Community reminded of steps and resources to help keep Zoom meetings secure
To discourage unwanted guests from joining a Zoom meeting, it is strongly recommended that meeting links not be posted on social media platforms or other online sites. Individuals and units should instead follow recommended guidelines for properly advertising and promoting virtual events.Image: D.L. Mansell
Community reminded of steps and resources to help keep Zoom meetings secure
March 02, 2021
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. As the spring semester progresses, those using the Zoom videoconferencing platform should remember that to avoid “Zoom-bombing” a type of online harassment where an individual hijacks a video conference to wreak havoc there is a list of tips and settings to help prevent unwanted actions by participants.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ensuring student success
As part of the Carolina Next strategic plan, the University is better preparing students to be successful in a data-driven world.
By Madeline Pace, The Well, Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Scenes featuring students studying on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on February 9, 2021.
(Johnny Andrews/UNC-Chapel Hill)
The coronavirus pandemic forced a reevaluation of all eight initiatives of the University’s strategic plan, Carolina Next: Innovations for Public Good. For the team charged with implementing Strategic Initiative 2: Strengthen Student Success, the shift to remote learning spurred an acceleration of work already underway.
Teaching tech: A Q&A for faculty weighing the benefits of Teams, Zoom and Echo360 26 Jan, 2021
From Microsoft Teams to Zoom to Echo360, many faculty at Colorado State University got a crash course in how to use new technologies for teaching remotely last year when the COVID-19 pandemic arrived.
But which platform is preferred? Which are most effective for learning? Which are easiest for faculty to use, and what levels of support are available for each?
Early on in the pandemic, Zoom experienced some security issues with well-publicized instances of “Zoom-bombing” around the country, in which non-students gained access to online course sessions and disrupted classes. But at the time, Zoom had features to enhance student engagement in a virtual environment that Teams lacked, like “breakout rooms” for small group study and the capacity to have more faces visible at one time.
The 2021 spring semester started on Tuesday, Jan. 19 with continued COVID-19 restrictions due to the ongoing pandemic.
With continuous safety measures, including mask wearing and social distancing everywhere on campus, Texas A&M announced in an email from interim Provost Mark Weichold that despite rising cases, classes for the spring semester will continue as planned. These intentions include an increase of in-person class options for students.
âAlthough cases are elevated both throughout the country and in the Brazos Valley, this was expected by local and national experts. Adjustments were made months ago in preparation for the increase in cases,â the email read. âI feel confident, as do public health officials, that moving forward with our spring semester as scheduled is the right decision.â