COTE Fellow Chat

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Lorette Pellettiere Calix & Patrice Prusko

Open SUNY Fellow Role: Lore+e:  Innovator/Researcher  Patrice:  Expert  Instruc=onal  Designer   Topic: Virtual  Mee=ngs  and  Recordings  Using  Zoom Theme: Cool  Tools  &  Emerging  Learning  Environments COTE NOTE: http://bit.ly/1wD8cHI

Cool  Tool:  Zoom  www.zoom.us  

Lore+e  PelleNere  Calix  Patrice  Torcivia  Prusko  

Zoom  Features      

Zoom   Other  Online    Mee=ng  Solu=ons  

Other  Video    Conferencing  Solu=ons  

Quality    Ease  of  use   Best  Video  quality   Best  Screen  sharing  quality   Best  Audio  quality   Best  

Features    Cross-­‐plaSorm  group  messaging  with  push-­‐to-­‐talk   Yes   No   No  

Mobile  collabora=on  with  co-­‐annota=ons   Yes   No   No  

iPhone/iPad  Screen  Sharing   Yes   No   No  

Share  computer  audio  during  screen  sharing   Yes   No   No  

MP4  recording  of  video  or  shared  content   Yes   No   No  

Na=ve  H.323/SIP  video  endpoints  integra=on   Yes   No   Limited  

ZoomPresence   Yes   No   No  

Pricing    Global  teleconferencing     Free  On-­‐premise  deployment  op=on   Free   No   Very  expensive  Monthly  plan   $9.99   Expensive   Very  expensive  

Why  we  like  Zoom  •  Easy  to  use  •  No  need  for  par=cipants  to  create  accounts  •  Simple  and  quick  to  join  sessions  •  Stable,  high  quality  connec=on  •  Provides  alternate  ways  of  communica=ng  (chat  box,  phone)  

•  Can  see  everyone  in  the  mee=ng  •  Free  or  cheap  •  Mobile  friendly  

Getting  started      

   

Groups  

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Meetings  

How  we  use  Zoom  •  Class  sessions  •  Mee=ngs  •  Office  hours  •  Introduc=ons    •  Student  presenta=ons  •  Student  collabora=ons  •  Course  collabora=ons  (Interna=onal  –  recording)  •  Lecture  capture  •  Guest  lecturers  •  Instruc=ons/explana=ons  (recording)  •  Course  ac=vi=es:    role  play,  debates  (recording)  

Best  practices  • Start  by  giving  new  users  simple  instruc=ons  on  how  to  use  the  tool  

• Ask  everyone  to  keep  cameras  on  unless  they  have  a  bandwidth  issue  

• Look  at  par=cipants  • Ask  ques=ons;  get  par=cipants  involved  

Results  • Visual  ma+ers…  • Increased  sense  of  community  • Greater  student  engagement  • Students  stay  on  track    • Greater  student  reten=on  • Greater  student  (and  faculty)  sa=sfac=on  

Contact  info  Lorette Pellettiere Calix Lorette.Calix@esc.edu

lpcalix@gmail.com

Patrice Torcivia Prusko pat68@cornell.edu

patrice.torcivia@gmail.com @profpatrice  

Additional  references  

Zoom:  A  new  online  Video  Conferencing  Service  

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Next Fellow Chat Open SUNY Fellow: Eric Machan Howd, Instructional Designer, Binghamton University Open SUNY Fellow Role: Expert Instructional Designer Topic: Preparing for Our Future: Constructing BRIDGE Programs with K-12 Colleagues Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2015 12:00 PM Register: h+p://www.cvent.com/d/xrqjsd