Zoom Classroom Management 101
(From West Chester School District)
In order to make the best use of Zoom, you need to establish classroom norms and expectations just like you would in your everyday classroom.
Virtual Classroom Norms for Zoom:
Establish rules
Examples:
How to raise your hand
Options: raise actual hand, raise virtual hand on Zoom, one finger raise, etc.
Students shouldn’t unmute themselves unless the teacher unmutes them
# of redirections before being dismissed
If/ when to submit questions via the chat box
Students changing their own backgrounds
When entering the meeting, if prompted, type in first and last name
Teacher signal for attention
Teachers are able to mute all participants to get attention
Participant Window: Have students open the Participants window at the bottom if on a desktop computer to show how they would raise their hand (might want to be a norm to open it every call)
Chat Window: Teachers have the option to disable/modify the chat features (in personal settings) or take time to explain to students how it should be utilized
Screen Share Window: Teacher has option to allow students to share screen/annotate in settings
Reminder: views are different on different devices
Inform parents of norms
Parents need to know what is expected of their child. Emails should be sent to parents after a set number of warnings to an individual child if the child is misbehaving
Helpful Link with additional information:
Different Views:
Teacher/Host View - Teachers can click on the Mute All button within the Participants box to mute students; however, students CAN unmute themselves (They can “call out”)
Student Views (different from host view) | Image |
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