SECURING YOUR ZOOM CLASSROOM SECURITY OPTIONS DURING CLASS
LOCK IT UP Once your Zoom session starts, you can lock it so no one else can join. To lock: Click on the participants at the bottom of your Zoom window and in the pop-up click the button that says Lock Meeting.
SECURITY OPTIONS WHEN SCHEDULING A CLASS Require Registration: Shows an educator the emails of everyone in the classroom Random Meeting ID: Random IDs are less likely to be shared multiple times Password Protect: Create a password and share with students via school email Allow Authenticated Users To Join: Check this box so only those signed into Zoom accounts have access Disable Join Before Host: Students can't join the class before the educator does
Disable Video: Turn off a student’s video or screen sharing so there are no inappropriate items shared. Mute Students: Mute/unmute individual students or all of them at once. You can also mute them all at once when they join.
REMOVE A PARTICIPANT If someone who’s not meant to be there somehow manages to join your virtual classroom, you can easily remove them from the Participants menu. Hover over the name, and the Remove option (among other options) will pop up. Click to remove the person and they will not be allowed back in. You must set this as a feature in advane, if is off by default. The setting is under "In Meeting (Basic)" settings of your account.
CONTROL THE CHAT Educators can close the in-class chat so students can’t privately message other students. Zoom recommends controlling chat access in the in-meeting toolbar controls (rather than shutting it altogether.)
CONTROL SCREEN SHARING Zoom released an update to the default screen sharing settings for Education accounts, to increase security and privacy. This update changed the default sharing setting to “Host Only” at the account level. Hosts can still allow participants to share their screen during a meeting and edit their default settings. Click on Advanced Sharing Options, the All Participants and the options become available.
FOR MORE COVID-19 RESOURCES: MAINEEA.ORG/CORONAVIRUS
IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATION FOR TEACHERS
Educators: MEA encourages you NOT to post pictures of your virtual class on social media or elsewhere online. The same rules that would apply to your regular classroom apply here as well. Please remember it is crucial to protect the personal privacy of your students while conducting any kind of virtual teaching and learning.
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