Zoom for Students Overview

Audience: Franklin students looking for information about using Zoom for their Meet sessions.

In this article:

Zoom Overview and Key Features
Opening a Meet Session
Downloading Recorded Sessions
Zoom Video Tutorials

Zoom Overview and Key Features

Zoom will be replacing Adobe Connect for Meet sessions within both Franklin courses beginning in the Summer term of 2019.

Zoom includes many useful features similar to Adobe Connect, as well as new features that will enhance the Meet experience in your courses:

Web, mobile, and desktop client accessibility
Whiteboard feature for interactive presentations
Desktop sharing
Attendee joining before hosts
Improved video quality
View recorded sessions on mobile
Document sharing

Let's take a look at how to access your Meet sessions and the new features you can look forward to using!

For more training and support on using Zoom, visit Zoom's official support site:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us

Opening a Meet Session

Accessing a Meet session has not changed. There are two ways to open up a session.

The first way is from your course's Apps menu:

From your course, click on the Apps menu at the top of the page.
Now click on the Meet tool.

The second way is from a course object with "Meet" turned on:

Open up the course object that contains a meet session.
Click on the "Meet" button.
This will cause Zoom to open up in a new browser tab.

Now you can begin joining your session:

From here, click on "Join" to open up the meeting room. Make sure you select the right meet session, as all of your meet sessions for this specific course will show up here.
If you have never used Zoom before, then a new tab will open up asking if you want to join the meet session from within your browser or if you would like to download the desktop app.
If you wish to download Zoom to your desktop, click on the "download and run Zoom" link.
- After running the download, you will automatically join your meet session. It will look something like this:
If you wish to use Zoom from within your browser, click on "join from your browser".
- This option will require you to enter your name before joining a session. In this field, provide your first and last name.
- After providing your name, the meet session will begin. Click on the "Computer Audio" button to choose your computer as your source for audio. This will likely cause your browser to ask for permission to use your microphone.
Now you have joined your meet session and can start learning about using the tool. Here are some quick tips to get you started:
- SPACE (hold) - While holding space, your mic is temporarily unmuted.
- ALT + A - Unmute your mic (or click on the microphone icon)
- ALT + V - Turn on your webcam (or click the camera icon)
- ALT + H - Toggles the chat window off and on (or click the chat icon)
  - Choose specific users in the "To:" dropdown to send private messages.
- ALT + U - Toggle the participants list (or click on the participant's icon)
  - In the participant's list view, you can raise/lower your hand.
Find more tutorials below on how to navigate and use Zoom's features.

Downloading Recorded Sessions

Instructors have the ability to record each Meet session so that students can later download either the video or just the audio file. These recordings take time to render before they can be downloaded, so, after a meet session is over, wait at least an hour before checking back for the recording.

To download recorded sessions:

From your course, click on the Apps menu at the top of the page.
Now click on the Meet tool.
This will cause Zoom to open up in a new browser tab. The default tab, labeled "Upcoming Meetings", shows any reoccurring or upcoming meet sessions your professor has planned.
Click on the "Previous Meetings" tab to access a list of past meeting sessions. If your instructor recorded the meet session and the video is ready to download, then you can click on the link "Recording Details" to open up the recording files.
You should now see a screen like the one below, where you can choose to play the audio or video files by clicking on the play buttons. Sometimes, a meet session may have more than one recording (for example, if the session ended due to internet problems).
To download the recording, click on the "Download" button in the top, right-hand corner of the screen.

Zoom Video Tutorials

Zoom offers tons of training videos on different topics. See some of the common questions and features explained below. For more training topics on Zoom, check out Zoom's support site:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us

Meeting Controls