The process to join or start a Zoom meeting
in Canvas, is basically the same for both you
and students.
From the course navigation, make sure that you
click on "Zoom."
And in the "Upcoming Meetings" pane
look for the session that you want to start.
For the instructor, the button will say "Start,"
and for the students, the button will say "Join."
Click on that button, and you'll be brought to
a page that looks something like this.
If you have Zoom already installed on your computer,
you will likely be given a prompt to "open"
the Zoom application.
If you don't see that prompt, but you do
have Zoom installed, you can click on the
"Launch Meeting" link down below.
If you don't have the Zoom client installed
at all. You can click on the
"Download and run Zoom" link.
If for whatever reason you cannot run
the Zoom application, you can also
"join Zoom from your web browser."
However, bare in mind that the web-based
version of Zoom has some limitations
and it is recommended that you run the installed
version of Zoom, if at all possible.
I'll demonstrate the process of downloading
and running Zoom for the first time.
I'll click on "download and run Zoom." [click]
You'll see that it downloads a file to your
computer. Open that file.
This will install the Zoom application on
your computer.
When the installation completes, it will
automatically connect you into the Zoom meeting
that you are attempting to "Join" or "Start."
One of the first things that you'll see when
you join a Zoom meeting, is connecting
you computer audio. You can simply click
the blue "Computer Audio" button
to connecting your microphone and speakers.
If you want to test these before
connecting in, you can click on the
"test speaker and microphone" link
to make sure that they are
operating correctly.
There's also the option to connect in
via a phone, if for some reason you don't
have a computer microphone or your
speakers on your computer are unavailable.
There's also a check-box at the bottom
to make this your default choice for
future meetings.
Generally speaking, as long as you have a
microphone on your computer and are
using either your computer speakers
or a headset, you can click on
"join with computer audio."