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Schedule & Use Zoom Meetings from Inside a Canvas Course

Personal rooms are not recommended for online courses. Please follow the steps below to schedule recurring online course sessions through Canvas.

Check that Zoom is Available on the Left Side of Your Course Menu

Note: If you already see Zoom on the left side, skip to: Schedule Secure Course Meetings

  1. Click on Settings
  2. Click on Navigation
  3. Locate Zoom from the list. Click on the three dots and click Enable
  4. Scroll down and click Save

Schedule Secure Course Meetings

Click on Zoom on left-side course navigation menu in your Canvas course

  1. Click on Schedule a New Meeting
  2. Fill out the meeting settings
  3. If this is a recurring meeting, click on Recurring Meeting and enter recurrence frequency information.
  4. Scroll down to check that the box next to Enable Waiting Room is selected
  5. Click Save

By default, the waiting room is configured so users, who are not logged in through their Temple account, will be placed in the waiting room, and they will not be admitted into your meeting until you admit them, if you choose. So, if you have a guest speaker, who is from outside of Temple University, they will be placed into the waiting room and you can allow them to enter the meeting.

Start a Meeting

Delete a Scheduled Meeting

Record Your Meeting to the Cloud

Start a Recording

Pause a Recording

Stop a Recording

Accessing Recordings

Display Recordings

Share a Recording

Download a Recording

Play a Recording

Delete a Recording or Recover a Deleted Recording

Remember to Post Recording Reminders to your Class

At the start of each live Zoom session that you are recording, it is important to remind students that you are recording the class in order for them to review later or for classmates, who can not attend class, to view. Please add the following language to your Canvas page and remind students at the beginning of each recorded sessions:

"In an effort to provide equitable access to all students in this class, I will be recording this class session. If anyone has a concern, please feel free to let me know. If at any point during the session, you would like me to pause the recording, please let me know and I am happy to pause the recording."

For more information about Zoom, take a look at our Web Conferencing page

Click on Zoom on left-side course navigation menu in your Canvas course

  1. Click on Schedule a New Meeting
  2. Fill out the meeting settings
  3. If this is a recurring meeting, click on Recurring Meeting and enter recurrence frequency information.
  4. Scroll down to check that the box next to Enable Waiting Room is selected
  5. Click Save

By default, the waiting room is configured so users, who are not logged in through their Temple account, will be placed in the waiting room, and they will not be admitted into your meeting until you admit them, if you choose. So, if you have a guest speaker, who is from outside of Temple University, they will be placed into the waiting room and you can allow them to enter the meeting.

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