Canvas Zoom Guide

The Zoom integration with Canvas allows instructors to schedule and manage and start or join a meeting all from within Canvas. Students can also easily join and view upcoming meetings from within their course sites. The Zoom integration will also make it easy to share cloud recordings with students. The Zoom integration is available only in all academic courses.

To use the Zoom integration, you must have a JHU Enterprise JHU Zoom account. 

By default Zoom will be enabled in your Canvas SIS Generated Course. If you do not see Zoom on the course navigation menu, follow these steps below to enable Zoom.  

Using Zoom as an Instructor

To begin using Zoom, click Zoom in the Course Navigation Menu. This will open Zoom within Canvas. 

Scheduling a New Meeting 

You can schedule meetings directly through the Zoom tool in Canvas
To schedule a new meeting:

  1. Login to your Canvas course
  2. Click Zoom in the course navigation menu
  3. Click Schedule a New Meeting
  4. Choose the desired settings for the meeting 
  5. Click Save

Importing an Existing Meeting 

If you already scheduled a Zoom meeting in your JHU Zoom account, you can import the meeting into your Canvas course. To import, you need is the Meeting ID. This will associate the meeting with your course. Please note, a meeting can only be associated with one course at a time, so you cannot use the same Meeting ID with multiple courses if you wish to use the Zoom LTI.

Click the options menu (three dots) in the upper right of the Zoom screen to expand the menu. Select Import meeting and enter the Meeting ID. Click import to add the Zoom meeting to the course. 

Edit a Meeting 

To edit an existing meeting:

  1. Login to your Canvas course
  2. Click Zoom in the course navigation menu
  3. Click on the meeting Topic
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the meeting
  5. Click Edit this meeting
  6. Edit the settings as needed.
  7. Click Save 

Starting or Joining a Meeting 

When it is time for the scheduled meeting, students and instructors can access the Zoom meeting similarly.

To Start or Join a meeting:

  1. Login to your Canvas course
  2. Click Zoom in the course navigation menu
  3. Next to the scheduled meeting, the instructor can click Start to launch Zoom and begin the meeting
  4. Next to the scheduled meeting, the students and co-faculty can click Join to launch Zoom and join the meeting.

Note: any Instructor enrolled in the course can start the Zoom meeting as an alternative host, even if they didn’t create the meeting.

Sharing Cloud Recordings with Students 

    1. Login to your Canvas course
    2. Click Zoom in the course navigation menu
    3. Click the Cloud Recordings tab 
      • A list of your cloud recordings is displayed
      • If you don’t see your recording, it may still be processing. Once it finishes processing your recording will be listed here
    4. To the right of the recording you would like to share with your students click the Publish slider
    5. Students will be able to view any published recordings immediately by the clicking the Cloud Recordings tab within the Zoom link.

Enabling Zoom in a Canvas Course

  1. Open the course in which you would like to enable Zoom
  2. From the Course Navigation, click Settings, and then select the Navigation tab 
  3. Click the three dots next to Zoom on the menu, and select +Enable
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click Save

Additional Information 

All instructors can schedule or import meetings, but only the person who created the meeting can delete it. Once a meeting is deleted from upcoming meetings, it will delete it from the view in Canvas and Zoom.

If you choose to disassociate a meeting, that will remove it from the Canvas class view, but it will remain in your meetings in Zoom. To disassociate a meeting, click the options menu (three dots) in the upper right of the Zoom screen to expand the menu. Click Disassociate and enter the Meeting ID. Click Disassociate to remove the Zoom meeting from the course.

Please note: if your browser privacy settings are set for strict protection, you may receive an error when you go to access the Zoom or start a meeting you have created. If this occurs, please adjust your browser settings to standard or custom protections.