2021 | Zoom Visit Preparation

Zoom Visit Preparation

This page provides you with specific steps to follow if you are ready to request an interactive zoom visit. It also helps you know what to expect during your visit. In addition to reading this page carefully before your virtual visit, please also consult the general overview on the 2021 Virtual Visits page.

All K-8 groups are required to complete the online registration form with the Brelsford WSU Visitor Center. Please email the WSU Pullman Field Trips Program at fieldtrips@wsu.edu if you have any additional questions.

For high school virtual visits, contact Syndi Jacobson in the Office of Recruitment at  jacobson@wsu.edu.

Before Your Zoom Visit (Available After March 15, 2021)

1. Complete the online registration form with the Brelsford Visitor Center.

2. Spend some time viewing the resources on our 2021 Virtual Visits page. Have your class spend time engaging the exhibitions using the provided virtual assets before your scheduled visit date to get the most out of your experience. Zoom tours in March will focus on either Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau or Under the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Collection.

3. Email the museum’s education coordinator, Kristin Becker (kristin.carlson@wsu.edu) with a brief description of your class, its area of study and focus, number of students, and the grade level or age group. Also, provide an explanation of how your class will be using technology: For example, will every student be zooming in on a separate computer with their video turned on? Or will you be zooming in from a single classroom? And finally, let Kristin Becker know whether you prefer to focus on either Follow the River: Portraits of the Columbia Plateau or Under the Same Sun and Moon: New Acquisitions from the Collection. (A zoom link will be sent to you once you have emailed this information to the education coordinator.)

4. Make sure your students know what is expected of them on Zoom during their zoom visit (see Zoom Best Practices section below).

5. If possible, make sure your students have paper and writing/drawing implements (pencil, pen, markers, or crayons) on hand for the zoom visit.

Zoom Best Practices

1. Make sure you have access to a reliable internet connection.
2. Keep yourself muted unless called on.
3. Keep your video on for a better level of engagement, unless this slows down your computer or your connection.
4. Use the chat function in zoom for comments and questions, but keep in mind there might not be time to address all questions and comments.

During Your Zoom Visit

Your visit will be led by a museum staff member and may also include participation from WSU students enrolled in our Museum Procedures course. The individual guiding your visit may or may not be in the museum galleries, depending on availability and current COVID-19 restrictions, but your visit leader will be ready to engage your class with questions, discussion, activities and images. He or she will remind your class about Zoom Best Practices at the beginning of the visit.

Your visit leader will do his or her best to engage your class based on the topics you are studying, and on the age group of the students. Remember to let us know about the specifics of your class ahead of time by emailing kristin.carlson@wsu.edu (see Before Your Zoom Visit section above).

After Your Visit

We are so glad you visited us virtually in Spring 2021! The exhibition materials you accessed on the 2021 Virtual Visits will remain available to you throughout Spring 2021, so you can follow-up with your students and use them again as needed throughout the semester.

Please let us know how we did. Email kristin.carlson@wsu.edu with feedback about your visit, as well as questions.

Please consider coming back in the future. We hope to be providing in-person tours and offering the Buy a Bus program again in the 2021-22 school year.