Joining a Zoom meeting

Zoom is a cloud-based technology that allows faculty, staff and students to have high quality interaction in real time from their computers and mobile devices. 

The following information will outline the different ways participants may join a meeting. Meeting hosts may provide additional instructions on how/when to join a meeting.

The following includes two examples:

• Join a meeting via a link (link in Canvas or email)
• Join a meeting via a meeting ID

Pre-meeting checklist

• Review the System Requirements.
• Be prepared to interact with the meeting leader and meeting participants via Audio and Video (webcam).

NOTE: The meeting host may enable or remove access to audio and video tools during the meeting.

Join a Meeting

Meeting hosts have several options for sharing meeting information. Consider the following scenarios:

• A meeting host may use the same online meeting room (same meeting link) for an entire semester. 
• A meeting host may schedule different meeting rooms for each meeting. In this case, the meeting link and meeting ID will change for each meeting. 

Meeting hosts may share information including the meeting title, date/time and the meeting link/or meeting ID via a link in Canvas or a link in an email.

Join a Meeting from a link (URL)

To join a Zoom meeting via a link, select the link to begin the meeting launch process. In the example below, the meeting link is included in an email beginning with the letters “https” (See Fig. 1).

Figure 1: Zoom meeting invitation

1. Select the link.
2. Next, follow the prompts as they appear on the screen. Depending on the browser and operating system, the prompts may differ slightly (See Fig. 2).
   
   Figure 2: Launch zoom meetings application

If this is the first time you are attending a Zoom meeting, you may be prompted to install the Zoom application.

You may be prompted to select the Zoom application.  Select OK to continue to launch the process.

Join a Meeting with a Meeting ID

To join a meeting using a Meeting ID, visit umsystem.zoom.us or open the Zoom desktop client on your computer. From umsystem.zoom.us, select Join a Meeting (See Fig. 3).

Figure 3: Select the Join a Meeting button

Enter the full meeting ID, which should be a 10-digit code, and select Join. If a passcode has been enabled for the meeting, you will be prompted to enter it. 

Then, follow the prompts as they appear on the screen. Depending on the browser and operating system, the prompts may differ slightly.  

If this is the first time you are attending a Zoom meeting, you may be prompted to install the Zoom application.

You may be prompted to select the Zoom application.  Select OK to continue to launch the process.