Active Learning via Zoom

Levy, D. (2000). Teaching Effectively with Zoom: A practical guide to engage your students to help the learn. Dan Levy.

Available at: https://www.teachingeffectivelywithzoom.com/ Links to an external site.

Additional materials curated by Dan Levy on his resource page: https://www.teachingeffectivelywithzoom.com/chapter-resources Links to an external site.

Please also review "Zoom & Security - What Faculty Need to Know"

This table pairs an end goal with classroom management policies and procedures and Zoom techniques. Linked words or phrase direct you to how-to documentation.


Active Goal: What do you want your students to do?	How do you do it with Zoom?
Build Community	Open the class early Promote synchronous remote office hours Consider small group work during synchronous remote office hours Use icebreakers Use breakout rooms
Speak	Raise hand Links to an external site. feature Chat Links to an external site. Mute/unmute - either allow students to do this by clicking their microphone icon or you can control their audio Links to an external site. Use pre-conversation assessment w/ a poll or pre-class anonymous survey Links to an external site. in Canvas or use prompts like questions, examples, definitions or quotes Allow for silence Call on students (give a head's up prior to class start) Breakout rooms for student small group discussion
Vote	Chat Links to an external site. Use pre-conversation assessment w/ a poll or pre-class anonymous survey Links to an external site. in Canvas Use yes/no icons in the Participants window Links to an external site. Have students write their selection on a piece of paper and hold it up to the video camera
Write	Assign students to conduct peer review or to collaboratively write a report or to create a small group presentation. Sign-in to your Outlook Office365 account Links to an external site. (use your Bucks email and password) then Set-up a PowerPoint and/or Word Document in Office365 for each group Links to an external site.. Send the students in the group the link to the PowerPoint or Word Document you created for them. Then, place the students in breakout rooms to work together on the assignment. Or, instead of Office365, use Canvas Groups to create groups and corresponding group workspaces for your students. Place the students in breakout rooms, and instruct them to complete the assignment. to use the tools in their Canvas group space Links to an external site.
Work in Groups	Breakout rooms
Share Work/Present	Share your screen Links to an external site. and open/share the work of your students to the class Students share their screen Links to an external site. (you can be enabled/disabled this ability for students as needed) Share webcam feed (default/first camera recognized by Zoom) or iPhone (as a second camera recognized by Zoom Links to an external site.) feed for performance or demonstrative activities
Annotate	Annecodtally, Bucks professors indicate additional hardware like an iPad/tablet and iPencil/stylus are required for optimal annotation Permitted on any screenshare or Zoom whiteboard (can be disabled or limited by the host)