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Schedule Class Meetings in Canvas

Learn how to schedule, edit, and access recordings for online synchronous class sessions using Zoom from within Canvas.

Add Zoom to the Course Navigation Menu (if not already there):

  1. On the course navigation 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 Zoom Meetings

  1. Click on Zoom from the course navigation menu.
  2. Click on Schedule a New Meeting.
  3. Fill out the meeting settings - if this is a recurring meeting, select Recurring Meeting and enter recurrence frequency information. 
  4. Scroll down to check the box next to Enable Waiting Room.
  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. 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. 

Edit a Scheduled Meeting's Settings

  1. Click on Zoom from the course navigation menu.
  2. Click on the meeting that you scheduled.
  3. Scroll down and click on Edit Meeting.
  4. Make any changes and click on Save.

Start a Meeting

  1. Click on Zoom from the course navigation menu.
  2. Click on Start next to that day's session.

Accessing Cloud Recordings

View Recordings from Canvas

  1. Click on Zoom from the course navigation menu.
  2. Click on Cloud Recordings.
  3. Click on a recording. 
  4. Click on the Play button for the recording.

Download a Recording

  1. Click on Zoom from the course navigation menu.
  2. Click on Cloud Recordings.
  3. Click on the recording you would like to download.
  4. Click on the Download button below the video.

Delete a Recording

  1. Click on Zoom from the course navigation menu.
  2. Click on Cloud Recordings.
  3. Click on Delete next for the recording you wish to delete.
  4. A window will open saying "Move All Files to the Trash?" Click on Yes.

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