of the screen. (You may need to then click \u201cauthorize\u201d if it pops up.)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you get an error message, this simply means you\u2019re a new user. Go to <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/acuonline.zoom.us\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">http:\/\/acuonline.zoom.us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and click to start a meeting. You will be prompted to enter your ACU single sign-on information, and this will register you with Zoom. This should fix the error message when you try to open Zoom in your Canvas course.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then click \u201cSchedule a New Meeting.\u201d Once you do this, a window will open allowing you to set the meeting details. Here are some recommendations for meeting settings:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do not require <\/span><b>Registration<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. (This is a way for Zoom to get contact information from students.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For <\/span><b>Video<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, turn \u201con\u201d Host and Participant video. (This will allow everyone to see one another in the meeting.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For <\/span><b>Audio<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, choose \u201cBoth\u201d telephone and computer audio. (This will allow students with slower internet connections to join the meeting over the phone.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We recommend removing the <\/span><b>Password<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> requirement.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check the box to <\/span><b>Record<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> the meeting automatically so that you will have a video of the meeting that you can share with students who were unable to attend.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">With a standard account, the limit for a Zoom session is 40 minutes. If you need a longer session time, contact Educational Technology (Marisa Beard).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scheduling the Zoom gathering via Canvas will add the meeting to your Canvas calendar, but we still recommend notifying students about the meeting through other channels (email, course announcements, etc.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If a student hasn\u2019t previously used Zoom on their laptop, they will likely need to enable their mic and speaker and restart the meeting the first time they join. After they give permissions once, it will work seamlessly for future meetings. So, you might recommend students trying to connect ten minutes before the first meeting. That will allow them time to work through these start-up tasks before the meeting begins.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If students plan to join the meeting with a mobile device (phone or tablet), we recommend that they use the Zoom app available in the app store for their device. This will simplify the process for joining a meeting on a mobile device.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each Zoom meeting has its own URL. If a student is struggling to join the meeting through Canvas, simply share the URL.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If hosting a guest speaker, share the URL with them and the guest will be able join your Zoom meeting.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At the end of the meeting, end the session. You will be prompted to specify where you want the video to be saved (your desktop is a great option).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can then upload the video to your Studio library in Canvas for use in your course(s).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Hangouts Meet<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Hangouts can be easily created using either your Google Calendar or your Canvas course.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For instructions to create a Google Hangouts Meeting within a Canvas course, see the Canvas tutorial <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/community.canvaslms.com\/docs\/DOC-18570-google-hangouts-meet\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To add a Google Hangouts Meeting using your Google Calendar, simply create a calendar event, add students as guests, click the \u201cAdd conferencing\u201d dropdown box, and select \u201cHangouts Meet.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google automatically creates a Hangouts Meeting for that calendar event with its own unique URL. When you save the calendar event, you can choose to send an invitation to guests. Sending the invitation will allow students to add the calendar event to their own calendars. Then, students can join the meeting by clicking on the link in the calendar event description.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alternatively, you can send them the URL for that meeting in another form of communication (such as an email or Canvas announcement). Students will be brought into the meeting when they click the link.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Google Hangouts Meetings allow you to record the meeting and share your screen, just as you can do in Zoom video conferences.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If students are using Google Hangouts on their phone, ask them to add the app for easier use.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is also an efficient way to facilitate online office hours. See our video tutorial <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/2020\/03\/18\/remote-office-hours-with-google-calendar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Innovation Foundry for the Zoom Cheat Sheet, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/adamscenter\/files\/2020\/03\/zoom-cheat-sheet.pdf\">zoom cheat sheet<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When assessing your decisions to create video content for remote teaching, the first choice you will make is what needs to be synchronous and what can be asynchronous. 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