Faculty + Staff

Zhen

Cheng

Assistant Professor of Teaching

Humanities Social Sciences and Communication
Arts and Sciences

Professional Background

Zhen Cheng is a scholar of theatre and performance studies with a background in English. Her teaching and research interests include Asian and Asian American studies, media studies, gender and sexuality studies, and twentieth-century critical theory. Her work investigates how theatre and performance reflect, negotiate, and transform socio-political realities. As a scholar-artist, she has experience as a director, dramaturg, and actor. Her pedagogy is dedicated to fostering cross-cultural exchange and critical thinking, and at LTU she brings this combined experience to her courses in college composition and the humanities.

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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.