Zoom: Canvas Integration
Introduction
Zoom Meetings can be created and joined from within a Canvas course. Set up a virtual meeting in the case of inclement weather or hold virtual office hours. This is also a convenient tool if you need to quickly create a meeting on the fly to connect with a student or another member of your Canvas course. View the steps below for more information on how to access and use Zoom through Canvas.
- Log in to Canvas and open your course.
- Click on the Zoom link in the Course Navigation menu of your course.
- Click on the Upcoming Meetings tab. Then click on a meeting link to view its settings, including the Join URL, calendar event integration, and meeting description. Start or delete a meeting with buttons to the right of its name.
- While the default view shows meetings and recordings made from within your course, instructors can view all their Zoom Meetings and Cloud Recordings by clicking that option toward the top, right-hand corner of the Zoom integration screen.
- You can also schedule a new meeting from within your course by clicking on Schedule a New Meeting. Here, you can configure meeting settings. This includes the meeting name, description, date and time, recurrence, registration, video and audio options, as well as additional meeting options, such as Breakout Room pre-assign and designated alternative hosts, in case you want another instructor or person to have hosting duties.
- Meetings that have come and gone can still be accessed through the Previous Meetings tab. This includes both the Meeting Report and the Poll Report (if Polls were used). Below are the basic steps for accessing reports via the Canvas Zoom Integration.
- Click the Report link next to a meeting.
- Select the Meeting Report or Poll Report tab to view and export data.
Item
Description
A
Meeting information – Meeting information including topic, date/time, and Meeting ID.
B
Export as CSV file – Export the participant list (Meeting Report) or poll results (Poll Report) in CSV format to be opened in a spreadsheet application, such as Microsoft Excel. Note: unlike the meeting report available in the Zoom Web Portal, this Meeting Report will contain duplicate entries for any participant who has exited and re-joined the meeting one or more times; the participant is listed multiple times, with a different Join Time, End Time, and Duration for each listing.
C
User information – For the Meeting Report, names and emails of participants and host, join and leave times, and duration of attendance are included. If no user email is present, or a non-Quinnipiac email is used, that person joined with a non-Quinnipiac account. For the Meeting Report, names and email are included along with poll questions and responses.
- Click Cloud Recordings to access meeting recordings stored in the cloud. If you have recorded a course Zoom meeting to the cloud, it will appear in this area for you. Instructors can switch to a view of all their Cloud recordings, by clicking All My Zoom Meetings/Recordings in the top, right-hand corner of the Zoom integration screen (see Step 6 above).
Item
Description
A
Search – Search the existing Cloud recordings by date and meeting ID or topic.
B
Export – Export the list of Cloud recordings as a CSV file.
C
View the Recording File – Select either the meeting name or file size link to view, download, and share the individual files (see Figure 6).
D
Delete – Delete the Cloud recording.
Instructor-only Tabs
While students can join upcoming and previous meetings as well as view published Cloud recordings in the steps outlined above, the Personal Meeting Room is only visible to instructors in Canvas.
Start a meeting in your Personal Meeting Room. The Personal Meeting Room tab allows you to create a meeting on the fly with meeting options pre-configured according to those set for your Personal Meeting ID in the Zoom Meetings desktop application. Go to this tab and click the Start this Meeting button.
