Zoom

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Zoom

Zoom is a ​video/audio web-conferencing and collaboration tool that lets you meet with students in real time online.

You can use Zoom for a variety of real-time interactions online:

  • Running lectures and presentations
  • Hosting office hours
  • Facilitating group discussions
  • Asking poll/quiz questions
  • Invigilating remote exams

Add a link to your Zoom lecture room in your course

For your students to access your Zoom lecture room, we recommend adding a link in your course naviation. You can do this two ways:

Option 1: Enable the Zoom tool and set up your meeting in Canvas
  1. In Course Navigation, click the Settings link
  2. Go into the Navigation Tab
  3. Drag and Drop the Zoom tool into the top block so it will show in your course navigation
  4. Scroll down – SAVE
  5. Schedule a new meeting
    • If you want to track student attendance and polls via Zoom CSV reports, as well as, create preset breakout rooms, you should require student registration and send registration link to students
    • NOTE: to track polls and participation we recommend iClicker Cloud instead of Zoom polling
    • If you get an error accessing Zoom, please check that the email that is associated with your Canvas account is the same email that is associated with your Zoom account
Option 2: Set up your meeting in Zoom and add link in Canvas
  1. Open Settings
  2. In Course Navigation, click the Settings links
  3. Click the Apps tab
  4. Select the Redirect Tool
  5. +Add App
  6. Adjust the name of your link to Lecture Room
  7. Paste your Zoom link into URL Redirect (recommend using a recurring meeting in Zoom)
  8. Ensure Force open in new tab and Show in Course Navigation are selected
  9. Add App – refresh your screen
  10. Select the Navigation tab in Settings
  11. Drag and Drop your lecture room link to where you want it to appear in your course navigation
  12. Scroll down – SAVE
Getting Help

For more information, please contact our Learning Services team by emailing help@sauder.ubc.ca.

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