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Unit 6.2.1 Zoom

We will use Zoom for the meeting. Why Zoom? Because the organizers are familiar with it.

This meeting will be recorded! However, only with permission of relevant participants will it be upload sections of the recordings.

Subsubsection 6.2.1.1 Before the meeting

  • Set up a Zoom account. To log into UT-Austin's Zoom service, you must have a Zoom account so you can enter the waiting room as a guest of the meetings with the password.

  • Upgrade to Zoom Version 5.3.0 or later. This version has all kinds of nice features:

    • It allows us to spotlight multiple participants, which will be important during the panel session.

    • It will allow you to move from breakout room to breakout room on your own, so you can mingle before and after the workshop and during "coffee breaks."

Subsubsection 6.2.1.2 To join the meetings

Use a "desktop" or "laptop" device. Mobile devices have limited Zoom features. Some of the more advanced (recent) features will give you the optimal BLISful retreat experience. You can use mobile devices, but we don't recommend them.

The order of the following steps matters!

  • Log into your Zoom account. You must do this before joining the meeting.

  • Click to join the Zoom session: https://utexas.zoom.us/j/94644560368

  • Click here for full Zoom invitation information (except passwords, which were in an e-mail).

Subsubsection 6.2.1.3 Zoom basics

  • You will want to keep your audio and video off except when you are the speaker or when you explicitly partitipate. You will also want them off in the breakout rooms. Having the video off means that we can control who is viewed in the "gallerie" which makes it more manageable.

  • Tabs

    • Participants (bottom of Zoom screen). Allows you to view or hide a list of participants.

    • Chat. (bottom of Zoom screen). Allows you to have side side discussions, either with all participants or some. However, during presentations, please use the Slack Workspace (discussed in Unit 6.2.2) since a participant who looses a connection to Zoom will loose the chat history.

    • Breakout Rooms. (bottom of Zoom screen). Allows you to mingle with other participants, in smaller groups.

    • Reactions. (bottom of Zoom screen). Allows you to applaud and give a "thumbs up!"