Essential Information for Human Subjects Research Teams Related to COVID-19
The University is now resuming research activities involving in-person interaction with human participants.
As of 8/31/2020, all studies are eligible for the restart process with the following exception:
Studies that include research participant group activities (greater than 1 research participant plus a parent not sharing the same household seen at one time)
Please visit this website often for new information about research restart. Direct any questions to Dr. David Bugg, IRB Chair at SUNYPotsdamIRB@potsdam.edu.
Ensure that the host and all cohosts are using the most updated version of Zoom.
Encourage participants to update to the latest version of Zoom prior to joining the meeting.
Always use a password for meetings to prevent unwanted participants from entering.
Use the Waiting Room to control access to the meeting. This allows the host to vet participants before providing access to the actual meeting.
When all participants have joined enable the “Lock Meeting” feature to prevent additional participants from joining.
Control the ability for participants to speak by muting them and preventing them from unmuting themselves. Unmute them as necessary to allow participation. If a participant is disruptive or their content is inappropriate, immediately mute them, eject them from the meeting, or place them back in the “waiting room”.
Prevent participants from screen sharing unless doing so is a required component for the type of meeting that is being held.
Assign co-hosts to manage Zoom to allow presenter to focus on presentation.
Ensure that hosts and co-hosts know how to stop video for any participant should the need arise.
Test the scheduling and management of meetings in advance using the locations and hardware that will be used in the real meeting.