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PALNI Communication Manual: Online Meetings

This manual covers the basics of communicating within PALNI.

Zoom has created some awesome, short video tutorials on how to operate Zoom. Some of the most requested are listed below:

Hosting a Virtual/Zoom Meeting:

Web conferencing space is available to all PALNI Groups, Task Forces, Admin Teams, Coordinators and Experts.

 

Top Hosting Tutorials:

Due to the increase in security hacks, PALNI has tightened up our settings to ensure we are best protected from "Zoom Pirates."

  1. Screensharing is locked down to Host only by default. The host can share the rights with other participants when needed during the meeting.
  2. The PALNI Calendar (with Zoom links) is no longer publicly viewable.
  3. Attendees are muted upon entry

Zoom License

As of 2017, PALNI uses an education version of Zoom with no additional add-ons. 

Available:

  • 20 Virtual Zoom instances that can run simultaneously with up to 100 participants each.
  • Breakout rooms within each Zoom instance
  • Whiteboard
  • Simultaneous screen sharing
  • Control passing
  • Recording - on local desktop or the cloud (up to a share 10gb)

Not Available: 

  • Zoom Rooms (these are physical rooms with built-in Zoom capabilities)
  • Zoom Webinar
  • Room connector
  • or Zoom Integrations