Welcome to the OLLI Distance Learning Zoom Course on Frédéric Chopin
Here are some things you need you know about taking this course via Zoom:
1) If you are not already familiar with Zoom... on the first day of class, please log
into the Zoom meeting 15 minutes before the start time. We want to make
sure everyone is online and knows how to use the Zoom buttons you will need,
especially for discussions and asking questions. This will allow us to start class
right at 9:30.
2) For most of the class time, you will either be seeing a full screen display of pages
from the course website as the instructor explains a topic to you, or you will be
seeing a full screen display of a pianist performing a Chopin work. In both cases,
you will able to choose whether to see your instructor in a small box on the side
of the screen or see numerous small boxes of your classmates. You will be shown
how this works before the first class begins.
3) At several points during the class, both the website and video displays will be
ended and we will go into the basic Zoom grid where everyone can see each other
so we can discuss a topic. You can ask questions at this point.
4) You can also ask questions while the instructor is talking about a subject, but
unlike in a real classroom, the instructor will not be able to see you. So, to ask
a question, you will use the Zoom 'raise your hand' function. An OLLI team
volunteer will be watching for raised hands and will inform the instructor so he
can pause the talk and address your question. The 'Raise your hand' feature will
be demonstrated before class begins.
5) The final thing... everyone will be muted during the class to cut out back-
ground noise while the music is playing. Before the first class starts, everyone
will be shown how to unmute themselves so they can participate in discussions
and ask questions.
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