✓ Do’s

Setting up the space for success.

• Find a quiet room. Avoid spaces that create an echo.
• Have a glass of room temperature water in arms reach
• Use an presentation clicker, or quiet or external keyboard
•  you are joined with someone live that you’re not sequestered with,
  wipe down my microphone and observe all the covid-19 rules.

Avoiding possible Interruptions

• Put a do not disturb sign on your door(s) and ask pets and humans to be quiet.
• Turn off anything that could potentially make loud noises
  (e.g. air conditioners, phone ringers, calendar reminders, messaging apps, other alerts).

Ensure audio quality 

• Use an external microphone (See options below).
• Test your microphone and video before joining the meeting.

✘ Don’ts

• Avoid background noise.
• Avoid using the built-in microphones at all if possible
• Don’t leave your microphone on if you aren’t actively speaking.
• Don’t let meeting reminders chime while you are speaking
• Don’t put your mic too close or too far from your mouth
• Don’t let anything touch the actual microphone element of the mic
• Don’t present or be a panelist while driving
  (distracted driving can be as dangerous as drunk driving)