How to Join or Start a Zoom Meeting in Canvas

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."