LOS ANGELES – 9 April 2020 – The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that its ICANN68 Policy Forum, which was to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will now be held via remote participation only. The ICANN Board of Directors has made the decision that ICANN68 will not proceed as an in-person meeting. Instead, […]
Remote meetings
Zoom Security Update
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 […]
Before the coronavirus, telework was an optional benefit, mostly for the affluent few
BY DREW DESILVER One of the key public health responses to the global coronavirus pandemic has been social distancing – avoiding large groups of people in close quarters in order to inhibit the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Along with shutting down sports leagues, closing churches and stores and limiting restaurants to take-out service only, […]
Remote Learning Tips
Web Conferencing Links & Articles Compiled By the team at Brookline Interactive Group Thank you to the individuals who created these helpful guides and have shared them with us! The New Normal: Web Conferencing Tools & Covid-19 Resources for Non-profit Organizations & Local Governments Elected Officials, Nonprofits & Public Access Television For Government Officials: by […]
Holding Class on Zoom? Beware of These Hacks, Hijinks and Hazards
By Tony Wan Mar 27, 2020 This article is part of the guide Sustaining Higher Education in the Coronavirus Crisis. On Tuesday, Kristina Ishmael was watching a webinar about how coronavirus will impact K-12 education policy, when the screen was suddenly flooded by pictures of pornographic images and racial slurs. The moderator turned […]
Videoconferencing Alternatives: How Low-Bandwidth Teaching Will Save Us All
By Daniel StanfordMarch 16, 2020 When we try to replicate classroom experiences in an online environment, it’s easy to think of video conferencing as our go-to tool for all sorts of learning objectives—and for good reason. Most of us have participated in a video conference at work or had a video chat with friends or […]
Covid-19 and OER Project
The current global circumstances have forced many of us to step out of our ordinary routines. We’re at home. Some of us are teaching at a distance for the very first time. Others are looking for resources and activities our students can do while at home To help, the OER Project is introducing two new […]
CAUTION: ZOOMBOMBING
Beware of “ZoomBombing” – screensharing filth to video calls Troll Terrifies Public Zoom Meeting By Sharing Highly Disturbing Video Beware of ‘ZoomBombing:’ screensharing filth to video calls Josh [email protected] / 8:46 pm EDT • March 17, 2020 The world is vulnerable to a new type of trolling as people turn to Zoom video calls to […]
8 tips for hosting the perfect virtual hangout
If you do it right, ‘there is a point in the night when you forget that you’re virtual,’ says one woman Caroline Kitchener https://www.thelily.com/8-tips-for-hosting-the-perfect-virtual-hangout/ March 19 “Now is the time to call your friends.” I’ve heard that advice a lot over the past few days. I’ve called and FaceTimed and reconnected with people I would […]