Tips for those leading Synchronous lectures via conference tools

• Guided lecture experience: Provide skeletal or partial notes for students to complete while listening
• Reflection: post a quiz to be completed after the lecture as an opportunity for students to review and reinforce the information for better retention
• Continue the conversation: use a discussion forum for students to continue the lecture and in which to ask clarifying questions. 

Before the conference session

• Make sure your meeting time, date, and link are in the course syllabus and/or calendar.
• Send a reminder a day before the first meeting and the morning of.
• Give students a reason to attend. What’s in it for them?
• Login at least 15 minutes prior to the meeting. If you will step away, post a slide stating the start time and lecture so they know that they are in the correct room.
• Turn off email and messaging apps prior to sharing your screen.

Lecture format

• Start on time
• Use live closed captioning, if possible
• Start recording
• Announce and mute everyone
• Welcome slide
• About last lecture/meeting
• Today’s agenda
• Post polls or ask questions during the lecture
• Use visuals the support the content (not distract)
• What do they need to do next? Homework, quiz, paper, etc. & due dates
• Wrap-up/summary
• About the next lecture (promo)

 7 Tips for getting the most out of your Zoom meetings: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNxhkq9jjVo

 How to prevent Zoom bombing

• Never use your personal meeting ID. Each Zoom user has a personal meeting ID—think of it as your Zoom phone number. ...
• Always use a meeting password. ...
• Use Zoom's waiting room feature. ...
• Mute audio and disable video for meeting attendees. ...
• Turn off screen sharing for everyone but the meeting host/co host.

Also: https://www.pcmag.com/how-to/how-to-prevent-zoom-bombing