Students - Joining Zoom Class Meetings and Viewing Class Recordings in Canvas

Students should sign in to Zoom through myhilltop.stedwards.edu using their St. Edward's credentials to authenticate prior to joining a Zoom class meeting.

Students Joining Zoom Class Meetings

Before you join a Zoom class meeting, please be sure to follow these steps:

  1. Close all open browsers on your device. (This will prevent you from logging in using a different account.)

  2. Reopen your browser of choice and go tomyhilltop.stedwards.eduand click onSign Inin the upper right corner.

  3. Log in with yourSt. Edward'susername and password.

  4. On myHilltop, search forZoomand click on it to Start Zoom.

  5. After clicking on Zoom in MyHilltop, click theSign In buttonin the Zoom window. (Selecting Join will bypass the sign in and will not allow you to join breakout rooms if you are using those for your classes.)

  6. If you do get a Zoom login window, choose theSSOoption, which will then take you to the usual St. Edward's login window. Note: This step is important for anyone connecting on a mobile device.
    If you didn't already have Zoom installed, youwill be guided to download and install it. This only needs to be done once on yourdevices. If it is already installed then click on, launch meeting. Ex. mobile:

  7. Then go to your Canvas course and join class meetings by clicking the Zoom link. (From myhilltop.stedwards.edu search for Canvas and click on Start. Go to your course.)

  8. Click on the Upcoming Meetingstab.
  9. Then click on the Joinbutton next to the correct meeting.
screenshot showing the zoom link in the Canvas menu, the upcoming meetings tab and the join button

NOTE:Students can also schedule meetings outside of their classes by visiting Zoom from myHilltopand signing in with their St. Edward's credentials (email and password).

Students Viewing Class Recordings in Canvas

If faculty choseto publish their class meeting recording, students can access the recording by going to the Zoom menu option and 1) selectingthe Cloud Recording tab. In theCloud Recordings tab, they can see all prior class Zoom meetings which will have 2) a link to the recording details.

Once a student clicks on the recording link, they will be taken to the Recording Details screen. Clicking on the recording thumbnail image will result in the password automatically saving to the clipboard on the student's computer. There is a brief green message which says "password copied to clipboard".

The next screen will prompt for the input of that password. Use Control-V (on Windows) or Command-V (on Macs) to paste the passcode in the field. Then click on Access Recording.

The video will appear, ready to play.

For further Zoom help and resources visit theZoom Help Center.

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