WHY?

Why should this be in your teaching and learning “toolbox”?

Zoom is a web conferencing platform that has been standardized across the University of Nebraska system supporting education and professional meetings. Zoom enables real-time audio and video transmissions among participants to meet anytime and anywhere.

HOW?

How can you learn more about this tool and its implementation?

Employees can create a Zoom account following the instructions at https://info.unmc.edu/it/services/video/zoom/index.html.

Note: request an employee licensed account so you can host sessions longer than a free account’s limit of 40 minutes.

WHERE?

Where is it available to me as a user?

Zoom web conferencing is available anytime anywhere you have internet access and is installed in all UNMC classrooms/conference rooms. It can also be used on most any internet connected device via an installed application or app via mobile device. The applications are in sync with and simultaneous use of a website at https://unmc.zoom.us. There is also an Outlook plug-in that can be installed to make scheduling even easier within your email or calendar.

USE CASE
Why is it meaningful to you or others?

Screensharing:
Zoom can be used to trouble-shoot students’ library resource access issues, as well as conduct 1:1 session with both students and faculty as they are refining literature searches.

Teaching:
Zoom is the primary tool for distance education connectivity among K-12 and Higher Education across Nebraska. You can use Zoom to record group discussions, interactions, or lectures. You can also use the screen share to record from a PowerPoint.

Mentoring and coaching:
Zoom can be used to screen share providing just in time training, talk colleagues through challenges, and visualize scenarios.