A: You can check the room facilities in TimeEdit. A room that is suitable has Hybrid (combination on campus/online students) listed in the column Facilities.

Note: Recording equipment only is not sufficient.

A: You can use the Weblectures recording as a backup recording. Weblectures stored at the WUR server are easily re-used in coming years. Furthermore, some students prefer the recording via Weblectures rather than MS Teams Meeting. Weblectures recording won't interfere with MS Teams Meeting. Make sure to request weblectures recording on forehand via [email protected]. 

Note: You can use the Weblectures Livestream but LiveStream does not have the option of interaction with your online students and there is about a 15 seconds delay.

A: The camera that is used is the same that is used for recording lectures (Weblectures). It follows you until a certain point and you need to be in front of the room.

A: With Presenter view, the audience views your slides on a main screen, while you control the show on another screen that only you can see. In rooms where the lecturer PC has two screens, the Presenter view is started on the wrong screen when you start your presentation in PowerPoint by default. The settings for Presenter view can be adjusted by yourself in the slide Show tab. Once adjusted your account will remember the settings. You can choose to turn off Presenter view or to change the default screen.

• Turn off Presenter view if you prefer not to use it
• In the Power Point click on the Slide Show tab. Change 'Monitor' from 'Automatic' to 'Primary Monitor' to prevent displaying Presenter view from the wrong screen

A: In order to achieve a more interactive experience, request the online lecturer to share his/her presentation using the “Live Power Point” option. Moreover, it is recommended to request all other participants to close their camera so that the image of the guest presenter is seen in a bigger size. This way, when a student would like to make a question, they can turn on the camera and their image will pop up on the side.

A: You do not have to make a reservation for a pointer or microphone. When you have reserved a room, you can pick up pointer and microphone at the reception before you go to the room.

A: The microphone is automatically connected to the room you're giving the lecture. For the pointer it differs per building; some of the pointers have already been plugged in and in other buildings you need to connect the device yourself. Extract the USB from the bottom of the pointer and insert it in the USB portal of the main computer (computer tower, not the screen).

Note: If you encounter problems during start up of your hybrid lecture, contact the reception of the building you are in for assistance.

A: People attending online can open their microphone and talk; the sound will come through the loud speaker in the room. However, if the people in the room can be heard by the people online, depends on the quality of the ceiling microphone in the room. So make sure to test this. If it does not work, the presenter (with the microphone) has to repeat the questions from the in-class audience for the people online. The people in the classroom can see the online people if you project it on the screen. However, there is no camera pointed at the audience, so the people at home will not see the audience in the classroom and only the presenter in front of the room. An option would be to ask the students on campus to bring their laptop and join the online meeting as well. Another option could be to bring your own laptop, join the online meeting with that laptop as well and point the laptop-camera to the on-campus students. In both cases, make sure that all sound (mics and speakers) are turned off. Otherwise these options results in a lot of echoing.