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Video Conferencing Using Zoom in Canvas

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Overview

To host synchronous class meetings or office hours, you can use Zoom, one of the Virginia Tech platforms for video conferencing. Everyone at Virginia Tech has a Zoom license that can be used on personal computers, mobile devices, in classrooms, and conference rooms. Plus, Zoom meetings can be recorded and transferred automatically to My Media in Canvas. Faculty and staff can host up to 500 people in their Zoom room and students can host up to 300 people. All meetings have unlimited minutes.

Enable Your Zoom Account

  1. Log in to Virginia Tech Zoom at https://virginiatech.zoom.us/ Links to an external site.. 
  2. On the computer you're teaching from, download and install the Zoom Client.

 

Show the Zoom Tool in Canvas

 

  1. Go to the Canvas course site and click Settings. 
  2. Click the Navigation tab.  Course tools are sorted into two sections: top (visible to students) and bottom (hidden from students)
  3. Drag the Zoom tool from the bottom to the top section, scroll down, and Save

 

Schedule and Start a Meeting

 

You can't hold an instant meeting via Canvas. Instead, schedule a meeting. To hold the scheduled meeting instantly, schedule it for the current time. 

  1. Go to the Canvas course's Zoom tool.
  2. Under Upcoming Meetings, click Schedule a New Meeting.
  3. Set the meeting to start now and end one hour after the class ends.
    • You can end class whenever you want. This is to make sure Zoom doesn't stop the meeting before you're done. 
  4. Uncheck Enable join before host.
  5. Click Schedule.

 

Note: Be sure to send students a link to your Zoom session following Communicating with Students. 

 

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