VÁMONOS SPANISH CENTER

Zoom helpful tips & information

PLEASE BE IN A QUIET, UNBOTHERED SPACE DURING YOUR CLASS TIME J GRACIAS!

CONNECTING TO ZOOM
Phone/ipad
not ideal but
VIDEO
work if you don’t -Use a thick book to raise your computer, so that your camera is at a
1. Download software to your computer have access to better angle
(https://zoom.us/support/download) a computer
-If you are concerned about your background, use a virtual background
2. Join a meeting – Meeting ID: 206-775-3050 of your choice
3. Type your first name so others know who you are 1. Click on the arrow to the right of ’stop video’

Located in the bottom left

corner of zoom window
AUDIO 2. Select ‘choose virtual background’
and follow instructions
-Please mute [AND SILENCE CELL PHONES J ] yourself during class
if you might have distracting background noises in your house (kids,
dogs). A helpful tip- press the space bar to quickly unmute (and hold -Please stop video if anything distracting in your background (kids, pets)
it while talking), and return to mute when you let go of it could disturb the class. ¡Gracias!
-Make sure you are in a well-lit space; this will affect classmates’ view of
-For activities that involve multiple participants to speak (songs, verb you.
practice, etc) your teacher will mute all students during the activity
When you have entered the meeting, click ‘esc’ so that you are NOT in full screen mode; then click ‘participants’ and ‘chat’ so that those windows join
to your video, on the right hand side. NOTE: you will need to do this again after returning to the main session from a breakout room

VIEW OPTIONS DURING CLASS – COMMUNICATING WITH YOUR INSTRUCTOR

-hide/show self view; if you prefer not to see yourself in the
gallery, click the three dots in the right hand corner of your -Send your teacher a private message in the chat; select the arrow to
video and select ‘hide self view’ the right of where it says ‘everyone’ and choose your instructor

To view your video again, click ‘show self view’ to the right of
the speaker/gallery view button -Use the non-verbal communication buttons to let your instructor know if
you’re getting something or not, understand the directions,
-gallery view/speaker view; to view all students at once, select or you don’t or if you are stepping away for minute. You
‘gallery view’; to see the person speaking (for presentations”, can also (virtually) raise your hand if you have a question.
use ‘speaker view’: *in the top right [all features are located in ‘participants’ window]
corner of the screen* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Use the toggle bar to control the size of Issues with Zoom during class? Please note that as you are learning how to use this
your gallery vs the size of the packet platform, we are too ;) if something isn’t working right, try not to take your frustration out
on your teacher; instead, refer to the troubleshoot guide in this document; if that doesn’t
-side by side view; select this option to easily view the packet help, do your best to get through class, and see if you and your teacher can solve the
as well as participant videos; on the right of the green bar, issue when the lesson is over. ¡GRACIAS!
look for ‘view options’ and click the arrow:
-you can also change the view
percentage for the packet – if it is
At the bottom of the options, choose too large, select 50% and that will
‘side-by-side’ mode change the view.
 BREAKOUT ROOMS
-We will use these during class in order to practice in pairs or small groups;
you’ll receive an invitation asking to “join the breakout room.’
Click ‘enter room’ and you will go into a virtual “room” with one or more KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
students.

Command(⌘)+Shift+W: Switch to active speaker view or gallery

view, depending on current view

-If you have a question for your instructor while in a breakout room, Command(⌘)+U: Display/hide Participants panel
click the ‘ask for help’ button so that they are notified
Command(⌘)+Shift+H: Show/hide In-Meeting Chat Panel
-Your instructor may “pop in” to your breakout room to listen in, just like
we “listen in” during class when rotating the room; just keep practicing Option+Y: Raise hand/lower hand
and don’t let us interrupt you ;)
Command(⌘)+Shift+V: Start/stop video
-When your instructor is ready to close the breakout rooms, you’ll get a 1-
minute warning; no need to rush back, but start wrapping up your Space: Push to talk (when muted)
conversations. After 1 minute, you’ll automatically be sent back to the main
session; you can also click ‘leave breakout room’ to go back. Command(⌘)+J: Join Meeting
NOTE: Chat does not work during breakout rooms. If your teacher needs
to communicate with you, they will “broadcast” a message, which will pop
up on your screen briefly while in a breakout room.
 Try turning your video on and off; if you don’t see the meeting ID at the top of the screen (206-775-
VIDEO NOT WORKING 3050) but rather it just says ‘connecting’, you might be having connectivity issues; try leaving the
meeting and connecting again.
Make sure your device’s sound is turned up, and not on mute. If you are using headphones, try
AUDIO NOT WORKING disconnecting them and see if the audio works; if it does, you’ll need to go into settings are switch
the input audio.

CANT Select “side by side view” (as explained in ‘view options’) and click ‘gallery mode’ so that you have
SEE the packet on one side of your screen and the gallery of students on the other side.
PACKET

Make sure you are not in full screen mode, then click ’participants’ at the bottom of
WHERE TO FIND the screen. When the participants bar pops up on the right hand side of the screen,
NON-VERBAL FEEDBACK you will see several of the buttons there. There is also a button that says more (or
BUTTONS three dots) where you can find additional feedback options.

When all else fails, try disconnecting from the meeting, and entering again. You could also try entering with a different
device, i.e. mobile phone instead of computer. As a last resort, feel free to call me (Amanda) if you are in class with a
different instructor and I will try to help troubleshoot. (206) 818-3256.

Please remember that as you are learning how to use this platform, so are your instructors ;)
if something isn’t working right, try not to take your frustration out on your teacher; if that
doesn’t help, do your best to get through class, and see if you and your teacher can solve
the issue when the lesson is over. You can also try calling me (Amanda) to see if I can help.
¡GRACIAS!