Lights, Camera, Meeting: Video Conference Etiquette
How to look and sound your best on video calls, and how to host meetings people actually want to attend. Audio and camera setup, joining well, mute and camera manners, chat and turn-taking, hosting and hybrid fairness, safe screen sharing, recording consent, accessibility, meeting security and beating video-call fatigue — for participants and hosts on any platform.
12 modules
About 80 minutes
60 knowledge-check questions
Certificate of completion
Free with registration
What you will be able to do
Learners will be able to prepare their audio, camera framing, lighting and background before a call, run a quick tech check, and choose between video, phone or a written update.
Learners will be able to join meetings on time with a clear display name, and handle arriving late without disrupting the meeting.
Learners will be able to use mute, camera and self-view habits that follow the meeting's norms and protect their energy, drawing on published fatigue research.
Learners will be able to take turns over lag, use chat and reactions without side-chat or private-message mistakes, stay visibly present, and handle interruptions at home gracefully.
Learners will be able to host meetings with a clear purpose, agenda and timekeeping, draw in quieter voices, run fair hybrid meetings, use breakouts well and respect time zones.
Learners will be able to share a window safely, silence notifications, close sensitive material, narrate what they show, and hand over sharing cleanly.
Learners will be able to treat recordings, transcripts and AI note-takers as consent-first activities, announce them, and follow their organization's policy rather than guessing at the law.
Learners will be able to keep meetings accessible with captions, described visuals and shared materials, and keep meetings secure with passcodes, waiting rooms and careful link handling.
Course outline
Welcome to Lights, Camera, MeetingWhat you will learn and how the course works
Sound Check, Light CheckGet your audio, camera and space ready before you join
Walk In Like You BelongArrive on time, name yourself clearly and handle being late
Camera, Mute and Your EnergyMute habits, camera norms and the research on meeting fatigue
Talk, Chat, Take TurnsChat, reactions, lag, interruptions and staying present
Host With a PlanPurpose, agenda, timekeeping and quieter voices
One Room, Two AudiencesFairness between the people in the room and the people on the screen
Share Only What You Mean ToScreen sharing without accidents
Press Record, Ask FirstRecordings, transcripts and AI note-takers — with consent
Everyone in the FrameCaptions, describing visuals and sharing materials
Guard the LinkMeeting security basics: links, passcodes, waiting rooms and crashers
Take It Into Your Next MeetingKey takeaways, your action plan and further reading
How it works
The course moves one slide at a time and asks you to try each idea before you continue. Every module ends with a short quiz; you need 80% to move on, and you can retake a quiz as often as you like. Finish the final check, sign the completion statement, and print your certificate. Your progress is saved to your registration, so you can stop and pick up where you left off.