Access Zoom meetings & recordings through Canvas

If your professor is hosting class meetings in Zoom, through Canvas, here’s how to access the meeting and also watch the recording later:

  1. From your course Canvas site, click the Zoom tool in the course menu
  2. You should see a list of upcoming meetings for this class
  3. Find today’s meeting and click the Join button (this should launch your Zoom software)
  4. After the meeting is over, your professor may share the recording of the meeting with the class
  5. Again, from your course Canvas site, click the Zoom tool
  6. Find and select the tab called “Cloud Recordings”
  7. Click on the correct meeting title and its required password will be automatically copied to your computer’s memory
  8. When you are prompted for the password, just use the paste function:
    • from keyboard, <ctrl>-v (or <cmd>-v for Mac)
    • or right-click in the password box and select Paste
  9. Now you can play the video!