Consider checking with students about their technological situation in advance of any of your online teaching. We have a list of questions you are welcome to use. You can send it out e.g. via a Sakai survey so it is private. This will help you determine e.g. if they have a device and an environment in which to Zoom.

• Muting--direct students to mute if they are not speaking to avoid lots of audio feedback and distortion. You also control this as host.)

• Decide policies about live video for everyone or not

• Be aware that students will be tempted to play with the background and add interesting embellishments. This will probably pass...