Using Zoom in Canvas
The Zoom for Canvas integration supports the ability to schedule Zoom meetings, list upcoming meetings, view meeting history, join meetings, and view Zoom meeting recordings within Canvas, and is available in all Canvas courses.
Prerequisites
Zoom Features and Instructions
Scheduling & Joining Zoom Meetings
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Schedule and Start a Zoom Meeting in Canvas
Schedule and start Zoom meetings from inside a Canvas course. Please see How to Schedule and Start a Zoom Meeting in Canvas for more information.
Settings & Profile
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Zoom Settings
Changing your Zoom meeting settings
Zoom Profile
Customizing your Zoom profile
In-Meeting Controls
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Use Zoom Audio Settings
When starting/joining a meeting, you can join the audio by computer or phone.
Use the Zoom In-Meeting Video Feed
Click on the Video icon during a meeting to start and stop your video feed. Use the Video tab to preview and change your camera source via the down arrow.
Invite Non-Stevens Participants to a Zoom Meeting
Invite non-Stevens participants to your Zoom course meeting, before or during the meeting.
Manage Meeting Participants as the Host
When hosting a Zoom meeting, you have additional controls available to help manage your participants. Attendees can only view the other participants.
Use the Share Screen & Whiteboard Features
Zoom allows for screen sharing on desktop, tablet and mobile devices running Zoom. All participants in your meeting can share their screen.The whiteboard feature allows you to share a whiteboard that you and other participants (if allowed) can annotate on.
When screen sharing or using the whiteboard, you and your attendees can use the Annotation tools for drawing, pointing, highlighting, etc.
Use the Zoom In-Meeting Chat and In-Meeting Reactions
Click Chat to start an in-meeting message with participants in the meeting. Use the dropdown in the chat window to message everyone or a specific participant.
Meeting participants can use In-Meeting Reactions to place an icon in their video panel and beside their name in the participants panel to communicate with the host and other participants without disrupting the flow of the meeting.
Use the Zoom Polling Function
Use the polling feature to create polling questions for your meetings. You will be able to launch the poll during your meeting and gather responses from your attendees. You also have the ability to download a report of polling after the meeting.
Place Participants in Breakout Rooms
Zoom’s Breakout Room feature allows meeting hosts to automatically or manually split Zoom meetings into up to 50 separate Breakout Rooms. Each participant can use audio, video, and screen sharing in Breakout Rooms.
Record a Meeting in the Cloud
Recording Zoom meetings in the cloud
Place Meeting Participants in a Waiting Room
Using Waiting Rooms in Zoom
View Meeting Reports
Access attendance reports and poll reports
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