ONLINE TEACHER’S TOOLKIT
Weekly Prep for Classes

Typically I do my prep on Saturday for the following week’s classes.

Checklist

  1. Create Zoom Rooms for each class.

    • Topic: Name your class

    • Set the day &time of class.

    • Make it a recurring meeting if you are not charging for this class. Otherwise create a new room every week.

    • Meeting ID: Choose Generate Automatically

    • Require a meeting passcode for security.

    • Decide if you want to have your video/audio on when you login.

    • Decide if you want your students video/audio on when they login.

    • Audio: choose phone and computer

    • Choose which calendar you use and zoom will automatically place this class in your calendar.

    • Scroll down and click on Advanced Options.

    • Enable waiting room if you’d like extra security. You will have to manually let each student into your class even if they arrive late.

    • Enable join before host

    • Decide if you want students muted before entry. If you are recording automatically, your students will be recorded as soon as the first one logs in so keep that in mind.

    • Click Automatically record meeting in the cloud if you want the recording to start automatically. Otherwise you will need to remember to hit record.

  2. Open all of your Class info Google Docs, one for each class day

    • Change Everything in red and use your own wording

    • Zoom link and password: go to zoom and click on the corresponding class. Click on show meeting invitation and copy the zoom link and password. Paste it in your Google doc and change the color and size to match your document. Then make the zoom link clickable.

    • Music: copy and paste your music link for your students to use during class. I use spotify

    • Modify the props section to match what you are teaching.

    • Create a signature with your website url, the link to your email signup form, or your contact info.

  3. Update your Online Class Roster to reflect the next week’s class dates. I always add the next class on the far left so I have a long list of past classes to the right. That way when I open the sheet, the most recent class is first on the list.

Next steps:


-Add your questions to the spreadsheet and send all feedback to dorie@doriesilverman.com

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