Revision as of 17:38, 1 April 2020

Have at it CCRMA community

Information

• CCRMA COVID-19 Info Page (Maintained by Matt)

• California COVID-19 Response

Technical

• jacktrip — high quality, low latency audio over networks

• Resources for Teaching Music and Audio Production Online

• Affordable Software for Producers and Musicians

• Wirecutter's recommendations for the best USB microphone

Optimizing Zoom

• Beginners' guide to navigating Zoom's meeting window

• Zoom in "Music Mode" by RAMA Vocal Center featuring Zoom's Original Sound option.

• "Optimizing Audio for Online Music Lessons" (using cleanfeed in Chrome)

• How to protect your meetings e.g., from "zoombombing" (trolls joining meetings and screen sharing bad stuff). Also USC has resources on this.

• Stanford's Use Zoom to support your course instructions; perhaps you want to use The Stanford way of using Zoom with Canvas

• How to "share audio" from Logic Pro over Zoom via SoundFlower and Ladiocast

• Videos on Zoom Effectively: Discover Ways to Lead Inclusive Meetings and Participate Productively

• Zoom Web Client (for people who want to attend meetings from a browser without downloading and installing the Zoom app: "Note that the meeting experience from the browser is limited")

Zoom Doom and Gloom

• TechCrunch Maybe we shouldn't use Zoom after all

• The Intercept Zoom Meetings Aren't End-To-End Encrypted, Despite Misleading Marketing

• Electronic Frontier Foundation What You Should Know About Online Tools During the COVID-19 Crisis

• Zoom's creepy Attendee attention tracking feature

• CBS Zoom sued for allegedly sharing users' personal data with Facebook (March 30, 2020)

• Security vulnerability of Zoom MacOS from July 2019 where they secretly installed a webserver that allowed malicious websites to enable your camera without your permission (which they fixed shortly thereafter).

TAing

• TA resources from Julie Herndon & Gabriel Ellis

Virtual Classroom Tips

• Zoom (of course)
• AirServer for screen-mirroring from tablet and/or smart-phone to desktop over wifi:
  • Mac
  • Windows
• OneNote for virtual whiteboard
• Poor Man’s Document Camera for Videoconferencing (smart-phone on stand)
• TurboScan for converting physical documents to PDF and mailing to self for online display:
• GoodReader for displaying / annotating/ drawing on PDFs on projected tablet
• Piazza for class announcements and more
• Canvas for managing assignments and exams (which can be online)
• TeachAnywhere guide for transitioning to online teaching at Stanford

Health and Well Being

• Nette is holding a daily Zoom "drop-in" hangout from 1pm-2pm M-F; please see Nette's email from 3/19/2020 (subject: "Town Hall Recording") for ways to connect

• (Errand sharing sheet created by Michiko Theurer - see email)

• Artful Design TV (COVID-19 Edition) — a weekly Zoom series

• Stanford- wide community offerings

• Cloth masks don't work (as well as proper ones)

• Food Safety and Coronavirus: A Comprehensive Guide

• Please donate blood if you can

Grocery Delivery Options

• InstaCart (four day delay as of March 16 - also their workers are on strike)
• Safeway (deliveries completely sold out, but you might be able pick up your order if they do not cancel it as mine just was)

Being Conscious of and Ensuring Good Air Flow

• (JOS in Town Hall Presentation 2020-04-01)
• InterCity Bus Disaster
• Close Contact Definitions
• Choir Practice
• Micro-Droplets

Glossary

• "Flattening the Curve"
• Quaranteam: you and your housemates