Job Postings updates by Marisol Richmond -- share with students

You may share this link with your students to help them in their job search. This is a padlet that Marisol keeps up-to-date about current job openings. This would be a very useful tool for your students.

https://padlet.com/marisol_richmond/sacjobs

The password is:  sacjobs

Email Marisol Richmond at MRichmond@sanjuan.edu for more information.

ESL Teacher Connections 4-3-2020

Great meeting today with Mary Hall. Thank you for being our meeting coordinator and leader. We learned a lot. I will put this on the Blog.

Ellen's ideas for her daily Google Form update.

Dominika's idea for Ventures Arcade and no signon/password needed:  http://www.cambridge.org/us/esl/venturesadulted/venturesarcade/

Shireen's idea for:   https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html

Linda's idea for YouTube videos and search -- Putting English to Work (levels I, II, III) and https://www.storylineonline.net/     Storylineonline has a teacher's guide below the story which has some useful things or ideas that could apply to our adult students.

I updated the Blog with information just put out today by Zoom in my District email. As of April 5, they are enabling security features in your set up. The links in the Zoom post are working. So check out the Teacher Blog again. 

https://sjadeslteach.blogspot.com/

Thank you everyone and it was good to see you all today!

Linda Laymon

Zoom Security Update starting April 5

Dear Valued Customer,

We’re always striving to deliver you a secure virtual meeting environment. Starting April 5th, we’ve chosen to enable passwords on your meetings and turn on Waiting Rooms by default as additional security enhancements to protect your privacy.

Meeting Passwords Enabled “On”
Going forward, your previously scheduled meetings (including those scheduled via your Personal Meeting ID) will have passwords enabled. If your attendees are joining via a meeting link, there will be no change to their joining experience. For attendees who join meetings by manually entering a Meeting ID, they will need to enter a password to access the meeting. 

For attendees joining manually, we highly recommend re-sharing the updated meeting invitation before your workweek begins. Here’s how you can do that:

Log in to your account, visit your Meetings tab, select your upcoming meeting by name, and copy the new meeting invitation to share with your attendees. For step-by-step instructions, please watch this 2-minute video or read this FAQ.

For meetings scheduled moving forward, the meeting password can be found in the invitation. For instant meetings, the password will be displayed in the Zoom client. The password can also be found in the meeting join URL.

Virtual Waiting Room Turned on by Default
Going forward, the virtual waiting room feature will be automatically turned on by default. The Waiting Room is just like it sounds: It’s a virtual staging area that prevents people from joining a meeting until the host is ready. 

How do I admit participants into my meeting? 
It’s simple. As the host, once you’ve joined, you’ll begin to see the number of participants in your waiting room within the Manage Participants icon. Select Manage Participants to view the full list of participants, then, you’ll have the option to admit individually by selecting the blue Admit button or all at once with the Admit All option on the top right-hand side of your screen.  For step-by-step instructions, please watch this 2-minute video.

Check out these resources to learn How to Manage Your Waiting Room and Secure Your Meetings with Virtual Waiting Rooms.

For more information on how to leverage passwords and Waiting Rooms to secure your meetings, please visit our Knowledge Center, attend a daily live demo, or visit our Blog.

Please reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions at support@zoom.us.

Thank You!
Team Zoom

Learning Computer Basics

GFCLearningfree.org has a lot of information on computers, specific programs like Microsoft Word, and many other subjects.  There are also video tutorials on YouTube from GFCLearningfree.

Here is the link to the Basic Computer tutorials. I suggest you start here first.

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/computers/

Free Computers Tutorials at GCFGlobal If you’re new to computers, we can help. These tutorials will help empower you to be more comfortable with this type of technology, from learning the parts of a computer to using a mouse. edu.gcfglobal.org

Zoom Blog: Keep the party crashers from crashing your zoom event

This is from Zoom Blog post about keeping our Zoom Meetings safe. Lots of good information here. Take your time reading through it.

https://blog.zoom.us/wordpress/2020/03/20/keep-the-party-crashers-from-crashing-your-zoom-event/

Documenting Students' Attendance Hours (DHA)

This is on the top of my list as well. So far my inquiries to DHA and SETA have not be answered. Other agencies in the region, who I polled,  have had no luck either. 

For now, as I suggested, the best thing to do is keep an informal list of student contacts in the work log that you are keeping to document your activities.  It is imperfect but we will be able to establish that learning continued to take place during this time of remote instruction. 

Thanks for being alert on our students' behalf,

Lynn Bartlett

Zoom Waiting Room security feature explained

Dear Valued Customer,

We are committed to helping teachers and students around the globe successfully connect.  Based on the feedback we’ve received from our education community, we’d like to share an upcoming improvement to your account to enhance the control that you have over your virtual classroom.

Virtual Waiting Room Turned on by Default
Starting April 2nd, the Waiting Room feature will be automatically turned on by default. For more information on adjusting your Waiting Room settings, click here. This security enhancement is one of the best ways to control who’s entering your Zoom virtual classroom by giving you the option to admit participants individually or all at once.

How to Manage Your Waiting Room
Watch this quick video breaking down how to admit participants from your waiting room into the meeting. Watch Now →

Secure Your Meetings with Zoom Meeting Rooms
Check out this blog post to learn best practices to secure your virtual classroom. Read More →

As the Admin or Owner of your account, please share the below message with your faculty to help prepare them for the change and leverage this new security enhancement:

Good Morning,
As of April 2nd, the Waiting Room feature in our account will be automatically turned on by default to enhance the control that you have over your virtual classes. Going forward, you must admit your students to the virtual classroom.

How do I admit participants into my class?
It’s simple. As the host, once you’ve started the meeting, you’ll begin to see the number of participants in your waiting room within the Manage Participants icon. Next, select Manage Participants to view the full list. Then, you’ll have the option to admit participants individually by selecting the blue Admit button next to their name or all at once with the Admit All option on the top right-hand side of your screen. 

How to Manage Your Waiting Room
Watch this 2-minute video breaking down how to manage participants. What’s more, read this blog post to learn how to secure your virtual classroom.
Watch Now: http://click.zoom.us/e/84442/rY6gamqx5UA/bjm2k6/1470364183?h=ekc6v8NSJ2yo68u1H7cOPWmUTJa1EIoxGyOF5P8MAdI
Read More: http://click.zoom.us/e/84442/ur-meetings-zoom-waiting-rooms/bjm2k8/1470364183?h=ekc6v8NSJ2yo68u1H7cOPWmUTJa1EIoxGyOF5P8MAdI

For more information on the Waiting Room feature, please visit our Knowledge Center or our Blog.

Please reach out to our Support Team if you have any questions at support@zoom.us.

Thank You!
Team Zoom