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Zoom is a web-conferencing tool available for use in all FSU courses and replaces our previous Bb Collaborate web-conferencing tool. Zoom is also HIPAA-compliant.
Learn how to secure your Zoom meetings against disruptive "zoombombing" incidents.
For added convenience, all Zoom meetings recorded to the Zoom cloud are now automatically added to the host's Kaltura account.
You can use Zoom on a desktop or laptop computer, in addition to tablets and other mobile devices. If you have a tablet available to you and you are teaching a STEM class that requires solving equations, you will likely find using Zoom's whiteboard feature with your tablet's stylus to be a very convenient way to work with students. If you have students who need live-captioning as part of their ADA accommodations, the Office of Accessibility Services offers live human-transcribed captioning via CART.
Using the Canvas Integration
Always log into FSU's Canvas using
canvas.fsu.edu.
This helps to ensure the smoothest experience for you and your students and
that you receive all the benefits of having a professional-level account.
You will need to follow these steps the first time you enable Zoom in a Canvas course. If you then choose to enable Zoom in your other courses, you will only need to enable Zoom on the course navigation menu - you will not need to do any Zoom account activation beyond that.
Recommendations for configuring settings
Though you can schedule a meeting without adjusting any of your user settings, we strongly recommend that you ensure that your Zoom email address matches your Canvas preferred email address. If these two emails do not match, you will need to add the Zoom email address to your Canvas account and then "star" it to make it your preferred Canvas email address. Then, once your Canvas and Zoom emails match, set up your user settings before scheduling a meeting. This will ensure the smoothest experience for both you and your students. Some tools will not be available for use until you enable them in your user profile.
Using the Canvas Zoom integration
Basics
- How to schedule a Zoom meeting
- Host and co-host controls in a Zoom meeting
- Managing participants (students) in a Zoom meeting
- How to start your scheduled Zoom meeting
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How to download a Zoom meeting recording
Note: It is not possible to download a recording on an Android or iOS device. If you wish to record your Zoom meeting, please host the meeting from a laptop or desktop computer and save it to the Zoom cloud. This will automatically add the recording to your Kaltura account for easy sharing. - I want my students to meet together easily without me - can they do this with Zoom?
- Accessibility: Live human-transcribed captioning via CART (OAS)
Optional Meeting Features
- Enabling and Adding a Co-Host
- Screen sharing a PowerPoint presentation
- Sharing a classic whiteboard
- Using annotation tools for collaboration
- Sharing your screen or desktop on Zoom
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Using breakout rooms in Zoom
Note: If you are working with a TA or other co-host and would like them to be able to move back and forth between breakout rooms themselves, you will need to remove their co-host permission after the meeting has started, and then re-assign them that role. If you do not do this, then you will have to manually move any co-hosts back and forth between breakout rooms. - Conducting polls in meetings
Best practice recommendations
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Scheduling Zoom meetings:
- Always log into FSU's Canvas using canvas.fsu.edu. This helps to ensure the smoothest experience for you and your students.
- Always check the box to automatically record meetings so that you don't have to remember to manually start recording during a meeting, and record to the Zoom cloud.
- Don't use your personal meeting ID - leave this box unchecked.
- Have a plan of how you would like your meeting to flow.
- Post a Canvas announcement in your course to let students know the date and time of your Zoom meeting.
- Sharing recorded Zoom meetings: We recommend recording meetings to the Zoom cloud so that they will be automatically added to your Kaltura account. Once the meeting is in your Kaltura account you can share it with your students in a variety of ways.
Bypassing Canvas Integration to Use Zoom
This is no longer a recommended way to use Zoom in Canvas for class meetings.
We no longer recommend this option for whole-class meetings due to the "zoombombing" that has occurred in Zoom class meetings. Bypassing the Canvas integration requires you to share the Zoom meeting's "join URL," which is what makes your course meeting vulnerable to disruption. Requiring students to join from within your Canvas course site helps to secure your meeting from being hijacked by Zoom trolls because your students will never need the "join URL." Learn more about securing your Zoom meetings.
This option should only be used for meetings of smaller groups, such as one-on-one office hours, or meeting with a small group of students.
Holding virtual office hours
Whether you regularly teach online or need to accommodate a student, we recommend using Zoom to facilitate office hours. To learn more about how to setup your virtual office hours, see our resource on how to hold office hours with your online/distance students If you have students who need live-captioning as part of their ADA accommodations, the Office of Accessibility Services offers live human-transcribed captioning via CART.
Student Resources
As a student, you can use a laptop/desktop, or a mobile device to join Zoom meetings that your instructor schedules. However, please keep in mind that you may have the best quality experience on a laptop or desktop device. If you experience any difficulty joining this test room, review Zoom system requirements: Windows, macOS, Linux or Zoom system requirements: iOS, iPadOS, and Android to ensure that your device meets these guidelines.
Note: If you engage in disruptive or offensive behavior during a class Zoom meeting, your instructor has the right to report the incident to Student Affairs and pursue disciplinary action. If you experience harassment of any kind from your peers during a Zoom meeting, you have the right to report the incident as well via FSU's report.fsu.edu portal.
Protect your privacy if you join a meeting's audio via phone call.
If you choose to join a Zoom meeting's audio by dialing in from your phone, we strongly recommend dialing *67 before the meeting phone number. This will hide your phone number from the rest of your classmates. For more information about joining Zoom course meetings, see How to join a Zoom meeting.
Basics
- How to join a Zoom meeting
- Downloading & Installing the Zoom mobile app
- Attendee controls in a Zoom meeting
