Items for Action
Be on guard against "Zoombombing." Follow the Zoom Security guidelines below.
General Resources
- The College's Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science (TIDES) has assembled resources and a list of contact people in CNS who can support faculty teaching online.
- TIDES has a checklist for faculty teaching online courses.
- The Provost's Office has assembled a good comprehensive FAQ for faculty: https://covid.provost.utexas.edu/
- The Faculty Innovation Center has several resources for faculty for online courses. There are also FAQs for faculty and resources for grad student instructors and TAs.
- Other colleges also are maintaining helpful guides, such as this frequently updated Box document created by the Moody College has new information highlighted regularly up top:
Zoom and Panopto
- Access Zoom at UT: https://utexas.zoom.us
- Read "How to Use Zoom to Hold Class and/or Office Hours" by MBS Professor Janice Fischer.
- View short, recorded webinars from Zoom support.
- Learn about teaching synchronously with Zoom.
- See a Panopto how-to from the iSchool.
- Provide a first-run Zoom checklist for students.
Zoom Security
- Ensure you are using the utexas.zoom.us domain (https://utexas.zoom.us/) for your Zoom calls to take advantage of increased security measures.
- Do not publish your Zoom meeting links in public forums such as Twitter. Share your links through more secure means such as email, calendar invites, and closed groups.
- Review the entire list of Zoom security features for both private and public events, including generating a unique meeting ID, requiring a password, muting video and audio of participants, and enabling waiting rooms.
- Anyone using free Zoom accounts (not Zoom at UT) will find Zoom made recent changes. The Waiting Room feature is enabled, and, on all personal meetings, additional password settings are required.
