This document outlines resources for instructors on how to get started with the Canvas-Zoom integration at UW-Madison.
Select this link to list all Zoom documents from the Learn@UW-Madison Knowledgebase at the bottom of this page.
Zoom is an enterprise cloud platform for video, voice, online meetings, screen sharing, chat, and webinars. This enterprise web conferencing and distance learning application runs across mobile devices, desktops, telephones, and room systems. This document focuses on Zoom and its integration with the Canvas Learning Management System. For information on how to access Zoom outside of Canvas, see UW-Madison Zoom - Getting started
The Canvas-Zoom integration allows Zoom to recognize the participants and loosely maps their roles in Canvas to the Zoom session (Instructor = Moderator, Student = Participant). Any recordings made using a Zoom Room associated with your Canvas Course will also show up in the integration for instructors and students.
Note: Students can also create Zoom sessions associated with the Course. All Sessions created using the Zoom-Canvas integration automatically auto-populate all instructors in the course as co-hosts.
Training
Learn@UW-Madison provides training sessions for instructors using Zoom in Canvas. You can see Training and Events on the DoIT AT website for future training sessions, or view a previously recorded session here. For self-help resources, please reference the Learn@UW-Madison or Zoom KnowledgeBase sites.
Zoom frequently provides webinar trainings, including some focused specifically on teaching and learning. For a list of these resources, please go here.
Canvas Tech Modules
These modules, developed by DoIT Academic Technology's Learn@UW-Madison team, are designed to help instructors introduce centrally supported learning technologies to their students. For more information, see
Canvas - Student Tech Modules in Canvas Commons
Support
If you have any technical questions or problems with Zoom or its integration with Canvas, please contact the
DoIT Help Desk.
Web Client
Prerequisites
- Windows: Internet Explorer 11+, Edge 12+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+
- macOS: Safari 7+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+
- Linux: Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+
Complete System requirements for Windows, macOS, and Linux
Desktop Client
While meetings can be started and scheduled from the Zoom web portal, you can also schedule/start meetings directly from the Zoom application. It is also important to access the Zoom application to set certain in-app settings, including
Virtual Background, Audio/Video settings, as well as other options.
Learn more.
Download desktop client.
Mobile Client
Additional resources
Client feature comparison
Launching Zoom from a web browser
System requirements for Windows, macOS, and Linux