Interaction and feedback during lectures

Our lecturers have additional work to share their courses  with the other universities, and SUPA courses are organised on a reciprocal basis, and often with quite small classes.  We appreciate having people join us live and also making themselves visible or otherwise participating in lectures as it provides immediate feedback that this additional work to  share these courses is useful and appreciated you.

Joining live and being visible or actively involved in SUPA lectures.

When you are in a classroom, please use the CAM1/CAM2 buttons on the desk to select a camera view, and take a seat in an area where you are visible to the lecturer.   If you are joining live from a laptop or other device, then your name will be seen on screen. 

For small classes and tutorials, please consider turning on your camera for a short time at the start.  If this doesn't work for you, perhaps you could find another ways to be actively involved - perhaps you could say hello, or ask a question or provide feedback in other ways.

Interaction Chat, Feedback Icons and Whiteboard using Zoom

If your lecturer is  making use of the text chat, raise hands or collaborative whiteboard,  it may be useful to use a laptop, tablet or personal device to join that chat, even when you are in the classroom. 

Avoiding audio feedback when joining Zoom call from another device inside the SUPA classroom

Joining from a personal device allows remote students to raise their hand to ask questions and to write questions in the chat.  Being in the classroom simultaneously helps students communicate with other students on the course.   

If you are joinng a video conference call on a mobile device, you may need to ensure you are connected to wifi to avoid any unexpected mobile data usage.

If you are joining a call in classroom with an extra device, it is important to have the microphone and speakers turned off on the extra devices.  When joining a Zoom call, skip the 'Join audio call' dialog by chosing 'No audio'.  During a call you may be able to do this during a call by using 'Disconnect from audio' option the  "..." / more menu.

Interaction using Kahoot, Mentimeter or other similar tools

If the lecturer is using Mentimeter, Kahoot or other polling and feedback tools, may be asked to use a tablet or phone to scan a QR code or type a short URL, or use a URL on the course page to respond to polls and provide feedback during a lecture.