Before following the steps below, you must download and install the Zoom desktop client. Follow the instructions at Installing Zoom on your computer and signing in.
This article provides a remote teaching alternative for instructors who show a film in class as a required component of a lesson. The instructions provided are for a Fair Use exception to showing a copyrighted film.
Schedule the Zoom Meeting
Decide on one or more dates and times that you will show the movie in Zoom. Schedule a Zoom meeting for the showing and share it with your students in your Canvas site or other secure channel. You must set up this meeting and distribute it as a private showing.
Show the Film in Zoom
- Launch the Zoom desktop client and find the Zoom meeting.
- Click the Start button for the meeting (See Fig. 1).
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Figure 1: Click the Start button to open the Zoom meeting - Toggle off of Zoom and queue the movie that you want to watch.
If you are watching a movie on a streaming service, open your web browser and navigate to the movie. If you have it downloaded on your computer or in a DVD, launch your media player and open the movie in it. - Switch back to Zoom and click on the Screen Share button at the bottom of your Zoom meeting screen (See Fig. 2).
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Figure 2: Click the Share Screen icon. - A pop-up window will show the active applications on your computer. Click on the window that is playing the movie.
- Check the box to Share computer sound.
- Optionally, if you are concerned about slow internet connection for you or your students, check the box to Optimize Screen Share for Video Clip (See Fig. 3).
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Figure 3: Select the window that is playing your movie. - Click the Share button in the bottom, right corner of the window.
- Toggle back to the media player and start the film. Maximize the player window.
- You and your students can view the film in Zoom.
- We do not recommend that you record the meeting. Instead, show the film again to only your students.
