Top Tip of the Week:Stream your Zoom session to YouTube and/or Facebook Live
Want to spread your reach on all platforms? It's super simple! Sarah Stonesifer Boylan, Digital Missioner for Life Long Learning at VTS, shares a quick video on the setup of how to stream a Zoom meeting to Facebook Live and/or YouTube. Start off at the zoom.us website. (Note: This is not available on the free version.) You can also visit the Zoom help center HERE for complete details.
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ALERT: ZOOMBOMBING THREAT
There have been growing reports of "Zoombombing" where uninvited guests are crashing Zoom meetings and spreading hateful messages and pornography. There are several measures hosts can take to avoid this from happening, including creating a waitroom, disabling screen sharing, turning off private chatting (allowing only public chatting visible to all). You can also add a registration feature in your Zoom settings. The Zoom video shown here shows organizers how to protect their meetings. You can also view and download the Diocese's tips for preventing zoombombing HERE. |
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SAFE CHURCH FOR ONLINE SPACES:
Sarah Stonesifer Boylan, Digital Missioner for Life Long Learning at VTS introduces some practical guidelines to create safe space online. This is especially important when hosting youth meetings and virtual Sunday School. IMPORTANT TIPs:
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Clergy can easily post their sermons or full services through Facebook Live. It is a live video streaming service that lets anyone broadcast from their mobile devices straight to their Facebook News Feed. In addition to weekly sermons, think about offering a daily meditation or Morning Prayer online. Not only is this option free, but super simple too! All you need is a cell phone, a tripod, and your churchʻs Facebook page!
The Diocese of San Diego has a great instructional video on how to set it up in 4 simple steps shown in the video shown here, or go to the Facebook Live guide HERE. |
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