As with all network conferencing, there are a few prerequisites. You need a PC with a good internet connection, a microphone, and headphones for office hours.

• Headphones, not speakers! Even if it is just a pair of earbuds you normally use for listening to music.

  When you use speakers, there is a significant chance of the sound from your speakers being picked up by your microphone and sent out to everyone in the conference. At best, this creates an unpleasant echo effect. At worst, it creates feedback making the audio useless for everyone.

1. As an ODU student, you have a Google account for your @odu.edu email. This is what you must use for all class-related meetings. Log into your ODU email to be sure that your browser is logged in under your ODU account rather than any personal GMail/Google account.

   • You may want to explicitly logout of your personal GMail account before logging into your ODU Account

2. Navigate to https://www.cs.odu.edu/~tkennedy.

   • This page lists my office hours. I am available both via Network Conferencing (Zoom) during the listed times.

3. Click the Schedule Appointment button. Alternatively, you can click here.

4. My calendar will list appointment slots during my office hours and during recitation (during selected weeks).

5. Click on an appointment slot to create a meeting.

   • In the description state whether you are requesting an individual or group meeting.

   • If you can not find an appointment slot, or would like to meet outside the listed times, send me an email at tkennedy@cs.odu.edu

6. In a separate tab/window, check your Google calendar. You should see the event listed there.

7. When it is time to join the meeting… click the Zoom link under the “Where” section of the appointment confirmation.

If you need to cancel, or reschedule, an appointment email me at tkennedy@cs.odu.edu.

The controls are the same as discussed during the Network Conferncing activity

1. Arrive a couple minutes early and check that your microphone and headphones are working.
2. Have any discussion materials open (e.g., code, Eclipse, Google Doc).
3. You will be placed in a waiting room when you join the meeting.
4. If a previous appointment is running a few minutes over. Wait a few minutes. I will extend our meeting as appropriate.