PREPARE for Your Meeting

Your Zoom sessions will be most effective if you become fluent with its basic controls and available settings. Use the table of contents below to get started:

Regardless of how you choose to schedule a meeting, remember to share either the Join link or the meeting ID and password (if applicable). Students will join the meeting differently depending upon which way you provide the information:

• The join link will allow your students to join with a single URL that includes the embedded password. Once students click the link, they will automatically be signed into the meeting.

• The meeting ID and password can be entered when a student selects Join a Meeting from the Zoom web client or desktop client.

The join link is the best method to use and the meeting ID and password should ideally be provided as backup information.

Visit Zoom's guide to Inviting Others to Join a Meeting for more information.

Plan for Roles

Do you have to host this alone?

You'll have a less stressful classroom management experience if you delegate certain aspects of managing the online space to your students. Consider asking one TA or student in each class session to monitor the chat and one to help their peers deal with technology issues. You can also formally enable or add a co-host to your meeting. That way, you can focus on teaching, and you'll give students some extra digital skills practice.