Audience: Franklin students looking for information about using Zoom for their Meet sessions.
Disclaimer: This tool is only available for the intended audience mentioned above.
Sections in this article:
- Opening a Meet Session in Canvas
- Launching and Joining Your First Session
- Accessing Recorded Sessions in Canvas
- Zoom Video Tutorials
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 in Canvas
Click "Zoom" in the course navigation to open the Zoom landing page.
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Launching and Joining your First Session
If you are not seeing the screen shots below, please follow the sections of this article above to access the Zoom portion of your course.
- From the screen shown below, 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:
- Next, the meet session will begin. Your instructor may have to admit you to the room from a virtual waiting room. Click on the up-arrow next to the "UnMute/Mute" button to choose your computer as your source for audio.
- After running the download, you will automatically join your meet session. It will look something like this:
- 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.
Accessing Recorded Sessions in Canvas
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.
- From the left-hand menu of your course, select "Zoom", and then access the "Previous Meetings" tab. 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).
- If you would like to download the recording for later viewing, 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
Joining and Configuring Audio and Video
Sharing Your Screen
Sharing Multiple Screens Simultaneously