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Faculty + Staff

Christopher
Jarvis
Adjunct Faculty

Christopher Jarvis is a filmmaker and photographer based in Detroit, MI. In 2025 he completed his first feature film, “Sunset Somewhere”. In 2023 his film “Singularity” screened at the Cannes Film Festival. It also won the worldwide Straight 8 filmmaking competition and screened at the British Film Institute, the London Short Film Festival, and screened at cinemas in the UK, Portugal, and Brazil. In 2020 his short film “Bruised Fruit” won the Audience Award at the Central Michigan International Film Festival. It also won Best Michigan Short at the Royal Starr Film Festival and was nominated for Best Short Film at the New York World Film Festival, the Fort Myers Beach International Film Festival, and the Detroit Filmmaker Awards. His films have screened all over the country including the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival, the Chicago International Arthouse Film Festival, the Miami Independent Film Festival, Hell’s Half Mile Film Festival, and more.

In addition to teaching Digital Media Arts at Lawrence Technological University, he also does freelance work, and is a Production Specialist at the Warren Communications Department.

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Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.