Scheduling Zoom Meetings
There are three ways to schedule Zoom meetings:
- through the desktop app,
- through the Zoom web portal, and
- through Canvas (preferred for class meetings)
Regardless of which process you use, we suggest that you post an Announcement in your course notifying students of the date and time of the meeting. Let them know they can access the meeting through the Zoom tab in your Canvas course.
The steps for each are outlined below and explained more fully elsewhere in this course.
- Desktop App
- Open the Zoom app on your desktop, and log in using a valid NetID and password.
- Select Schedule.
- Zoom Web Portal
- Navigate to Northwestern's Zoom login page. Log In using a valid NetID and password.Northwestern Zoom Links to an external site.
- Click on Schedule a Meeting.
Zoom login and meetings screen
- Canvas (Zoom is integrated into all Canvas courses.)
- Open your course. If you don't see Zoom in the navigation menu, add it by following instructions found here Links to an external site..
- Click on Zoom in the navigation menu.
- Click Schedule a New Meeting.
After clicking Schedule in any of these areas, you will have various options and settings to select. For more information about these settings and what to select, see Scheduling Zoom Meetings through Canvas in Module 2.