Marine Personnel

Online Courses Guidelines

Practical guidelines for online courses attendance

1. Find a comfortable and quite place to attend the online course, ensuring minimum
disruptions while attending
2. Use a network/LAN cable connection instead of a wireless connection; it is more stable
3. Use a laptop or a desktop computer instead of smaller mobile devices to maximize the
available functionalities of the software. Use a computer with no restriction on accessing the
web
4. Use a headset if possible, so as to avoid noise from your background disturb other
participants. If a video camera or a microphone are not available, kindly inform the facilitator
to find some solution
5. During sessions, close all other programs, e.g. Outlook, Facebook, etc., because they take up
a lot of bandwidth
6. Prepare pen and paper for taking notes
7. Set your device’s volume to a tolerable level. Be on alert as some videos or animations with
audio shared on screen may play with a different volume level
8. Avoid sitting nearby magnetic equipment or materials such as mobile devices that will cause
distortion with sound systems, headsets and computer microphones
9. During the breaks you can leave the meeting and return to the session without closing down
Zoom link, as it may take you time to re-connect. To get some privacy during breaks, you can
turn off the camera and microphone
10. Be back on time for the course after each break and contribute to its smooth delivery 2
Practical guidelines for the use of Zoom

Send a text Share your screen

message or an with the rest of the
attachment to group if requested;
other use option for
participants, sharing sound from Chat area; this where
either to your device, too the messages
Mute and Everyone, or exchanged will be
unmute your Privately to displayed
specific Recording option is
microphone
persons blocked

Turn your Available reactions:

camera on and 1) Applause, 2)
off Raising a hand so
that facilitator can
see you need
something

Click here to leave the 3

meeting