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We recommend that you have a closing whole group Zoom meeting on Friday afternoon of camp to announce who got closest to pinpointing the precise location of the buried treasure, as well as give shoutouts to camp guides and any other game winners. See 8. Leading Each Day of Camp.
Yes! The Whole Group Zoom Meeting at the start of each day of camp is a great time for you to continue with the special traditions that are unique to your camp. See 8. Leading Each Day of Camp for a baseline plan for these meetings; but adjust it according to your own traditions and […]
The key to success is to send your families a comprehensive email to tell them how to get ready for camp (See 6. Communicating with Families). Try to cover ALL the important details in one core email. Then send a couple follow-up emails that include basically the SAME information as reminders. This approach works better […]
Review 5. Recruiting and Training Camp Guides. How might you need to adjust the training plan to ensure your guides know how to run each of the elements of the Virtual Escape Room experience? It can be helpful to record quick videos using Loom to show your staff how to do discrete tasks.
You can use the same job description to recruit online camp guides as you’ve used in the past to recruit in-person camp counselors. We recommend, however, that you add four additional requirements to your job description to take into account the virtual nature of the camp guide role: Must have high-speed, extremely reliable Internet access […]
We recommend you organize groups of no more than 10 campers per guide. Any more than 10 and it becomes hard for your guides to do their job, which includes being the personal connection to lead your campers through the Escape Room experience, giving them feedback on the assignments they submit within their electives, leading […]
The Brain Chase Safety and Acceptable Use Policy outlines the steps that camps need to take to protect the safety of their campers and staff online.
Follow these simple instructions for how to join a Zoom Meeting. If you want to doublecheck that your device supports Zoom, see system requirements for iOS, iPadOS, and Android or system requirements for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Zoom is our preferred video conferencing platform. Which type of Zoom account to purchase depends on how many campers you expect and how many camp guides you will have. We recommend that you divide your campers into groups of no more than 10 youth. A camp guide should lead each group. Each camp guide should […]