{"id":253,"date":"2022-04-04T15:56:40","date_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/group-video-calls\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T15:56:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T15:56:40","slug":"group-video-calls","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/chapter\/group-video-calls\/","title":{"raw":"Group Video Calls","rendered":"Group Video Calls"},"content":{"raw":"\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Identify strategies to increase comprehension and reduce misunderstanding in group video communications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nFor group videoconferences, start with the same basic guidelines as for one-on-one chats in terms of both your preparation and your technology. Group calls look different, however. As noted earlier, in a group videoconference, you can see the faces of all the people in the chat.\n\n[caption id=\"attachment_3028\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"650\"]<img class=\"wp-image-3028\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/04\/10215404\/6892072844_c5ff908190_o-1024x800.png\" alt=\"A group videoconferencing with five members present.\" width=\"650\" height=\"508\"> Figure 1. Group videoconferencing.[\/caption]\n\nAs you can see in figure 1, everyone is at a slightly different angle with different lighting and distance from the camera. This is pretty standard in video chats.\n\nSometimes participants are represented by still photos. This is often because they don\u2019t have the required bandwidth or are not in an appropriate place for a video chat. However, when they set up their login for the app they\u2019re using, they did take the time to upload a photo to act as a placeholder.\n\nOne technical issue to note is that sometimes, the voice and the image don\u2019t sync up all that well. When this happens, the most useful solution is patience:\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wait until you\u2019re sure the person speaking is finished before you start to speak.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watch faces to check whether anyone else looks like they\u2019re about to speak.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">If things get chaotic, pay attention to the chat leader or host. Ideally, they will use both their voice and appropriate gestures to corral the call back into order.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are the call leader, don\u2019t be afraid to use a hand signal\u2014for example, a raised hand to signal STOP\u2014if things get out of control.<\/li>\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have an especially large group, you can ask people to raise their hands when they wish to speak, just as they would in a classroom. This means, however, that you as host\/leader have to be on the lookout for raised hands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\nhttps:\/\/assessments.lumenlearning.com\/assessments\/8643\n\n<\/div>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2><div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xYEzhLYoxX7JI4iyAZmGrL8791VFzsZsKF9XvqKljpk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a>\n","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify strategies to increase comprehension and reduce misunderstanding in group video communications<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>For group videoconferences, start with the same basic guidelines as for one-on-one chats in terms of both your preparation and your technology. Group calls look different, however. As noted earlier, in a group videoconference, you can see the faces of all the people in the chat.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3028\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3028\" class=\"wp-image-3028\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2785\/2018\/04\/10215404\/6892072844_c5ff908190_o-1024x800.png\" alt=\"A group videoconferencing with five members present.\" width=\"650\" height=\"508\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-3028\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1. Group videoconferencing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As you can see in figure 1, everyone is at a slightly different angle with different lighting and distance from the camera. This is pretty standard in video chats.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes participants are represented by still photos. This is often because they don\u2019t have the required bandwidth or are not in an appropriate place for a video chat. However, when they set up their login for the app they\u2019re using, they did take the time to upload a photo to act as a placeholder.<\/p>\n<p>One technical issue to note is that sometimes, the voice and the image don\u2019t sync up all that well. When this happens, the most useful solution is patience:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wait until you\u2019re sure the person speaking is finished before you start to speak.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watch faces to check whether anyone else looks like they\u2019re about to speak.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">If things get chaotic, pay attention to the chat leader or host. Ideally, they will use both their voice and appropriate gestures to corral the call back into order.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you are the call leader, don\u2019t be afraid to use a hand signal\u2014for example, a raised hand to signal STOP\u2014if things get out of control.<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">If you have an especially large group, you can ask people to raise their hands when they wish to speak, just as they would in a classroom. This means, however, that you as host\/leader have to be on the lookout for raised hands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"lumen_assessment_8643\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assessments.lumenlearning.com\/assessments\/load?assessment_id=8643&#38;embed=1&#38;external_user_id=&#38;external_context_id=&#38;iframe_resize_id=lumen_assessment_8643\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:400px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Contribute!<\/h2>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Did you have an idea for improving this content? We\u2019d love your input.<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xYEzhLYoxX7JI4iyAZmGrL8791VFzsZsKF9XvqKljpk\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 600; color: #077fab; text-decoration: none; border: 2px solid #077fab; border-radius: 7px; padding: 5px 25px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; line-height: 1.5em;\">Improve this page<\/a><a style=\"margin-left: 16px;\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1vy-T6DtTF-BbMfpVEI7VP_R7w2A4anzYZLXR8Pk4Fu4\">Learn More<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-253\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Group Video Calls. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Barbara Egel. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Cisco Jabber (fullscreen iPad multiparty). <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Cisco Systems GmbH. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: flickr. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciscogermany\/6892072844\">https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciscogermany\/6892072844<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nd\/4.0\/\">CC BY-ND: Attribution-NoDerivatives<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":395986,"menu_order":23,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Group Video Calls\",\"author\":\"Barbara Egel\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Cisco Jabber (fullscreen iPad multiparty)\",\"author\":\"Cisco Systems GmbH\",\"organization\":\"flickr\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciscogermany\/6892072844\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by-nd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"bc56c3dd0dd6450fa604bf19f56afce1, f31241a99ded441d98139f29dd79a1ba","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-253","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":230,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/253\/revisions"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/230"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/253\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=253"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/esc-businesscomskills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}