Connect Hackney delivery partners move to using more online services

Connect Hackney partners move to using more online technology as a result of the current situation with Covid-19, many Connect Hackney partners have staff at Hackney CVS have moved to using more video conferencing to hold meetings and events.

Zoom is one form, but others are using such as using online conferencing including:

Facetime
Facebook Live
Google Duo
WhatsApp and
Microsoft Teams.
Each of these has their advantages and disadvantages, and if you’ve not used Zoom but have access to Microsoft Office 365 you might prefer that.

What is Zoom?
Zoom is perhaps the most talked-about video communications tool.
Connect Hackney partners and beneficiaries have found it to be a relatively easy. It’s versatile and staff have used it on mobile devices, smartphones and desktop computers.

Examples of organisation using Zoom
City and Hackney Carers are using Zoom for their Thursday Yoga sessions.  This is a space where carers can relax and rewind with our weekly chair yoga session.
For more information give Anne-Marie a call on 07526562615 to learn more.
All sessions are delivered online. You don’t even need to leave your lounge.
https://www.hackneycarers.org.uk/events-calendar

Ensuring your online meetings are safe and secure

It’s worth taking precautions to ensure that your sessions go according to plan.Steps you should consider taking include:
-Not sharing the meeting ID on public platforms and social media
-Adding a meeting password (this is sometimes set as a default)
-Setting screen sharing to ‘host only’
-Disabling ‘join before host’
-Disabling ‘allow removed participants to rejoin’.
It is also worth checking registrants of your Zoom sessions. For example, ensuring that only those using an email address that’s the same as the one stored on your  database.

Signing in to Zoom
Visit: http://zoom.us and click on Sign in
Use the “email” and “password” that you have created
If you do not have a current account, please click on Sign Up Free to create a new account.