Zoom is an online meeting service provided to all employees of the California Community Colleges by the CCC Confer project. Connections are Java-free, and support all operating systems and browsers, including mobile devices. Experience high quality video and audio, desktop screen sharing, whiteboard with annotations, waiting and breakout rooms, and more. Record to the cloud, and create a movie file which can be viewed from any device and operating system. Confer Zoom connects with Canvas making it easy for instructors and students to participate live, and to view recordings.
ConferZoom accounts allow for unlimited meeting minutes with up to 100 participants.
You'll need an account with ConferZoom in order to host video conference. To unlock the application, You must use your Los Rios.edu email address (lastname@flc.losrios.edu).
Do not use your Los Rios Gmail (apps.losrios.edu).
Make sure you write down your username and password!
Creating a meeting in Zoom will generate a unique Meeting ID and produce a link to invite your students to the meeting. Please share this link through your class rosters or in Canvas.
Click on the link at the beginning of your meeting time to start the video conference.
If you record your meeting in Zoom, you can post the video of your meeting to Canvas. It is important to provide access to the video recording of your meeting for students who were unable to attend the "live" zoom meeting.
Please ensure you have the following hardware and software before you Zoom with your students.
a desktop computer
an audio input (telephone, computer microphone, or video camera microphone)
a high speed internet connection
at least 10gb of hard drive space (if recording)
optional = video camera
the Zoom application
presentation software (PowerPoint, Word, area specific software)
Follow along in this video and explore the steps to starting your first Zoom Meeting.
Walk through the entire process of recording your lecture in ConferZoom and then posting the video recording to Canvas!
One of the really great features of Zoom is the ability to share computer screen with your meeting participants.