A reliable internet connection, a comfortable chair and desk, a headset with a decent microphone, and a webcam at eye level cover most of it. A second monitor is the upgrade people tend to wish they’d made sooner.
Connection
If Wi-Fi drops at your desk, try moving the router, adding a mesh point, or using a network cable. A wired connection is the most dependable option for video calls.
Sound and picture
- A headset cuts echo and background noise
- Light your face from the front, not from a window behind you
- Raise the camera to eye level with a stand or a stack of books
Comfort
Put the top of the screen roughly at eye level, keep your keyboard at elbow height, and give your feet somewhere flat to rest. Long days add up.
Tools
Agree as a team on one place for chat, one for files and one for meetings. Fewer apps means fewer missed messages.
We can help set all of this up through remote support. Related: attended versus unattended support.