Guest Speaker
Zoom allows you to easily bring in a guest speaker for your course without worrying about the logistics of bringing them to campus. Web conferencing not only allows your students to hear a guest speaker, but interact and ask questions as well. Additionally, Zoom allows you to easily record the session and make it available for review or for students who could not make the initial time.
For more information, see How do I invite a guest speaker to join a Zoom meeting scheduled through Canvas? (Instructors).
Office Hours or Virtual Review Sessions
You can easily use Zoom to hold one-on-one or group meetings with your students. Zoom allows you to share your screen so you can discuss course materials, grades and assignments. Web conferencing also makes it easy for your students to ask you questions by showing you the specific content they need clarification on. Expanding beyond the one-on-one office hours, you can also hold a virtual review session with multiple students and record it so that those unable to attend still can access it. All of this allows you to cover student questions in preparation for an assignment or exam without having to use valuable class time.
For more information, see How do I set-up office hours sign-ups for my students in Canvas? (Instructors).
Group Collaboration Space
Need an easy way for students to work on a group assignment? Students can use Zoom to conduct group meetings and share content without you being present or having to set up the meeting. This is a good way for students to still meet if they can't find a physical room or space for everyone to meet. This is also a great way to connect students in an all online course, or to bring students in different classes — or even universities — together.
For more information, see:
Online Class
You can hold a lecture or interactive class entirely online with Zoom. Zoom even allows you to create Breakout Rooms so students can work in smaller groups to answer a question or work on a case study. You can then bring everyone back to the main virtual room to discuss what they worked on.
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Faculty Meetings
If you can't make a faculty meeting or planning session Zoom can be used to be there virtually. Collaborate with your colleagues no matter where you or they are. This removes barriers of physical location so that you can be more productive.
For more information, see How To Schedule a Meeting in Zoom.
