Student: Accessing Zoom

Note to students: You may be asked to join a video conference. We have several available platforms for this purpose and faculty are trying to choose their preferred platforms based on their needs for sharing and presenting information.

Many of your instructors have chosen to use Zoom. As a student, you may get an invitation to a Zoom conference. These messages will typically come to your email with a link, but may also be given as a Meeting ID number. Here are the ways you can access and use Zoom. 

Accessing Zoom

From your email

Most instructors will send you some form of message or email. The message may vary depending on how your instructor has decided to send it. Regardless, it should have a URL link like the following that says "Join URL." This will be your access. (Clicking on the link below will actually walk you through the same process explained here and it will allow you to get acquainted with the space. Please note others might access this, as well).

Julie's Test Course

[create meeting]
---------------------------
Topic: Julie's Test Course
Host: Julie Johnson
Time: Mar 13, 2020 12:00 PM, America/Los_Angeles
Join URL: https://chapman.zoom.us/j/127635657 Links to an external site.

If this is your first time joining Zoom, you will receive a prompt to download & run Zoom. Click on this prompt and follow the download instructions.

Screen Shot 2020-03-17 at 10.24.21 AM.png

If you have already downloaded Zoom, it will simply ask you if you want the URL to open Zoom. Click "Allow."

 

Screen Shot 2020-03-17 at 10.24.11 AM.png

 

Access Zoom through Meeting ID

If a meeting ID was sent (example Meeting ID 777-323-455), you can access it two different ways.

Go to zoom.us Links to an external site. and click on Join Meeting or use the desktop download if you have it:

Screen Shot 2020-03-17 at 11.05.26 AM.png    OR        Screen Shot 2020-03-17 at 11.02.22 AM.png

Type in the Meeting ID and click Join.

Screen Shot 2020-03-17 at 11.07.35 AM.png

Troubleshooting access

Access issue: Please note, anytime you need to use the meeting ID as an alternative, you can also see the Meeting ID in the URL. For example the numbers at the end of the following URL are also the Meeting ID (127-635-657):  https://chapman.zoom.us/j127635657 Links to an external site.. You can follow the steps above for accessing through a Meeting ID if the URL does not link you directly.

No one is in the room at the time specified: Give people a few minutes to join. If no one shows, email the instructor or contact other students, if possible, to see if the meeting ID or link has changed.