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* To also help with feedback, consider using headphones or earbuds while connected to the call. This helps reduce feedback because the sound of others speaking won't be picked up by your microphone if you are also speaking or forgot to mute your mic.
* To also help with feedback, consider using headphones or earbuds while connected to the call. This helps reduce feedback because the sound of others speaking won't be picked up by your microphone if you are also speaking or forgot to mute your mic.
* Consider having your microphone muted at all times unless you have something to say. The feedback from your mic being open while others are speaking can make hearing the person speaking extremely difficult. For others with sensitive hearing, this is actually painful to experience. Please keep others in mind and be mindful about muting yourself if you aren't speaking.
* Consider having your microphone muted at all times unless you have something to say. The feedback from your mic being open while others are speaking can make hearing the person speaking extremely difficult. For others with sensitive hearing, this is actually painful to experience. Please keep others in mind and be mindful about muting yourself if you aren't speaking.
:: '''To mute your mic:''' the GUI button is alright, but the keyboard shortcut is just pressing the letter "m". Very handy! If you are muted, you can just press the "<SPACE>" and hold it to umute.
:: '''To mute your mic:''' the GUI button is alright, but the keyboard shortcut is just pressing the letter "m". Very handy!  
::If you are muted, you easily unmute by pressing the "<SPACE>" and holding it while you talk.
* If you're using Jitsi in a browser, consider Chromium or Google Chrome over Firefox. Firefox has some issues running Jitsi and will often crash.
* If you're using Jitsi in a browser, consider Chromium or Google Chrome over Firefox. Firefox has some issues running Jitsi and will often crash.
* If you are on a phone, there is a Jitsi app for iOS and for Android. It seems to work pretty well.
* If you are on a phone, there is a [https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jitsi-meet/id1165103905 iOS App] for folks with iPhones and an [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.jitsi.meet&hl=en_US Android App] for folks without one. Both seems to work pretty well.

Revision as of 18:39, 26 March 2020

Call in numbers

  • cdsc: +1.512.402.2718,,2102249648#
  • cdsc-nu: +1.512.402.2718,,1133697102#
  • cdsc-uw: +1.512.402.2718,,658257625#
  • learning: +1.512.402.2718,,3426268337#
  • makooffice: +1.512.402.2718,,2960431923#
  • aaronoffice: +1.512.402.2718,,1055088062#
  • scrg: +1.512.402.2718,,588324412#

Jitsi etiquette and tips

  • To also help with feedback, consider using headphones or earbuds while connected to the call. This helps reduce feedback because the sound of others speaking won't be picked up by your microphone if you are also speaking or forgot to mute your mic.
  • Consider having your microphone muted at all times unless you have something to say. The feedback from your mic being open while others are speaking can make hearing the person speaking extremely difficult. For others with sensitive hearing, this is actually painful to experience. Please keep others in mind and be mindful about muting yourself if you aren't speaking.
To mute your mic: the GUI button is alright, but the keyboard shortcut is just pressing the letter "m". Very handy!
If you are muted, you easily unmute by pressing the "<SPACE>" and holding it while you talk.
  • If you're using Jitsi in a browser, consider Chromium or Google Chrome over Firefox. Firefox has some issues running Jitsi and will often crash.
  • If you are on a phone, there is a iOS App for folks with iPhones and an Android App for folks without one. Both seems to work pretty well.