This guide was adapted from Foothill College's Using Zoom Canvas Course.

Setting Up Your Account

Everything you need to know about registering for and setting up your College of the Siskiyous Zoom account so you'll be ready to use SiskiyousZoom for your course or in your Canvas course.

About Zoom

Configure your Siskiyous Zoom Account

Setting Up Your Profile

Basic Settings

Required Software and Hardware

Troubleshooting: Migrating from Zoom to Siskiyous Zoom

Scheduling Zoom Meetings

You can schedule Zoom meetings either directly through your Zoom account, or through COS Zoom in Canvas. Scheduling meetings and office hours through COS Zoom makes it easy for students to see and join meetings from within Canvas.

Scheduling Zoom Meetings in Canvas

Navigating the Meetings Menu in Siskiyous Zoom

Scheduling Zoom Meetings in Zoom

On-boarding Participants to Zoom

Office Hours through Zoom

Practice Sessions

Managing your Zoom Meeting

These guides provide ideas on how to manage participation and interaction — and other fun things — in Zoom meetings.

Managing Participants

Co-Facilitate Student Presentations in Siskiyous Zoom

Equity Concerns in Zoom

Recordings, Tips and Tricks

Need to record and archive your meetings for participants who could not join? Here's the information you'll need to record your sessions, find your archived recordings, and share those recordings with your participants:

Recording the Meeting

Accessing the Recordings

Green Screens, Backgrounds, and Video Filters

Ways to Use COS Zoom Meetings in Courses

Using the Zoom App

Instead of logging into the Zoom website, you can start a Zoom meeting using the desktop Zoom App.

Download the Desktop App

Run the Zoom App

Schedule a Meeting in the Zoom App

Start a Meeting in the Zoom App

Security and Privacy

The threat of ZoomBombers got you down? Here are a few guidelines for managing your class meetings and office hours to protect the privacy of you and your students:

What is ZoomBombing?

Protecting Your Students from ZoomBombers

Zoom Norms

Accessibility