Can I use Zoom to share a lesson with my students?

Many of our teachers are using Zoom to interact with their classrooms and share content. 

While you can absolutely share your screen and stream a lesson over a Zoom call, please note that Zoom does not fully support sharing videos.  If you have a lot of people on your call, and especially if you don't have a strong internet connection it is not uncommon for users to have sound or video issues.  Since this is a known issue, Zoom support has suggested a possible workaround here: 

Make sure you have these options selected:

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We generally recommend that students are given Student Links, so that they can access lessons and mini-lessons directly.  Many teachers report success in having students watch lessons and mini-lessons on their own systems, while still participating in a Zoom.