Join a video appointment, already working
Join a video appointment with your camera and sound tested before anybody is watching.
A video appointment is a phone call you can see. The clinician sits in the room they always sit in, you sit in yours, and nobody hunts for a parking space.
Almost all the nervousness sits in the five minutes before it starts. All of that can be settled in advance, with nobody watching.
Key points
- Join a video appointment with the camera and sound already tested
- Say what to do when a picture freezes or a call drops
- Turn your camera off at any moment, without explaining yourself
What to remember
- Press the link a few minutes early and do the checking then. Nobody watches the holding screen.
- The camera is yours to turn off at any point in the call, including halfway through.
Try this
Open the camera app and turn it round to face you. That is the picture a video appointment sends, and seeing it once takes the strangeness out of it.
Practice: Join a video appointment, already working. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.