About Zoom’s New Focus Mode
As described in a recent Zoom support blog post, Many educators shared that they had trouble getting students to turn their cameras on during remote classes, which made it difficult for them to gauge classroom engagement. Focus Mode was developed based on educator feedback to allow instructors to see all students’ videos, while only allowing students to see their teacher. Not only does this promote educational equity by helping all students feel comfortable, it also reduces visual distractions from classmates.
You can even schedule meetings to start in Focus Mode, which can offer an ideal environment for proctoring exams or other situations where you want to eliminate distractions.
If you don’t see the option for Focus Mode (by clicking the “More” icon on the meeting toolbar), you may need to enable this feature in your account settings.
New! Echo360 Support Site for Faculty
The IDT team’s partners at Echo360 have recently launched a wonderful new support site for instructor Echo360 users. Although the site is called Getting Started with Echo360, the site offers great information, even for our experienced Echo360 users. As described on the landing page of the site, Getting Started with Echo360 is designed “to provide Instructors a walk-through of the more commonly used features of Echo360. The pages contain click-through infographics, videos, links to online documentation, and Quick Reference Card links, available for viewing and download as PDFs.” To learn more about this new support resource, feel free to watch the IDT team’s latest short video, Crash Course – Getting Started with Echo360 [2:59].
