1. Open your Canvas course and select the Zoom link in the course navigation menu.
2. Select Schedule a New Meeting.
3. If desired, edit the meeting Topic (i.e. title). The default is the name of the Canvas course.
4. Enter the date and time of the start of the first class meeting in the "When" field.
• NOTE:  We recommend using the actual start time of your class meeting. You are free to start the meeting before its scheduled time and keep meeting going past its scheduled duration. There is no need to add extra “padding” time via scheduling. 
5. Set the duration to the length of the class meeting.
• NOTE: Zoom only allows you to select 15-minute intervals. We suggest rounding up to the closest available option.
6. Select Recurring Meeting and fill in the following details:
• Set the “Recurrence” to Weekly. 
• If your class meets every week, “Repeat every” can stay set to 1 week. (If it meets every other week, set it to 2 weeks; every three weeks, set it to 3… and so on). 
• Next to “Occurs on”, select each day of the week your class meets.
• Next to "End Date", select the By option and enter the date of the last class meeting. 
  
7. Leave the "Registration Required" option unchecked. Registration unnecessarily complicates the process for students to join class meetings, so we advise that you do not require it for class meetings.
8. Set the meeting security options:
• We recommend leaving Passcode enabled. UWGB's Zoom setup embeds the passcode within the meeting join URL link that students will use, so they’ll still be able to easily join and won’t be asked to enter the code. The passcode option helps keep out uninvited guests who attempt to crash a Zoom meeting by guessing at the meeting ID number. 
• Waiting room is an extra optional layer of security that requires participants to be manually admitted into the meeting by the host (you). Using the waiting room is the best practice for increased meeting security, but managing the waiting room can split your attention at the start of meetings if not all students join the meeting promptly.
• We generally recommend leaving the "Only authenticated users can join meetings option" disabled.
  
9. Toggle the “Video” settings on or off for the Host and Participants depending on whether you want yourself and students to join the meetings with their camera video on or off by default. Everyone will be able to toggle their video on/off during the meeting regardless of what you select. 
10. Leave the “Audio” option set to Telephone and Computer Audio.
11. Configure these meeting options to fit your preference:
• Checking Enable join before host will allow students to enter the meeting and interact with each other before you join the meeting. If you leave this unchecked, students who join the meeting before you will see a message “Waiting for the host to start the meeting” on their screen until you join. Once you join, the meeting starts and all students who were waiting will enter the meeting automatically. 
• Check Mute participants upon entry if you want students' mics to be muted when they join (they’ll be able to unmute themselves). 
• For security reasons, we recommend leaving “Use Personal Meeting ID” unchecked. 
• Checking Record the meeting automatically will automatically start a Zoom recording of the meeting as soon as you (the host) joins it. If you leave this option unchecked, you will have the option to start a cloud recording manually. If you choose to check this box, make sure to then select the In the cloud option so that you can make your recordings available to students in the Cloud Recordings tab of the Canvas Zoom integration.
12. If you are co-teaching the course, you can add the email addresses of other teachers to the Alternative Hosts field in order to allow your co-teachers to start the meeting without you. 
13. Select Save to schedule your meeting.

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