Join a Zoom Meeting in a Lecture Theatre on the Dunedin Campus

You may be needing to teach from one of the standard lecture theatres about the Dunedin campus using Zoom to include online students.

Firstly, please ensure you have:

1. Reviewed the Getting Started for Lecturers guide
2. Checked you know your Host Key
3. Become familiar with Zoom’s security options to help prevent any unwanted disruptions.

For the Windows only desktop, here are the instructions in PDF so you can print them out if useful:

How to Join a Zoom Meeting in a Lecture Theatre Windows

Also, here are the instructions in this guide:

1. Click on the Zoom icon on the Desktop

2. Click the ‘Join a Meeting’ Button

3. Enter the Meeting ID

4. Enter the Meeting Passcode

5. If prompted with a Video Preview, click ‘Join’

6. Enter Host Key to get host rights (if needed, say for recording or managing attendees). Click the Participants button then Claim Host button. Enter your 6 digit Host Key.

7. To share the screen, Click the green Share Screen button in Zoom, then, in the pop-up window, leave the default option selected (being ‘Desktop 1’) and simply click the blue Share button bottom right. (This will share the whole desktop so those online will see the same as what you see i.e. your PowerPoint, browser window, Word doc, Excel, YouTube, etc. or whatever you wish).

8. If the room has microphones like below, then please use those to be heard on Zoom. Otherwise, you will have a small desktop mic. The webcam can be manually repositioned to better capture the presenter or audience, to your preference.

9. There will be a webcam on a stand siting on the lectern. Pick that up by the stand and point it at what you those online to see, i.e. the lecturer or the audience.