All official teaching guidelines are provided here. This page summarizes the documentation in these pages that is relevant to our use case.
- Tool: The best tool available to us is Zoom. The Pro version of zoom is available to all Professors and Teaching Assistant.
- Setup: First configure your account at https://epfl.zoom.us/
- Two choices:
- Meetings: Recommended for courses with <200 students. A Skype-like meeting with many features (waiting rooms, polls, emoji reaction for quick replies, breakout rooms, ...).
- Webinars: Recommended for courses with >200 students. Students cannot share video/audio.
For the first time only, configure your global settings. These settings will then be set by default for future scheduled meetings.
- Go to https://epfl.zoom.us/
- Choose "Sign in - Configure your account"
- Choose "Settings" in the left menu bar and go the "Meeting" tab
- We advise you to keep the standard settings, except for:
- Host video: on
- Participants video: on
- Audio type: Computer Audio
- Mute participants upon entry: on
- Auto saving chats: on
- Co-host: on
- Polling: on
- Allow host to put attendee on hold: on
- Nonverbal feedback: on (Let participants quickly answer questions with reaction/emoji in the chat. It makes feedback much more convenient)
- Other interesting features might be:
- Attention tracking: Lets you see an indicator if a participant does not have Zoom window in focus)
- Waiting room: Participants join in a waiting room. You have to admit them to the meeting individually, this may be useful for exercise sessions.
- Go to https://epfl.zoom.us/
- Choose "Host - Schedule a meeting"
- In the form, enter the meeting details:
- Topic / Description: Use a descriptive clear lecture title (optionally alongside a description)
- When / Duration / Time Zone: Choose the time and duration of the lecture (these are not enforced. It is just a way for Zoom to allocate resources)
- Recurring meeting: Do not tick the box
- In meeting options, select:
- Disable waiting room
- Enable Record the meeting automatically, in the cloud
- Get ready for the session:
- Set up your tools, make sure you have:
- A laptop or a desktop to run ZOOM, that has a camera and speaker
- A suitable microphone
- Wired internet (recommended by ZOOM)
- If you use PowerPoint:
- Start your PowerPoint presentation in present-mode
- At the bottom left of your screen, you can swtich cursors (laser pointer, pen, hidden, ...)
- Set up your tools, make sure you have:
- Start the meeting:
- Go to https://epfl.zoom.us/meeting
- Select your meeting and click start. This will prompt you to open your Zoom client, or download one.
- You will be given the option of testing your microphone.
- Once you join the meeting, your webcam image will be displayed.
- An cloud icon will show that recordings is underway. Recording can be paused/stopped. If stopped, it will generate a video file and start a new one when you restart recording.
- In the menu bar:
- The share function lets you share your slideshow. You can select which window to share
- The Polling function lets you start a poll with multiple-choice questions for full-powered Q&A.
- The Chat function lets you interact with the class through a text chat.
- In **Participants, students can also react with nonverbal feeback using some emoji symbols for quick Q&A.
- Click "End the meeting" to stop recording at the end of the lecture.
Just like for a live lecture, you can also pre-record a lecture and then share the link of the recorded video on Moodle (or any other platform of your choice).