Simple Staff Guidelines when conducting Virtual Programming on Zoom
As [Name of Organization] Staff create virtual experiences, there are some keys to ensuring a successful and safe environment, these include:
- Enable a meeting password – eliminates the possibility of youth “guessing” how to get into the meeting.
- Do not list meetings publicly, or in public places – This further reduces the chance of someone uninvited entering one of your meetings.
- Turn off (disable) participant recording – This eliminates the possibility that content from your session can be downloaded by members and shared externally. You can do this from the Host Dashboard.
- Turn off (disable) screen sharing by participants – This eliminates the possibility your members can inadvertently, or intentionally, share content on their screens with others. You can do this from the Host Dashboard In meeting chat allows participants to send chat messages to other members.
- Disable participant to participant private chat – As the host, you can choose who the participants can chat with or to disable chat entirely. Using the “Everyone Publicly” setting complies with 1:1 contact policies.
- Save a chat log to your computer (locally) – This ensures an audit trail exists. Save chat log at the end of each session,
- For more information about chat settings, see: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203650445
- For more information about chat log and saving, see: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115004792763
- Prohibit the sharing of – Email address; Social media address(es) or locations to personal profiles; Mobile numbers; Other personally-identifiable information
- At no point should staff message members directly within the software – All chat should be logged and saved as an audit trail. See above for configuring chat settings appropriately.
- Be aware of your surroundings – check to see what is in the background of the video both visually and sound wise.
- Be cautious of what is on your computer screen/background