Office Hours: Prof. Steven Zeil

Meetings are available via Office, Phone, or Hangouts (network conferencing).

Times shown are in Eastern time.

If you are using this for the first time, please read the instructions below the calendar before proceeding.

If none of the listed times are possible for you, contact me to make an appointment outside my regular office hours.

Instructions

1. Log in to any Google service (e.g., ODU student email or your own calendar) with your @odu.edu credentials.
   • If you are logged in to Google with a personal account, you may leed to log out of that first.
2. Select a time slot when you wich to meet with me and click on it.
3. A "Book an appointment" box will pop up. In the "Where" line, delete all except your chosen meeting mode (see "Meeting Modes", below).
4. Click "Save". You will receive a preliminary confirmation by email, and the appointment will also appear in your own Google calendar.
   • If you have requested a meeting via network conferencing, you will receive an update (by email and in your calendar) on the day of the meeting that adds a video link to use for the conference.

You must choose a meeting mode when you schedule a meeting. Not all options are available during all time slots, as I often offer "office hours" on days and times when I am not on campus.

Meeting Modes

My office hour slots are labeled with some combination of "O", "H", and "P", denoting the possible meeting modes:

• O: Office: meet me face-to-face in my office, E&CS 3208 on the Norfolk campus.
• H: Hangouts: meet me in a network call via Google Hangouts
  • You will need a microphone to speak to me. Webcam is optional.
  • You will need a speaker or headphones to hear me. (Headphones are strongly recommended to avoid feedback with your microphone.)
  • Note that, during a Hangouts video call (regardless of whether you have a webcam or not), you can share your screen with me to show me what you are working on.
    • This makes network conferencing a much easier way to get answers about programming projects and other assignments than normal phone calls.

  If you select this option far enough in advance, I will respond with an email containing a Join video call link that you can click on to join me in a conference at the appointed time.

  • If you don't see that email, go to your own Google calendar (logging in with the same email address you used to make the appointment), and look for the invitation there.

  If you do not receive that message, then follow these directions to place a video call directly to me at the appointed time.

• P: Phone -- Call me at 757 683-4928. I don't recommend this option if you want to discuss programming homework, as it's the only option that does not give you a way to show me what work you have done.