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Learn@Illinois Moodle - Zoom Activity

Learn how to use Zoom. Zoom is a tool that allows for students and instructors to use audio, video, chat, and file sharing to hold live online meetings, lectures, and discussions.

For a permanent link to this information, please use: http://go.illinois.edu/MoodleZoom

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Examples of Using Zoom

  • Virtual office hours
  • Online lecture and discussion sessions
  • Individual meetings with students for projects
  • Student group meetings

How do I...?

Best Practices

  • Communicate dates in a way that is easy to maintain
    • Rarely use hard due dates (e.g. September 22, 2017) - opt for relative dates (e.g. Tuesday of Week 1) whenever possible
    • Use the year when typing hard due dates so that if it does not get updated, it will be clear that this is the wrong date.
    • When you would like to collect submissions at midnight, consider using 11:55pm instead. Students are often confused when something is due on Monday at midnight, but the system says that it is due on Tuesday at 12:00am.
  • Provide students with the Zoom session in advance of the first meeting to allow them time to set up audio and video.
  • For fully online courses, make it clear in the Course Explorer whether live sessions are required.
  • Carefully go over your account defaults at illinois.zoom.us because these apply for ALL sessions that you set up. 
  • If you need to meet the Identity Verification Policy, verify that students you meet with on Zoom with video match their student ID picture using the i-Card Photos block.

Related Topics

Technology Services Documentation

NetID Authentication

CITL Documentation

Zoom.us Documentation



Keywordslecture, office hours, synchronous, chat, meetings, live session, virtual classroom   Doc ID92442
OwnerNatalie L.GroupUniversity of Illinois LAS
Created2019-06-14 09:41:40Updated2021-09-07 08:50:04
SitesUniversity of Illinois Liberal Arts and Sciences
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