1. Sign up on the Zoom website 
2. Download the Zoom app.

Zoom licenses are free to all students. Please note that student hosted meetings with more that 2 participants have a 40 minute time limit. Students can host meetings with up to 100 participants.

Watch the demo below to find out how to get started.

1. Sign in to the Zoom website.
2. Select Meetings and then Schedule a New Meeting.
3. Fill in the details and click Save. Note: Make sure to automatically generate a new meeting ID for each meeting. Do not use your personal meeting ID.
4. Click Copy the invitation.
5. Paste the meeting invitation into an email and email it to your group members. 

Watch the video below to learn how to schedule a meeting or visit the Zoom support website for more information.

1. Open the Zoom desktop app.
2. Click Meetings at the top.
3. Select the meeting and click Start.

How do I join a Zoom meeting?

The host of the meeting will send you an email with the meeting information and link to the meeting.

1. At the meeting time, open the meeting invitation email.
2. Click on the meeting link.
3. If the meeting requires registration, fill in the form and click Register, then click the meeting link.
4. When prompted, open Zoom or download it if you have not already done so. You will then enter the meeting.

Watch the video below to learn how to join a Zoom meeting or visit the Join a meeting video for more information.

Your professor may set up Zoom meetings for you to join in Brightspace using the following process:

1. Sign in to Brightspace and open a course.
2. Under Tools, click Zoom Classroom.

You will be able to see the “Upcoming Meetings”, “Previous Meetings”, and recordings if available.

When you are meeting with others using the desktop app, you can share your screen.

1. Click Share Screen from the bottom menu.
2. Choose to share your entire screen, a whiteboard, or a specific application.
3. Click Share.

Watch the video and read the instructions on this Zoom article about Sharing your screen.

1. When viewing a shared screen, click Annotate at the top of the window.
2. Add text, draw, etc. on the screen.

Tip: you can annotate on your own shared screen or on a screen shared by another group member.

Read more info here: Using annotation tools on a shared screen or whiteboard.

1. Click Record at the bottom of the screen.
2. Select Record to the Cloud. 
3. Press the Stop button in the top left to end recording.

Note: Zoom will email you when your recording is ready. It may take time. 

For more info, watch the video below or read the following articles:

• Recording to the cloud instructions. (Recommended. Sharing is easier.)
• Recording to your computer instructions.

1. Sign in to the Zoom website.
2. Click Recordings.
3. Locate the meeting you want to share; click Share.
4. Copy the recording link; paste the link in an email to the other participant(s) in the meeting.

For more info:

• Sharing a meeting saved to the Zoom cloud.
• Sharing a meeting saved to your computer.

If you are the host of a meeting, you can set up a poll for your group. 

1. Sign in to the Zoom website.
2. Click Meetings and click to open the meeting you want.
3. Scroll down to the Poll section and click Add.
4. Add your question and answers and click Save.
5. Start your meeting in the desktop app.
6. Click Polls and then Launch Poll. Participants will see your poll.

For more info, watch the video below or visit Polling for Meetings.

Watch the video below to learn strategies for working with your peers using Zoom.

Watch the video below to learn strategies for delivering a presentation online using Zoom.