Category Archives: continuity

Poll Configuration Tutorial for Zoom

To enable polling for Zoom you must first schedule a Zoom meeting.

To schedule a meeting, visit uga.Zoom.us and choose the third option, Sign In (Configure your account).

After you are signed in you will be greeted with your Profile page. Within your profile page you can control advanced features for Zoom such as enabling polls, allowing co-hosts, and other options.

Zoom Profile Settings

Click on Settings to enable polls.

Polling within Settings

Scroll down until you locate polling.

Zoom Profile Page

Return to your Account Profile Page or Click on Meetings.

Click on Schedule A New Meeting.

Configure your meeting and click Save.

Scroll to the bottom of the next page and then click Add to configure your poll.

From that point on you should be able to successfully create a poll to be used in your Zoom meeting. If you have any issues please reach out to gradyhlp@listserv.uga.edu with questions.

Thank you,

-Jonathon

Zoom Features for Teachers

uga.Zoom.us

Learning and training for UGA students, faculty and staff

Official Zoom support knowledge base

A one-page reference explaining popular Zoom features such as Speaker and gallery view, Avoid background noise, Raise hand, Remove a learner, Disallow learners from changing their name, Annotation and Whiteboard

Here’s another single page reference with similar info but different author

Enable Polling: Step-by-step guide to changing your settings, by Jonathon

How to Prevent Zoom-Bombing: PCmag.com details a number of simple tips and settings

Cloud recording is automatically enabled for all UGA Zoom users. When you record a meeting and choose Record to the Cloud, the video, audio, and chat text are recorded in the Zoom cloud. The recording files can be downloaded to a computer or streamed from a browser.

Use the Audio transcript option (under Cloud Recording) to automatically transcribe the audio of a meeting or webinar that you record to the cloud.

General AV quality:

https://www.daily.co/blog/how-to-improve-the-quality-of-your-video-calls

https://itstillworks.com/improve-skype-video-quality-22271.html

Zoom specific AV quality:

https://support.revolverobotics.com/portal/kb/articles/zoom-i-am-experiencing-poor-video-audio-quality-why

https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2013/08/29/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-zoom-experience/

Continuity at Grady roundup

Starting Monday (March 16th) Charter Spectrum will offer free broadband/Wi-Fi access for 60 days to homes with K-12 and/or college students that don’t already have it. To enroll call (844) 488-8395.

 

from Sarah Freeman, Director of Communications, Grady College (03/17/2020) :

Good afternoon, Faculty and Staff — the campus communicators (StratComm) had a conference call this morning where several online campus resources were shared. While I am sure most of you have heard about some of these, there may be others you have not heard about so I thought I would share the list:

  • Main UGA Coronavirus Website (UGA’s most authoritative website; updated regularly and includes links to other resources, FAQ, directory of all Arch New announcements, etc.)
  • UGA Libraries (includes place where faculty can request articles to be scanned or streamed, as well as place they can request e-books)

Critical UGA IT Services for Business Continuity

Normal University business and classes can be disrupted by events and unforeseen circumstances such as weather, natural disasters, or health concerns. In many cases, faculty and staff may continue to teach and conduct business remotely using technology resources available to everyone at UGA.

Here are some of the tools EITS offers to assist students, faculty and staff in teaching, learning, collaborating and communicating remotely when meeting on campus is not an option: BlackBoard Collaborate Kaltura Zoom vLab Microsoft Office 365 Athena and DegreeWorks Remote Access VPN ArchPass OneSource Systems

Tips for uga.Zoom.us

Here a few recommended links that may help with AV quality.

General AV quality:

https://www.daily.co/blog/how-to-improve-the-quality-of-your-video-calls

https://itstillworks.com/improve-skype-video-quality-22271.html

Zoom specific AV quality:

https://support.revolverobotics.com/portal/kb/articles/zoom-i-am-experiencing-poor-video-audio-quality-why

https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2013/08/29/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-your-zoom-experience/

-Travion