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Adding students to your team
Updated onArticleThe simplest way to add students to your team (particularly in large courses) is to email the link to the team to everybody on your SIS roster. The team link can be found by clicking the ellipses next to the team name and selecting "Get link to team." Students will click the link in their email and automatically be added to the team.
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Microsoft Teams
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Managing channels
Updated onArticleEach Team comes with a default General channel. In a Class team, you can consider this the course home: important course documents can be stored in the Files tab in this channel, and announcements can be made regarding the course in general.
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Microsoft Teams
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Enabling extended time accommodations for an exam or assignment
Updated onArticleIf you have students who require additional time on exams/assignments as an accommodation, you are easily able to set this up in Gradescope.
Select the exam or assignment which you wish to modify, then select "Extensions" from the left menu bar. (Note: This option only appears in exams or assignments for which you have set a time limit. If you would like to go back and add a time limit to an existing exam/assignment, you can do that from the assignment settings.)
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Gradescope
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I need a template for designing my course activities
Updated onArticleDownload the template, below, to plan and organize the lecture, discussion, homework, and assessment components of your intensive course.
Teaching and Learning Designing your Course Designing for J-term
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Setting up pre-assigned breakout rooms
Updated onArticlePre-assigned breakout rooms in Zoom allow you to create groups of students that will work together during a single class session or throughout the whole semester as you choose. This can be a useful tool for lab work, group projects, ongoing group discussions, or simply when you want to control who is in specific groups.
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Zoom
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Allowing users to choose breakout rooms
Updated onArticleNote: To use this feature, all students and instructors must have Zoom updated to 5.3.0 or later. To update Zoom, open the Zoom application on your computer, click your initials, click check for updates, and then follow prompts to run updates. We recommend you do this weekly.
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Zoom
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Zoom's OTHER chat app
Updated onArticleZoom’s in-meeting chat feature is an excellent channel for Q&A, comprehension checks, formative quizzes, and brief discussions (learn about some great pedagogical uses of Zoom's in-meeting chat here). But Zoom has another chat option that is more powerful and persistent. Here are a few things you should know.
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Zoom
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How to see your notes while presenting PowerPoint slides in Zoom
Updated onArticleIn the classroom, PowerPoint Presenter View is a useful feature which allows you to project your slides on the big screen, while viewing your speaker notes and slide sequence on the computer monitor. This effect can be replicated at home even with a single laptop.
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Zoom
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Allowing participants to share screens
Updated onArticleWhen students are giving presentations it can often be helpful to have them share their screens. By default screen-sharing is disabled for meeting participants, but the host can turn that on within the meeting itself.
Select the caret next to the screen share option at the bottom of your Zoom screen. Click "Advanced Sharing Options."
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Zoom
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Troubleshooting pre-assigned breakout rooms
Updated onArticleHere are a few trouble-shooting steps to take if you find that pre-assigned breakout rooms are not working correctly in your meeting.
1. In order for pre-assigned breakout rooms to work, it’s essential to make sure that all your students have set up their UVA Zoom account and are logging in through that account and not a personal or guest account. Additionally, they should also be using the Zoom desktop app and not the web browser. You have the ability to edit your Zoom meeting to only allow authenticated users (UVA accounts) to join. Select the “Require authentication to join” option while setting up or editing your meeting.
Teaching with Technology Guides for the Tools Zoom