A guide for students to use Zoom

March 15, 2020

UT Austin has purchased Zoom licenses for every student, faculty, and staff member. UT has created a Zoom account for you, which you can use by logging in with your EID by following the instructions below. You will not need to use the free version of Zoom.

Setup instructions:

1. Download the Zoom client: https://zoom.us/download
2. Download the Zoom app on your smartphone
3. When you open the Zoom client or app, DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT! Instead, click "Log in with SSO". When prompted for your Zoom domain, type in "utexas".
4. Log in with your UT EID. You should then be logged into Zoom with your UT credentials.

How to sign up for office hours:

1. Go to your class's Canvas page
2. If your instructor asked you to sign up beforehand for office hours, then click on the link they gave you to schedule an office hours appointment
3. Alternatively, you may be given the link directly by your instructor, via email or a private message, if it is a one-off office hours meeting.

How to join a scheduled Zoom meeting in your class:

1. Go to your Canvas page and click on the Zoom tab
2. Click on the "Join" button to the right of the meeting you want to join
3. The link should open up in Zoom
4. If the link doesn't lead you to open Zoom, find the meeting ID, go to Zoom, press "Join", then put in the 9 digit meeting ID.

If you don't see any meetings scheduled in your Canvas class:

1. Find the 9 digit meeting ID your instructor has shared or ask your professor for the 9 digit meeting ID.
2. Join the meeting by going to Zoom and pressing "Join". Then, put in the 9 digit meeting ID.
3. Recommend that they use the Zoom tab under their Canvas class to schedule meetings from here on out. You can share a faculty Zoom guide with them: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/~wang/zoom

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