Difference between revisions of "Talk:Getting Started with Zoom"

Zoom is a collaboration tool that provides remote synchronous video and audio conferencing, screen sharing and messaging.

About Zoom Accounts

• A Zoom account is only required if you want to host a meeting. You do need an account to attend a meeting.
• Zoom Basic accounts are free and allow meetings up to 40 min. with multiple attendees. One-on-one meetings are not limited to 40 minutes.
• Zoom Pro accounts allow for meetings longer than 40 minutes. Pro accounts can be auto-provisioned in Canvas for instructors or requested at help.evergreen.edu. Please only request a Pro account if you need to host a multi-participant conference longer than 40 minutes.

Faculty

First time using Zoom in your Canvas course

• Add Zoom to Your Canvas Course navigation
• Launch Zoom for the first-time inside Canvas to auto-provision your Zoom Pro account

Using Zoom

• Schedule a Zoom Meeting in Your Canvas Course

Students

• Join a Zoom Meeting
• Review the schedule for upcoming Zoom class meetings

Staff

• Zoom Basic accounts have been provisioned for all staff members
• Request a Zoom account