UCD Business eLearning

School of Business, University College Dublin

Zoom Best Practice Guides

The Virtual Classroom is great if you or students require flexibility in classroom delivery. It provides a great solution to scheduling problems, for when you wish to provide additional sessions, or for when you and your students are in different locations.

The virtual classroom tools available in UCD is Zoom (see resources below). Zoom can provide a social, collaborative and interactive learning experience. Business eLearning also have a dedicated media suite where you can host your virtual classes. The eLearning suite is sound-proofed and has all the necessary equipment you would require to provide a professional, problem-free, virtual class. We are located on site, so can support you during class.

Zoom requires users to download an app, and works without a browser. Get Zoom here.

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Managing Zoom Meetings

Managing Zoom Meetings   Suggested process to manage meetings There are a number of aspects to a session that can be easily managed from within Zoom. You can use a combination of Chat, Reactions, and Audio and Video to increase engagement in your sessions. This resource will look at managing the following features of a […]

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Managing Views in Zoom

Managing Views in Zoom There are a number of ways of presenting and arranging the participants in your meeting screen. Views can be used to maximise the social interaction, or to hide participants while slides are being presented. Note: The version of Zoom you use affects which Views are available to you. Gallery and Speaker […]

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Managing Interactions

Managing Interactions in Zoom There are a number of methods of interacting between the instructor and students in a Zoom meeting. Tools that can be used to interact include Chat, File Sharing, Reactions and Whiteboards along with assistive technologies like Closed Captions. Note: The version of Zoom you use affects how File Sharing works. Uploading and […]

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Managing Polls in Zoom

Managing Polls in Zoom Polls are an effective way to collect an audience responses, to query students during a virtual classroom and to encourage engagement. Zoom has a built in Polling tool, and UCD staff members have access to PollEverywhere for creating more complex polls. This resource covers managing polls in Zoom with: Zoom built-in […]

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Managing Breakout Groups

Managing Breakout Groups in Zoom Breakout Rooms can be created to allow groups of students within a class to consider a case, discuss research topics, or perhaps formulate a project plan, away from the class. There are a number of ways to setup and sort Breakout Rooms. Students can be sorted randomly, they can self-assign, […]

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Manage Security Settings

Managing Security Settings in Zoom There are a number of security controls that can be managed from within a Zoom session. The instructor can decide to limit access to a session, remove privileges from one or all participants, and remove participants from the session.  This resource covers managing security settings in Zoom to: Lock Meetings […]