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Remote Work / Teaching Kit

5 Key Points for Teachers/people new to running remote meetings:

  • Get a headset so that others can understand you well (cameras are secondary, good desktop mics are much more expensive).
  • Add an initial slide with class/meeting rules (mute your mic, ask permission to speak, use the chat, etc.)
  • Understand how these three things work: Screen sharing, Mute all (VERY important), Recordings
  • Use the PowerPoint “laser” and annotations to highlight materials and keep people engaged. Also check if the Whiteboard app (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/microsoft-whiteboard/9mspc6mp8fm4) works for your class (it has a web-based version).
  • Pause often and poll the audience for questions, so that newcomers learn the dynamics of unmute/mute, taking turns to speak, etc.

If you can't find a good mic for your computer, consider joining the call/class simuntaneously with your phone (via Wi-Fi) and using that as a mic -- most smartphones these days work well as speakerphones, and big, easy to use buttons to mute audio, etc.

Starter Kit (Amazon DE links)

For Desktops:

Logitech C720, C920, Brio 4K webcams (€15-€100, but they all include mics that work decently if the speaker is directly in front of them).

The Brio can capture a blackboard OK (not just resolution, also color range), the others not so much.

Back-End Stuff:

Moodle plugin for Office 365: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/platform/moodleinstructions

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