Getting Started with Zoom

Zoom provides video conferencing, screen sharing and messaging across any device.

Getting Started

Zoom is free for anyone invited to attend a meeting. If you'd like to host a meeting for your class or college-related business see below.

About Zoom Accounts

• A Zoom account is only required if you want to host a meeting. You do not need an account to attend a meeting.
• Zoom Basic accounts are free and allow meetings up to 40 min. with up to 100 attendees. One-on-one meetings are not limited to 40 minutes.
• Zoom Pro accounts allow for meetings longer than 40 minutes and can host up to 300 participants.
  • 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
• How to Setup Your Zoom Account in Canvas for the First Time

Using Zoom

• Schedule a Zoom Meeting in Your Canvas Course
• Zoom Security - Best Practices for Scheduling Meetings

Pre-Assigning Participants to Breakout Rooms

• Zoom guide: Pre-assigning participants to breakout rooms
  • Go to/sign in at https://evergreen.zoom.us
  • In the menu at left of the page, click “Settings”
  • At the Settings page, under the “Meeting” heading, click “In Meeting (Advanced)”
  • At the “Breakout room” setting, check the box to “Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms when scheduling” -- that action should just auto-save.
  • Go back to the Canvas site to schedule a meeting and pre-assign participants.

Students

Zoom Basic accounts have been provisioned for all students. For more about using in the classroom see: Zoom for Students.

Staff

• Zoom Basic accounts have been provisioned for all staff members
• If you require a Zoom Pro license you can request it from the Tech Support Center by submitting a help ticket.

Using Zoom

See Zoom's Help Center for instructions.

• Zoom guide: Pre-assigning participants to breakout rooms

Join a Meeting

Zoom Accessibility Notes

• Zoom – Accessibility features
• Zoom – Closed captioning
• Zoom – Hot keys and keyboard shortcuts
• Zoom – Automatic transcriptions
• Zoom is WCAG 2.1 AA compliant

Zoom and Special A/V Requirements

If you have more complex requirements, such as a large classroom that requires additional audio/video, please make a support request with Electronic Media.

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