Want to know more about how to manage synchronous sessions in Zoom? If so, this webinar is for you! Kevin will share strategies for keeping students engaged, tips for polling, great practices for large and small group discussions using breakout rooms, and much more.

1. Welcome
Use the Annotation Bar at the top of your screen to Draw,
Type, and Play while waiting for the presentation to start.
Use stamps to play Tic, Tac, Toe. Draw a Picture Using the Draw Tool Use the Format to change color and the
Text tool to type your name here?

2. SYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION
Kevin Bowersox-Johnson
Interim Executive Director, eLearning
Seattle Colleges

3. Overview
Practice
• 1 Machine as Host
• 1+ Machine(s) as Student
• Practice w/Friends, Family, Colleagues
Set Expectations
• Assign Numbers
• 3 tries to login
• Orientation
Tools & Features
• Align with Learning Objectives
Engage
• Non-Verbal Feedback, Type, Draw, Talk, Chat – Every 2 minutes
• Be realistic about time

4. Participant Nonverbal Feedback
Exercise
1. Click Participants icon on Zoom toolbar.
2. Review Nonverbal Feedback Options and Choose 1
3. Notice Nonverbal Feedback displayed in Participant List to
the right of your name.
Clapping Hands
Thumbs up
Heart
Tears of Joy
Open Mouth
Party Popper
Yes
No
Slow Down
Speed Up
Raise Hand

5. Chat
Exercise
1. Click the Chat icon.
2. Confirm that your chat will be sent to Everyone.
3. Type a quick introduction: Location, Subject You Teach,
and one other characteristic you would like us to know
about you.
4. Notice the new Chat indicator as new messages come in.

6. Chat: Moderator Options
Allow Attendees to chat with:
• No One
• Host only
• Everyone publicly
• Everyone publicly and privately

7. Renaming Yourself
Exercise
1. Click the Participants icon.
2. Hoover over your name and click
Rename.
3. Retype your name with your
assigned number and pronouns in
parentheses at the end.
• For example: 1-Kevin (He/Him)

8. Host Nonverbal Feedback
Host Info
1. Click Participants icon on Zoom toolbar.
2. See Nonverbal Feedback displayed in
Participant List to the right of each
participant’s name.
3. Can lower hand directly from Participant List.

9. Choose Your Own Adventure Using Polling
Exercise
1. Vote for the feature you would
like to explore next.
2. Click Submit.

10. Launching Discussions w/Polling
Exercise
1. Choose the answer to the polling
question that best matches your
opinion.
2. Click Submit.

11. Whiteboard Activity
Exercise
1. Click View Options from the top menu.
2. Choose Annotate.
3. Click Format.
4. Change the font size to 24 pt. and choose
your font color on the Formatting Toolbar
that pops up.
5. Click the Text option on the Annotate toolbar.
6. Click inside box and type Your Name in the
box next.

12. Annotate: Controlling the Chaos
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13. Partner Project: Picking Your Partner
Exercise
1. Based on your assigned number at the beginning
of the session:
• Odd Numbers add One
• Even Numbers Subtract One
2. Click the Down Arrow next to Everyone in the To
section of the chat box.
3. Locate and Click on your Partner’s Name to
address chat messages to that person.
4. Send them a quick ”Hello” in the chat.
5. Click the Yes Nonverbal Feedback button once you
have received a private hello from your partner.

14. Partner Project: What to Do
Exercise
1. Together, define the following in a single sentence and be prepared to share with the entire group:
Define Student-to-Student interaction as it relates to online education.
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15. Screen Sharing
Exercise
1. Click Share on Zoom toolbar.
2. Choose Window or Desktop to
share.
3. Click Remote Control.
4. Choose Participant to give remote
control to.
5. Click Stop Share to stop sharing
screen.

16. Breakout Rooms
Exercise
1. In small groups, work to create a list of ideas of how you will apply what
you have learned in your own teaching.
2. In Your Groups, Assign the following roles:
• Timekeeper: 5 Minutes
• Notetaker: Share Screen and Take Notes
• Reporter: Summarize to the entire class after
3. Document your experience in the Google Document
1. Link in chat
2. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k1h2n0SofOURTLN-
BlVMOBzNDViJr2C89po_Bw0l_GM/edit?usp=sharing

17. Closed Captioning
Netiquette
1. Speak at a “normal” pace and articulate.
2. Please restate your name each time
before speaking.
3. If you are referencing something that
was asked in the text messaging box,
please repeat the question and the
name of the individual asking the
question before answering.
4. If applicable, when working in groups,
and upon request, use text-only chat.
(The captioner cannot be everywhere!)

18. Questions

19. Thank you!