The guidelines below are conducive to a smooth and friendly online interaction; all participants are asked to follow them. Our conduct of conduct applies to interactions on all of the platforms used for the school.
On Zoom:
- The username of every participant must match the name with which they registered to the school; anonymous Zoom usernames will not be allowed
- Please keep your microphone muted, unless you are the speaker or are asking a question orally (see below)
- During lectures, topical seminars, group-work time, and discussion sessions, participants are encouraged to ask questions
- Oral questions: please raise your hand (using the Zoom raised-hand function)
- Written questions: please use the relevant Slack channel
- Please keep your camera on whenever possible; this helps build a more friendly environment
On gather.town:
- The username of every participant must match the name with which they registered to the school; anonymous gather.town usernames will not be allowed
- Rooms in gather.town are open 24/7 so you can make use of them anytime
- You can use the common spaces for informal chats with other participants and lecturers during coffee breaks and discussion sessions; you can also share a meal during the lunch break
- We will use the discussion room for the daily afternoon discussion sessions
- We have set up lecturer offices in case you need to have more directed discussion with the lecturers, in small groups
- When in gather.town, we ask you to please keep your microphone on at all times if possible, and consider also keeping your video on
On Slack:
- The username of every participant must match the name with which they registered to the school; anonymous Slack usernames will not be allowed
- During a presentation, we encourage you to send any written question via Slack; they will be read out loud to the speaker by the conveners at an appropriate time
- Participants are encouraged to use Slack at all times to have longer conversations among them
