Zoom is a third-party product that Rice is making available for course instructors to use for synchronous (real-time) video sessions with their students.

Guidelines for Recording Academic Classes in Zoom Summary

If you need Zoom Webinars for your large course with 75 or more students, please contact instructions will show you how to use Zoom in Canvas.

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They have the ability to interact via Q&A, chat, and answering polling questions.

Students would only be able to see and hear the class lecture unless the professor unmutes individual students.

Designed so that the instructor and any TAs (ie, the Zoom 'host' and 'panelists') can share their video, audio, and screen.Recommended for classes with 75 or more students.The Breakout Rooms feature is available in 'Meetings' but not in 'Webinars.'.Facilitates collaboration with all participants being able to screen share, turn on their video and audio, and see who else is in attendance.Recommended for classes with fewer than 75 students.Zoom Meeting and Webinar are similar, but different products. This tool can be used by Rice faculty to remotely connect with your class via a web conference. Zoom offers video, audio, and wireless screen-sharing experience across Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, and Blackberry devices with campus-affiliated and unaffiliated users. Zoom is a video and web conferencing tool that unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and group messaging into one easy-to-use platform.

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