Student Privacy

While materials produced by instructors for online courses are the property of the instructor, because of privacy concerns, it is essential that instructors and students limit their use of recordings (audio and visual) that include students to only the course section in which they were recorded (i.e., which includes those students).

To make your recordings available to the students in the specific section where you recorded the Zoom session , you should:

When recording your Zoom sessions, save them to your computer, not the Cloud.
Locate the recording on your computer's hard drive in the Documents --> Zoom folder
Go to Canvas. Open any tool where the Rich Content Editor exists (Announcements, Discussions, Quizzes, Pages, Assignments) and upload the file to it using Canvas' Record/Upload Media tool in the Rich Content Editor toolbar.
You can also save your Zoom files to One Drive or VidGrid and share them via Canvas.
Add your item to the appropriate Canvas module (or if an Announcement, you're done.). Be sure to Publish it!

Prevent Zoombombing and Dealing with Inappropriate Behavior

Zoombombing occurs when someone crashes your Zoom session and hijacks it. A Zoombomber may take over the screen to post unwelcome photos and/or may insert themselves into a chat and post inappropriate messages. Zoombombers have been recording their Zoombombing attacks and sharing them on TikTok and YouTube.

Zoom Security: Account Settings, Meeting Options, In-Meeting Security Features, Response

Account Settings

PowerPoint presentation: Zoom_Tools_Manage_Inappropriate_Behavior .pptx

Zoom recommends keeping your account updated with the latest Zoom security features by:

Downloading the Zoom Meeting Client at https://zoom.us/download
Checking for updates in the Zoom Meeting Client often by:

launching the Zoom Meeting Client on your computer, click your Profile Image, click Check for Updates.

Meeting Options

Consider using the following best-practices for your Zoom meeting settings for meeting security:

Disable private chat between students by

Go to https://zoom.us and log-in with your Bucks County Community College email and password you created. If you need a password reset, contact media@bucks.edu.

Navigate to the left-side menu under the Personal heading, click Settings, click In Meeting (basic) and scroll down to the Private Chat option and toggle to turn gray/off.

Disable in-meeting file transfer by

Go to https://zoom.us and log-in with your Bucks County Community College email and password you created. If you need a password reset, contact media@bucks.edu.
Navigate to the left-side menu under the Personal heading, click Settings, click In Meeting (basic) and scroll down to the File Transfer option and toggle to turn gray/off.

Use the Zoom Pro tool in your Canvas Course space to create your Zoom class meeting. For enhanced security, you should:

Create a unique meeting for each class day/time
Leave the waiting room enabled in your meeting options
Do not copy/paste, share your Zoom class meeting link
Direct your students to your course space, to the Zoom Pro link in the course menu to join the upcoming Zoom class meeting.

In-Meeting Security Features

During your Zoom class meeting, you can turn on/off several security features to appropriately support or limit student interaction. In your Zoom class meeting host toolbar, click the Security icon. Click to enable/disable features as needed. The check mark indicates that the capability is enabled for the students.

Zoom In Meeting Security

You can also use the Waiting Room to communicate with a student and to temporarily or permanently remove a student from the Zoom class meeting.

In your Zoom class meeting host toolbar, click the Participants icon

Then, mouse over the student’s name and click More. Then, click Put in Waiting Room. Once the student is the waiting room, you can send the student a message, re-admit the student or remove the student.

Move Student Zoom Waiting Room

Responding to Inappropriate Behavior: Audio Interruptions

If the student is being loud or yelling, move the student to the waiting room, and message them privately and issue a warning, and admit the student back into the Zoom class meeting.
If the student continues being loud or yelling, move the student to the waiting room, and message them privately to inform them of their violation of Student Code of Conduct and their removal from the Zoom class meeting. Do not allow them back into the Zoom class meeting.
Follow this process:

Email your Dean and Security and Safety at bc3security@bucks.edu
Complete a BIT report at:

https://www.bucks.edu/resources/campusresources/buckscareteam/behavioral-intervention-team/

Contact Student Life to remove the student from Suitable at studentlife@bucks.edu

Responding to Inappropriate Behavior: Visual Interruptions

If the student is displaying inappropriate images – move the student to the waiting room, and message them privately to inform them of their violation of Student Code of Conduct and their removal from the Zoom class meeting. Do not allow them back into the Zoom class meeting.
Follow this process:

Email your Dean and Security and Safety at bc3security@bucks.edu
Complete a BIT report at:

https://www.bucks.edu/resources/campusresources/buckscareteam/behavioral-intervention-team/

Contact Student Life to remove the student from Suitable at studentlife@bucks.edu