Zoom - Canvas Integration

Zoom Integrates with Canvas

Teachers, counselors, administrators, students, and everyone else involved in our district can now use the Zoom Conferencing app! This powerful conferencing app has highly desired features, such as: Grid View, Rooms, Digital Whiteboards, Virtual Backgrounds, Canvas LMS Integration, Synergy SIS Integration and so much more!

Use the following content to help you get set up and get the most out of this powerful application for distance learning.

Getting Started with Zoom Integration

Each teacher must have an active Kern High Zoom account for the Integration to work with Canvas.

  1. Go to Zoom.com and log in using the “SSO” option

  2. In the Company Domain cell, type "kernhigh-org" then press “Continue”

  3. If you are signing up for Zoom on a district computer, you should be able to log in simply from this point; If you are signing up for Zoom from a personal device, you will need to verify your affiliation with KHSD by typing in your KHSD credentials or your KHSD email address.

How to Enable the Zoom LTI Pro in Canvas

Zoom LTI Pro has been enabled in Canvas. Please follow the instructions below for making it visible in the student course menu.

  1. Log in the Canvas (kernhigh.instructure.com)

  2. Go into the course you want to activate Zoom in.

  3. Go to "Settings"

  4. A new page will appear, find the tab near the top labeled “Navigation” and click on it

  5. Locate Zoom from the hidden items list, and drag it up to the place you would like it to appear in the course navigation

  6. Click “Save”


Scheduling a Zoom Meeting

  1. Click “Zoom” from your course navigation menu. The first time you click on this link, you will have to "authorize" the Zoom app

  2. Click “Schedule a New Meeting”

  3. Fill out the meeting settings

    1. Topic: the title of your meeting, e.g., your course name or "Office Hours"

    2. When: date and time of the meeting

    3. Duration: total amount of time the meeting will run for (you can enter a meeting early)

    4. Recurring meeting: meetings that will be used more than once in the course (e.g., weekly discussion meetings)

      • Example for a class that meets every MWF:

        • Recurrence = Weekly

        • Repeat every 1 week

        • Occurs Mon, Wed, Fri

        • End date = last meeting date

    5. Registration:

    6. Video Host/Participant: select whether you'd like your/your participants' videos to be automatically turned on or off

    7. Meeting Options - Recommendations:

      • Enable join before host: We DO NOT RECOMMEND checking this box. Only use this option if your meeting requires a password.

      • Mute participants upon entry: we generally recommend enabling this option for courses. Students can unmute themselves during the class.

      • Enable waiting room

        • For a class lecture, don't enable this

        • For office hours, enable this

      • If you'd like recordings of the meeting, select "Record the meeting automatically" and save the recording in the cloud.

NOTE: If you are recording your class (either manually or automatically), please remember to STOP THE RECORDING or END THE MEETING, which stops the recording. Otherwise you might end up with, eg, 15-hour sessions that are trying to process on Zoom's servers.

  1. Click Save. You will now see the conference appear under 'Upcoming Meetings'

  2. Notify your students of the Zoom meeting in “Announcements”

Once your meeting is scheduled, Students can find the Zoom session in their Canvas Calendars!

How to Start/Join a Zoom meeting in Canvas

Teachers

  1. Close any applications that you don't need, especially if they are resource-intensive or if they generate notifications (eg, emails and messaging apps) if you will be sharing your screen.

  2. From the Canvas Zoom link, click on the “Upcoming Meetings" tab.

  3. Find the meeting, and click the "Start" button next to the correct one.

  4. If you don't already have Zoom installed, you will be guided to download and install it.

Students

  1. Direct students to join your meeting by clicking the Zoom link from your Canvas course.

  2. Then click on the "Upcoming Meetings" tab.

  3. Then click on the "Join" button next to the correct meeting.

  4. If the student doesn't have Zoom installed, they will be guided to download and install it. This only needs to be done once.

How to Download a Recorded Zoom Meeting through Canvas

  1. Log in the Canvas (kernhigh.instructure.com)

  2. Select the Course your meeting was in

  3. Click on “Zoom” from the course navigation menu

  4. Click on “Cloud Recordings”

  5. Click on the “title of the recording” you want to download

  6. Another screen will appear, click on the “download” button for the version(s) you want to download

  7. Your video file will be downloaded to the Downloads folder/area of your computer

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