So last night (3/12/20), I held my normal in-person class in CIT 128, however, one of my students told me he could not make it because his kids were sick. I asked if he could be a guinea pig and attend via zoom so I could try it out via Canvas. So I took my nice gaming headset I use for music and sound isolation into B117 and it worked really well.

I was able to lecture to my students in class and my 1 missing student was also able to benefit, hear the lecture, ask questions, and get help with his lab.

The take aways

Create your ConferZoom account first then link it to Canvas
The built-in Canvas Zoom integration works well, but does take configuration (I need to check a few things on this before I have specifics)
If instructors want to lecture from campus, make sure they have a headset and mic on that computer.
I need to check on how to best configure Zoom for virtual office hours.
Make sure to mute everyone in the class, that way eating or other noises do not distract
Because they are muted, you will have to teach them how to unmute / remute themselves
Make sure to keep the chat window up for students who don't have a mic
Always verify students can see what you are sharing before just talking about it
If you are going to show your entire desktop instead of a single program, disable notifications from appearing so emails and messages do not show up on screen
If you record the lecture to share later, make sure you check the auto captions. They will be wrong in places and will require modification which is easily done in zoom.
If you show your entire desktop, clean up all the files on the desktop that are visible. Put them in a folder in the desktop or in your documents folder so those viewing your screen cannot see that information.
If you show your entire desktop, change your background wallpaper if it has personal information like showing family photos. Plain dark backgrounds work best and I keep my private life, private. I have a lot of confidential information on my personal desktop at home and I am not allowed to even show the name of the files I am working on or who the customer is. Since I have to share my desktop often, this is how I keep information secure while doing a screen share.

I'm telling my students not to take this as an inconvenience but treat it as a learning experience. Many of my 101 students want to go into Business, Accounting or CIT, and conference calls are one of the tools of the trade. It takes practice to do it well so they are gaining experience in it now.