Getting Started with FSU Zoom

1. Log into your FSU Zoom account at fsu.zoom.us with your FSU credentials.

   For easy access to your individual Zoom account, enable Zoom on your Canvas course's navigation menu. This will also give your students access to their individual Zoom accounts.

2. On the left of the page select Settings.
   

Recommended Zoom User Settings

Select the settings that you would like to have. We strongly that you use the following Zoom user settings:

Schedule Meeting

1. Participants video: off. Requiring that participants (students) join your meeting with their video feed off may help to reduce disruptive incidents. If an incident does occur, this may also make it easier to locate the disruptive individual and manually switch off their video feed during the meeting (they will not be able to switch their video feed back on after that point). If you want an individual student to share their video feed you can always enable that option during your course meeting.
2. Audio type: Telephone and Computer Audio.
3. Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when scheduling a meeting: off
4. Only authenticated users can join meetings: on

   We recommend switching this setting on If you will not be having any guest (non-FSU) lecturers speak to your class, so that only authenticated Zoom users can join your meetings. When you schedule your course meetings in Canvas, you will have the option to further restrict your meetings to FSU users only.

   If you will have some guest speakers who do not have Zoom accounts, then do not switch on this setting in your account. Instead, switch this setting on for individual meetings in your Canvas course.

   Note: If you have a student whose ADA accommodations include providing live captions, be sure to follow these directions from the Office of Accessibility Services.

5. Require a password when scheduling new meetings: on. This is best practice to keep your meetings secure.
6. Require a password for instant meetings: off
7. Require password for participants joining by phone: off
8. Embed password in invite link for one-click join: on.
9. Mute Participants upon entry: on.

   Note: This will help to keep your meeting from accidentally being hijacked by your students, or crashing because there are too many webcams active.

In Meeting (Basic)

1. Allow chat: on
2. Allow private chat: toggle this on only if you want students to be able to message each other privately. We recommend keeping this off as a best practice.
3. File transfer: on
4. Co-host: on
5. Polling: on
6. Always show meeting control toolbar: toggle this on if it will be helpful to you when you are hosting a meeting.
7. Screen Sharing: Allow all users to share their screens, and select Host Only for who can start sharing when another user is sharing.

   Note: If you are concerned about students hijacking your session, you can opt to only allow the host to share their screen.

8. Annotation: toggle this on only if you wish for your students to add information to shared screens.
9. Whiteboard: toggle on if you wish to use a whiteboard.
10. Nonverbal feedback: On. Learn more about Nonverbal feedback in Zoom.
11. Join different meetings simultaneously on desktop: On.

    Keep in mind: after switching this setting on, you will need to restart your computer.

In Meeting (Advanced)

1. Breakout room: toggle on if you want to use breakout rooms, and check the Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms when scheduling box.
2. Screen Sharing: on
3. Attention tracking: optional. Learn more about attention tracking.
4. Show a "Join from your browser" link: on