COVID-19

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)

Glossary

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