Starting a Zoom Meeting

Starting a Zoom Meeting from the Desktop

1. Open the Zoom Meeting Client on the Desktop.

 

2. Click Sign In.

 

3. Login to Zoom using your university email and previously selected password. Click “Forgot” to reset your password if you’ve forgotten it.

 

4. Click on New Meeting to start a new unscheduled meeting
   
   -OR-
   Click on the Meetings tab at the top of the Zoom Client and click Start next to a previously scheduled meeting.

 

Start a Zoom Meeting from Blackboard

1. Open the Firefox web browser and navigate to Blackboard.
2. Log in and access your class shell.
3. Click the Zoom Meetings link under Communications (note, it may be called something else. If you do not see a link to Zoom, open an ISITE request).

 

4. Click the Start button next to a previously scheduled meeting*
   
   -OR-
   Click Schedule a New Meeting in the top right corner
   
   Set it for the current date and time* and click Save
   
   Click Start this Meeting.  
   

* NOTE: If you have linked your ShareStream and Zoom accounts and want your meeting recording to be automatically added to Blackboard, please do not use your Zoom Personal Meeting ID when scheduling a meeting in Blackboard.