This document focuses on web conferencing for teaching. Read the Comparison Chart to learn about the similarities and differences between Teams and Zoom.
Educator Support
Please contact Tiffany Lewis (lewistg@uwec.edu or 715-836-2700) for an individual appointment to learn how to use Zoom.
Student and Educator Help
The Help Desk in VLL 1106 is the main point of contact for most issues with your technology that are not working as expected.
- Email: helpdesk@uwec.edu.
- Telephone: 715-836-5711.
Teach with Zoom - UWEC Resources
- Zoom Account and Canvas Integration
- Installing Zoom
- Complete Zoom KB Article for other Zoom resources, UWEC images for virtual backgrounds, and a FAQ.
- Student Drop-in Hours in Zoom
- Breakout Rooms Options
- Zoom HoverCam
- Download Zoom Recordings
Zoom Guides
- Share Screen, Content, Whiteboard, or Second Camera
- Managing Breakout Rooms
- Polling
- Zoom Settings
- Virtual Background
- Cloud Recording to view online.
- Local Recording to save to your computer. Upload to Kaltura or OneDrive for long-term storage.
Communicate with Students
- Encourage students to install the Zoom Client so they can fully use Zoom features like polling, annotations, and virtual backgrounds.
- Refer to Student Zoom and Canvas Integration to join from Canvas and view recordings.
- Encourage students to log into Zoom with their UWEC credentials to help with attendance reporting and to add them as alternative hosts.
- Refer to Zoom Account and Schedule with Outlook guide for instructions.