Add Zoom Meeting as an Assignment - Zoom

Prerequisites: Create a meeting using Teacher Instructions - Zoom and copy the meeting invitation.

Open the course you want to add the meeting invitation to and click the Assignments button from the course navigation menu. Click the +Assignment button to add a new assignment. 

Open

Paste the meeting invitation into the announcement description box by using CTRL+V or right click and paste.

Open

To make the Zoom Meeting URL a clickable link highlight the URL and copy using right click then copy or CTRL + C as shown below.

Click the Link to URL icon shown below.

Paste the meeting URL link into the “link” input box by using CTRL+V or right click and paste. Click Insert Link.

Now we need to assign our assignment to everyone (the entire course) or we can select individual students. Scroll down in your assignment to the Assign section. Set a due date then click into the Assign to field to open a drop down menu. You can choose Everyone to assign our assignment to the entire course or you can select individual students from the list. 

Confirm other assignment details and click the Save button. 

Note: You can click Save & Publish to immediately publish the assignment.

Important Note: Students cannot view or navigate to the assignments page. You will need to copy the Canvas assignment link and send the link as a Canvas inbox message to each student who is expected to attend in order for them to view your newly created assignment. 

Click the meeting link in the assignment.

Click Open Zoom Meetings.

Click Join with Computer Audio

As participants join you will have to admit them to allow them access. Click Participants.

Click Admit to allow the participants in one by one. 

Note: The participants type in their username so you will only be able to see what they have typed to join the meeting.

After the meeting has concluded you can end the meeting for all participants by clicking the End button. 

Note: Make sure to click End Meeting for All so the participants will not be able to continue in the meeting when you leave.