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VIEW ALL PARTICIPANTS IN VIDEO MEETING
Right, lots in this thread to unpack.
1. The 4 video view will work in the desktop app on Windows, Mac, Linux or the mobile app on Apple or Android. It is not possible in the browser. I don't believe this is likely to change in any useful time period.
2. The 9 video view is in development, and Microsoft have heard loud and clear from MVPs that it's important. As far as I know it won't be here during April.
3. The view you see will always be the students that talked most recently. If you keep your students muted and unmute to speak it shouldn't be confusing to work out who is speaking.
4. As the teacher you can select any of the students in your meeting to view their video by clicking on the ... next to their name in the list of attendees and selecting pin, once you have finished unpin to get back to active speakers.
4. Your school districts are probably wise to not permit the use of Zoom, they have a responsibility to not allow your student data to be accessed by third parties or several other risks. Look up zoom bombing if you think it'll be fine, or when zoom were sending data to Facebook without permission, or when hackers worked out how to access private meetings.
5. Teams has very good controls to allow you to keep order during a meeting, controlling who can speak, present etc. It's harder to achieve this in Zoom. Tips in my video attached.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKdlyf_KDCg
CertifiedVirgo
Earlier posts in this thread present good arguments. Namely, teachers that need to maintain engagement with all their students, or medical professionals that may be addressing a group of patients.
There are also other threads in this forum that touch on the same topic.
Andre_LeBlanc Precisely. I am a teacher. I was using Zoom to hold class meetings in which I could see all my students at the same time. I could see they were engaged. I could also divide them into pairs to discuss topics with a click of the breakout groups function, assigning those present to "rooms" on the spot. But due to security concerns, our authorities forced us over to the vastly inferior (for what I need to do) Microsoft Teams. I can only set up groups in advance laboriously, assigning people one by one, without knowing who will show up at a given session, so that the groups probably won't work anyway. I can only see four students at a time, which is next to useless.
- I hear your concerns and I'm still unsure what benefit you receive from seeing someone listen. As a teacher you are well aware that people learn differently. So sitting in front of the screen isn't necessarily going to guarantee your message is being received.
Breaking students off into impromptu groups however is amazing!! This is a feature any conferencing platform would benefit from.
