Trainers’ Toolkit – Outfit for today

	Exercise nr 41: Outfit for today
Duration	5-10 min
Type of activity	Social / Body / Emotional / Cognitive
The goal of the exercise	The aim is to introduce and warm-up participants using their creativity.
Group size	3-16
Hashtags	#introduction #teambuilding #specialeffects
Materials and tools necessary for the activities	Zoom
Exercise agenda	A simple exercise for group introduction and boosting participants’ creativity. The start of a meeting is critical, often setting up the rest of the meeting. Therefore, if we know that there are latecomers who are about to join, we may want to wait for them so that we can start the meeting in full.  Have you ever had to wait a few minutes for latecomers when most group members were already in a meeting? Have you struggled with keeping them engaged and talking especially if they don’t know each other? This exercise will let you start integrating the group with a blast. Go to the video settings and share your screen with the participants. Then go to Background & Filters.   There you will find Virtual Backgrounds and Video Filters. At the bottom right, there are also Studio effects with Eyebrows, Moustache & beards, and Lip color. Ask participants to play with zoom filters and choose their creation for today. Encourage them to check if their name appears as they want to be called and rename it if needed. This exercise introduces a lot of laughter and lightness.
Possible modifications	The filters in Zoom are varied and often updated.
Credits	Compiled by Fundacja Culture Shock for TRENDSS – Transnational Roadmap for Educators in Digital Soft Skills (https://trendss.eu/)Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0Co-funded by the Erasmus+Programme of the European Union