Daily Checklist for Teaching, Streaming, and Recording Classes - College of Law

The information below details a simple checklist for teaching, streaming, and recording classes in Dineen Hall. 

Additional information, including tutorial videos, can be found at https://law.syr.edu/teachingfall20.  

Issues with classroom technology, or questions about preparing to teach?  Please email LawHelp@law.syr.edu 

• Start of class

  • Turn on teaching station

  • On PC

    • Log in to room's PC

    • Prepare presentation materials to be displayed (if any)

    • Launch browser

    • Navigate to Blackboard site for course

    • Click Zoom meeting link for course and confirm launch of Zoom app

  • Zoom

    • Sign in to Zoom if necessary

    • Admit classroom assistant to Zoom session

    • Make classroom assistant co-host of Zoom session

    • Activate camera and microphone

    • Select and adjust camera as needed

    • Turn on and test lapel microphone (in lecture halls and the Gray Ceremonial Courtroom only)

      • Fit microphone cover to mic, if desired

      • Ensure lapel microphone is not muted (mute switch on top of transmitter pack)

    • Should be amplified within room

      • Adjust teaching station microphone level as needed

    • Level meter in Zoom's microphone icon should illustrate incoming sound

    • Share screen (if using presentation materials)

    • Activate recording

    • Proceed with teaching

• End of class

  • Remove microphone cover if used, turn off lapel microphone, and place in drawer (lecture halls only)

  • End Zoom meeting

  • Log off of PC

  • Turn off teaching station (if no other class is immediately incoming)