Zoom and Canvas Integration - Information Management Systems and Services

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Caltech has provided all Canvas courses with a Zoom integration that facilitates:

Scheduling a Zoom Meeting

Log into Zoom and enable automatic captions to accommodate any student accessibility concerns.
Log into Canvas and navigate to your course.
From the left course navigation menu, select Zoom. If you do not see Zoom in your menu links, you will need to enable it using this guide.
- The first time you use this, you will be promoted to "Authorize".

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A Zoom Help window will pop up. Close the window by clicking on the arrow on the top right

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Select Schedule a New Meeting

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Enter the meeting details
- NOTE: When Zoom meetings are created via Canvas, students receive a notification as soon as the meeting is created.

Starting a Zoom Meeting

Log in to Canvas
On the left hand menu, select Courses > Zoom
Select the Upcoming Meetings tab
By default, only the meetings related to your course will show up on this list
- To view all your Zoom meeting, select All My Zoom Meetings/Recordings

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Click Start, next to the title of the meeting you would like to start
Hosts should check the host caption control settings to ensure they are enabled for the current meeting.

Viewing Zoom Cloud Recordings

Log in to Canvas
On the left hand menu, select Courses > Zoom
Select the Cloud Recordings tab for a list of your Zoom meeting cloud recordings
- By default only the cloud recordings related to your course will appear. To view all your Zoom Cloud Recordings, click on All My Zoom Meetings/Recordings

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