Staying Connected
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Staying Connected Why you need to stay connected Feeling connected is essential for our physical and mental wellness. Physical distancing during COVID-19 limits all of our social engagements - dinners at Grandma's, nights out with friends, and catching a local concert or sporting event. This new normal also greatly reduces our simple day-to-day interactions like holding a door open for a stranger or small talk with a shop owner. While it is more difficult to remain feeling connected to our extended family and friends during this time, it is possible. To make up for these social interactions, it's important to reach out using technology to Social Connection Ideas connect with our family and friends more frequently. Here are some ideas for you to connect virtually with your loved ones using the apps: How to stay connected Celebrate holidays, birthdays, and other special moments virtually in a video call There are many ways to connect with your Recruit a loved one to help support your social circle while you stay safely at home. child with their online learning program Apps like FaceTime, WhatsApp, Facebook Host a virtual event for friends - teach Messenger, and Zoom allow you to group them how to make your favourite recipe, video chat with your family and friends. play live music, or share a story Schedule regular family suppers via group Messenger Kids is another free app that video chat to enjoy meals together allows your children to connect with friends Host an online talent show, dance party, and family (while parents maintain full or karaoke singalong control of their children's contact list). Invite your favorite board or card game We've included instructions on how to use partner to a remote challenge all of these apps in the following pages. Connect online and watch a movie or Choose your favourite and reach out! binge a series together Page 1 Group FaceTime Use Group FaceTime on Apple Devices Group FaceTime makes it easy to chat with multiple people at the same time. You can start a Group FaceTime from the FaceTime app or from a group conversation in the Messages app — and you can add up to 32 people. The tile of the person speaking gets larger automatically, so you’ll never lose track of the conversation. To use Group FaceTime video calls, you need iOS 12.1.4 or later, or iPadOS on one of these devices: iPhone 6s or later, iPad Pro or later, iPad Air 2 or later, iPad mini 4 or later, iPad (5th generation) or later, or iPod touch (7th generation). Earlier models of iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch that support iOS 12.1.4 can join Group FaceTime calls as audio participants. Start a Group FaceTime call from the FaceTIme app 1.Go to Settings > FaceTime, and make sure that FaceTime is on 2.Open FaceTime and tap the Add button in the top-right corner 3.Enter the name of your contacts, phone numbers, or emails 4.To start your FaceTime call, tap Audio or Video Change FaceTime audio and video settings Tap Camera off to turn the camera off. Tap it again to turn it back on. Tap Flip to switch to the rear camera. Tap it again to switch back to the front-facing camera. Tap Mute to turn off the sound. Tap Mute again to turn the sound back on. Tap Speaker to switch between mute and the speaker. Add camera effects to your Group FaceTime calls If you have an iPhone X or later, or an iPad Pro 11-inch (1st and 2nd generation) or iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation and later), you can use Animoji and Memoji in your Group FaceTime calls. On devices without Face ID, you can use other camera effects, like filters, text, and shapes in your Group FaceTime calls. To use an Animoji or Memoji: During a FaceTime call, tap , then tap , then pick your Animoji or Memoji. To use other camera effects: During a FaceTime call, tap , then tap Filters , Emoji Stickers , Text , or Shapes . Page 2 Group Facebook Message Use Group Facebook Message on Apple and Android Devices and on Desktop On Facebook Messenger, you can video chat with one person or a small group of up to four people. If you are having trouble, try updating to the newest version of the Facebook Messenger app. In voice or video calls between two people, your IP address will be shared with the other person’s device to establish a peer-to-peer connection. A peer-to- peer connection uses your IP address to connect directly with the person you’re calling to help improve the audio and video quality. While this happens in the background, it may be possible for the other person to discover your IP address. To video chat with a group on Android, iPhone, or iPad 1.From Chats, open a conversation with the person you want to video chat with 2.Tap 3.To end a video call, tap To video chat on Desktop 1.Open the conversation with the person or group you want to video chat 2.Click 3.To end a video call, click To add filters to video chat on iPhone 1.Open the conversation with the person or group you want to video chat 2.Click 3.Tap on own image feed 4.Select from available Effects 5.To end a video call, click Page 3 Group WhatsApp Use WhatsApp on Android devices You can download WhatsApp in the Google Play Store. Video Calling lets you video call your contacts using WhatsApp. On Android, video calling is only available on Android 4.1+. Group Calling allows up to four participants to video call with each other using WhatsApp. Note: Make sure you have a strong Internet connection when placing or receiving video calls. A poor or improperly configured connection might result in poor video and audio quality. If you're connected to Wi-Fi, your video call quality is dependent on your wireless network signal and network data speed. To place a video call 1.Open the chat with the contact you want to video call. 2.Tap Video Call Receiving a video call When someone video calls you, you'll see an incoming WhatsApp Video Call screen, where you can: Swipe up to accept Swipe up to decline Swipe up to reply to decline the call with a quick message To make a group video call from a group 1.Go to the group you want to video call 2.Tap Group call 3.Search for or select the contacts you want to add to the call 4.Tap Video Call To make a group video call from the CALLS tab 1.Go to the CALLS tab 2.Tap New Call > New group call 3.Search for or select the contacts you want to add to the call 4.Tap Video Call During a group video call, you have the option to turn your video off by tapping You can't remove a contact during a group video call. The contact would need to hang up their phone to disconnect from the call. Page 4 Group WhatsApp Use WhatsApp on Apple devices You can download WhatsApp from the Apple App Store. Video Calling lets you video call your contacts using WhatsApp. Note: Make sure you have a strong Internet connection when placing or receiving video calls. A poor or improperly configured connection might result in poor video and audio quality. If you're connected to Wi-Fi, your video call quality is dependent on your wireless network signal and network data speed. To place a video call 1.Open the chat with the contact you want to video call. 2.Tap Video Call Receiving a video call If your phone is unlocked and you're in WhatsApp, you'll see an incoming WhatsApp Video Call screen when someone calls you. You can tap: Accept Decline Remind me Message to decline the call with a quick message To make a group video call from a group 1.Go to the group you want to video call 2.Tap New call 3.Search for or select the contacts you want to add to the call 4.Tap Video Call To make a group video call from the CALLS tab 1.Go to the CALLS tab 2.Tap New Call > New group call 3.Search for or select the contacts you want to add to the call 4.Tap Video Call During a group video call, you have the option to turn your video off by tapping You can't remove a contact during a group video call. The contact would need to hang up their phone to disconnect from the call. Page 5 Zoom Meetings Using Zoom on your laptop or desktop You can create a free account at www.zoom.us/signup - enter your email address, and activate your account by clicking the link in the email they send you. Zoom recently addressed some security concerns. Read more here. Zoom allows you to have up to 1000 participants with 49 videos on the screen at once. The free version allows for meetings as long as 40 minutes. It supports scheduling via Outlook and Gmail. Zoom also has a mobile app though we're focusing on the desktop version to handle even the largest of social circles. Scheduling your first meeting 1.Sign into your Zoom web portal 2.Click Meetings 3.Click Schedule a Meeting 4.Choose the date and time for your meeting 5.(Optional) Select any other setting you would like to use 6.Click Save Starting your first meeting as the host Your upcoming meetings will be listed in the Meetings tab of your Zoom desktop client or mobile app.