Zoom How-tos
How to Use Zoom
Zoom maintains an extensive Learning Center that provides courses designed for beginners and more advanced users. If you find video tutorials more useful, they may be accessed here. We have also included links to topic specific guides below.
Zoom Host Guides
- Meet Now versus Scheduled Meetings
- Scheduling Zoom Meetings
- Zoom 101: Manage Participants (video)
- Screen Share & Annotation
- Host Controls in a Zoom Meeting (includes screen sharing, chat features, recording & more)
Participant Guides
- Joining a Zoom Meeting
- Joining a Zoom Meeting through Canvas
- Joining a Test Meeting (To check that your connection is working before a meeting)
- Participant Controls in a Zoom Meeting (includes screen sharing, chat, & more)
Zoom User Training Sessions
Using Zoom Within Canvas
If you have not used Zoom within Canvas before, you will need to enable Zoom in your course. Instructions for enabling Zoom in a Canvas course can be found here as well as in the link at the bottom of the page.
Scheduling a Zoom meeting in your Canvas course allows your students to join the meeting through the course page. Your students will be able to view and join your created meetings in the Zoom tab of your course, directly through Canvas.
Zoom Host Guides (Within Canvas)
- Enable Zoom in a Canvas Course
- Creating Class/Course Meetings
- Starting a Zoom Class/Course Meeting
- Editing Meeting Sessions
- How to use Waiting Rooms to Manage Office Hours & Drop-In Visitors (video)
- Managing Recordings (Note: Cloud recordings will be automatically deleted after 180 days. To avoid losing your recordings, be sure to download the recording before the 180 day expiration
- Screen Share & Annotation
- Host Controls in a Zoom Meeting (includes screen sharing, chat features, recording & more)
Additional Features and Support
Zoom for Education Training
- Zoom 101: Breakout Rooms
- Zoom 101: Polling (In-meeting)
- Zoom 101: Screen Share and Annotation
- Zoom Canvas Basics (videos)
Other Training
- Baylor Zoom Training Session 1 Recording
- Baylor Zoom Training Session 2 Recording
- Video Tutorials
- Zoom YouTube Channel
- Live Training Webinars
- Recorded Training Sessions
Documentation
Security
Waiting Room for Office Hours
- How to use Waiting Rooms to Manage Office Hours & Drop-In Visitors (video)
- Using and Managing Waiting Room Feature
Audio Settings
Breakout Rooms
- Zoom 101: Breakout Rooms (video)
- Getting Started Using Breakout Rooms
- Creating and Managing Breakout Rooms
- Participating in Breakout Rooms
Polling
- Zoom 101: Polling (In-meeting) (video)
Troubleshooting