Better Breakouts: Tips & Techniques for Increasing Interaction in Zoom Sessions

In this participatory online session, you will be able to experience some simple, effective techniques for Zoom sessions to increase student motivation, engagement, and interaction. 

Facilitators: Alwyn Spies, Associate Professor of Teaching—Languages and World Literatures, World Literatures and Ana Cortés, Global Studies M.A. student 

Alwyn has designed a system of graded in-class assignments that uses Canvas, Zoom breakout rooms, and Google Slides simultaneously for mandatory online synchronous sessions. She will outline and map this system, let you try it out as a participant, and then workshop how you might be able to adapt or adjust it for use in your courses/meetings.rt 

Ana has been both a student and an instructor using this system: she was the GTA in a large, partially asynchronous course, and an auditing student in a smaller, fully synchronous course. She will share her perspectives and experiences with you, and give tips and suggestions for how to troubleshoot, and to help students navigate efficiently. 

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