Zoom for Students Overview

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 BlueQuill
• Opening a Meet Session in Canvas
• Launching and Joining Your First Session
• Accessing Recorded Sessions in BlueQuill
• 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 BlueQuill

There are two ways to open up a session.

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

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

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

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

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. 

1. 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.
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
3. 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. 
     
     
     
4. 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.
5. Find more tutorials below on how to navigate and use Zoom's features.

Accessing Recorded Sessions in BlueQuill

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.

1. From your course, click on the Apps menu at the top of the page.
   
   
2. Now click on the Meet tool.
   
   
3. 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.
   
   
   
   
4. 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).
   
   
5. 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.
   

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.

1. 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.
2. 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).
   
   
3. 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

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