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There are several centrally supported online lecture tools available
at the U of A. These tools can add live discussion and dynamic
interactions inside existing eClass courses or as separately scheduled
events by email. All of the tools enable instructors...
Zoom is currently available for use to all Faculty and Staff at the
UofA. If a Zoom account is required by a Staff or Faculty member who
does not want to access Zoom via eClass, please contact us at
eclass@ualberta.ca to request a manual account in Zoom
...
This article outlines the preparation steps students need to follow to
access Zoom meetings and tips on best practices when participating in
online sessions.
GETTING STARTED
* Users will need to download the Zoom DESKTOP SOFTWARE OR MOBILE
APP [https:...
Zoom is a synchronous presentation tool that allows instructors to use
video, audio, and screen sharing to interact with students. This
article describes the steps instructors will need to follow to get
started and use the main functions of the system. Wh...
HOW DO I USE ZOOM IF I DO NOT REGULARLY USE AN ECLASS COURSE?
U of A Staff and administrators can use Zoom for various
administrative usage such as web conferences, demos, thesis defence,
etc. There are two options for how to create a Zoom account:
OPTI...
This article describes the range of caption options available through
Zoom meetings. Instructors can enable 2 different options for
transcriptions in their Zoom meetings: 1) By designating a manual
transcriber (often provided through the Academic Success ...
Zoom meetings can be recorded for students to review after the meeting
if they could not attend in person. This functionality can also be
used to pre-record lectures to flip lectures and deliver them
asynchronously. Before recording synchronous classes,
i...
This article describes how to set up digital office hours using Google
Calendar and Meet. The process creates calendar appointment blocks and
allows students to select to join specific time slots to meet via
video-conferencing.
CREATE GOOGLE CALENDAR APP...
This article outlines how instructors can use the Stream2 media suite
to record and instantly embed their lectures inside their eClass
courses. PLEASE NOTE: at this time, recordings can not be made
using Safari - Chrome and Firefox are the recommended bro...
This article lists the current known issues, technical problems, and
workarounds with Zoom online meetings. Any wider issues with the
service are reported live on Zoom's server status page
[https://status.zoom.us/].
Zoom configuration update #1.
[https:/...
This article outlines how instructors can access their Zoom meetings
outside of eClass by signing in directly to the Zoom web
portal. Instructors could need to do this to enable some features not
possible within the eClass integration (eg. to add closed c...
This article outlines recommended steps instructors should follow to
ensure their online meetings are secure. The Zoom integration in
eClass provides a very strong overall security mechanism but listed
below are some additional steps that can be taken to ...
This article provides a general overview for instructors using the
Yuja enterprise video platform. The platform provides instructors and
students with a place to upload videos, share them with course
channels, tools for recording and editing, and a pathwa...
This article describes how instructors can use the Stream2 Media
suite to upload or record media into their course to allow students to
easily access video content. Stream2 is an integrated cloud service
that stores media files in the eClass environment a...
Google Meet [https://meet.google.com/] is a synchronous platform
designed for live online video meetings with multiple users. This
application is offered as a part of the U of A's google suite so is
easily available to all CCID at UAlberta users and can i...
This article describes best practices for using Zoom safely and
effectively. The list was compiled by educational developers at the
Centre for Teaching and Learning and the most recent version of these
recommendations is available online at https://ctl.gu...
This article describes how instructors can use Google Jamboard though
the UAlberta google tools suite. Jamboard is a collaborative digital
whiteboard for capturing and sharing ideas. The platform features
intelligent handwriting display, shape recognition...
This article describes how instructors can take videos they have
already uploaded to YouTube and easily embed them in an eClass course.
For an overview of how to upload videos to YouTube, please view this
CTL Webinette [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4K...
Meeting hosts can pre-assign participants to breakout rooms
to streamline class collaboration and discussion.
Note that enhanced co-host privileges now allow co-hosts to have the
same breakout room controls as the meeting host. To learn more about
breako...
This article outlines how instructors can adjust their Zoom meeting
preferences to suit their particular needs. It is recommended that
instructors consult CTL's zoom usage guidelines
[https://support.eclass.ualberta.ca/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/Vie...
The table below summarizes the capabilities and functionality of the 2
online meeting tools centrally provided at the U of A: Zoom and Google
Meet:
FEATURE/FUNCTION
ZOOM
GOOGLE MEET (BASIC)
GOOGLE MEET (PREMIUM)
Available for Instructors-only s...
This article describes how to set up digital office hours using
Google Calendar and Zoom. The process creates calendar appointment
blocks and allows students to select to join specific time slots to
meet via videoconferencing.
PART 1: CREATE YOUR OFFICE ...
This article lists the current known issues and technical problems
in Stream2 that are currently under investigation or have already
been reported to the vendor for repairs.
ISSUE SUMMARY
KNOWN WORKAROUNDS
Any recordings made using Chrome may expe...
BREAKOUT ROOMS ALLOW YOU TO SPLIT YOUR ZOOM MEETINGS INTO SEPARATE
SESSIONS. ZOOM HAS THE ABILITY TO CREATE UP TO 50 SEPARATE BREAKOUT
ROOMS. THE MEETING HOST OR CO-HOST CAN CHOOSE TO SPLIT THE
PARTICIPANTS OF THE MEETING INTO THESE SEPARATE SESSIONS AUTO...
This article lists the current known issues, technical problems, and
workarounds with Google Meet online meetings. In addition to the U of
A specific issues listed below, Google maintains up-to-date support
resources for:
* Troubleshooting [https://sup...
Instructors can set a playback range for the shared video so that it
starts and ends at the specified times, removing unneeded portions
from the beginning and end.
Viewers will be able to watch the recording only within the set
playback range through the...
This article covers how to use the YuJa software capture application
to record audio, video, and screens for upload to your course.
Recordings can be made on personal laptops or desktops and is also
available on the campus classroom podium computers.
C...
This article shows how instructors can create video quizzes using YuJa
and then link them into eClass for students to complete to have their
scores entered directly in the eClass gradebook. Note that quiz
grades are all that is passed from YuJa into eClas...
This article describes how instructors can set up their classroom
computer to use Zoom to record video and audio during their in-person
class.
ON THE PODIUM COMPUTER:
- To begin, make sure that the computer has been turned on and the
projection system ...
Instructors can create separate Zoom meetings for different groups in
their courses even though this is not possible through the regular
eClass-Zoom integration where normally it is not possible to create a
meeting without it also displaying along with th...
The Yuja platform
[https://support.eclass.ualberta.ca/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/486/23/using-the-yuja-enterprise-video-platform]
includes a basic video editor that runs from your web browser allowing
you to make edits, add titles, and/or combi...
This article outlines how users can link their Zoom account with the
YuJa Video platform to bulk import meeting recordings. This can be
especially helpful to instructors who have been manually downloading
class recordings in advance of the bi-annual sched...
This article describes how instructors can share videos they have
uploaded into YuJa with colleagues inside or outside the U of A. In
most cases, as long as YuJa has been added to a course (as shown in
this article
[https://support.eclass.ualberta.ca/inde...
This article describes step-by-step how to upload a video directly to
your course channel and three ways that you can make it available to
your students. In this example, the upload process will automatically
publish the video to your course channel and s...
If a Zoom meeting is created through the Zoom web portal
[https://support.eclass.ualberta.ca/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/449/23/signing-in-to-zoom-outside-eclass]
and is not associated with a course in eClass, instructors are now
able to import ...
SETTING VIDEO PERMISSIONS (PUBLIC VS. PRIVATE)
UPDATE DECEMBER 22, 2021. WITH THE ADDITION OF SSO TO YUJA WE HAVE
CHANGED THE THE DEFAULT VIDEO PERMISSIONS FROM PRIVATE TO PUBLIC WITH
PORTAL (CCID) AUTHENTICATION.
Instructors concerned about video priva...
There are a number of site-wide app integrations available for Zoom at
the U of A. These apps have all been approved for integration by the
IST Security and Privacy. Each app shares some of the user's data
between the application and zoom to provide easie...