Choose a quiet, private place for your SOAR Appointment that contributes to a smooth experience for you and for your advisor. When scheduling your SOAR Appointment, ensure the environment you will be in is appropriate for a meeting with a University of Iowa staff member. 

Attend your SOAR Appointment on a desktop, laptop, or a tablet, and not on your cell phone. Using a phone is very limiting since you will share your screen with your advisor to talk about courses, build schedules, and register.  

Arrive with full Zoom capability by taking these steps:

• use the University of Iowa version of Zoom. 

• understand how to get into your SOAR Appointment by accessing the link, entering the Zoom meeting, using your microphone and camera, and sharing your screen.

• Mac users: take additional steps to be able to share your screen.

use your University of Iowa Zoom account 

install Zoom on your device 

test your microphone and video 

share your screen 

find the Zoom link to access your SOAR Appointment