Scheduling and Recording Meetings in Zoom for Students
Note: This set of instructions is only necessary for creating an account to be used for scheduling your own meetings outside of a Canvas course. You do NOT need to set up an account to participate in meetings scheduled by your instructor within a Canvas course.
To get started with Zoom, you will first need to go to murraystate.zoom.us and login with your existing myGate username and password
Accessing your MSU Zoom account:
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Go to murraystate.zoom.us.
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Click on “Sign In” and follow the prompts to log in with your existing myGate username and password.
Scheduling and Hosting a Meeting:
Video: How to Schedule a Zoom Meeting
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Login to murraystate.zoom.us and click “Schedule a Meeting”
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Edit the meeting settings and information, as needed
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Click “Save”
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On the preview screen, find the Meeting URL. Copy this URL and send it to your classmates/other users you’d like to invite.
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When the time of the meeting comes, login to murraystate.zoom.us click on “Start” next to the meeting name under the “Upcoming Meetings” tab
To Join a Scheduled Meeting:
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Navigate to the meeting URL from the person who scheduled the Zoom meeting (the host)
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Click on the URL and wait to be admitted into the meeting by the host.
Recording Zoom Meetings to your computer (host only):
Video: Recording Zoom Meetings to your computer
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As the host, you will have the option to record the Zoom meeting. You are limited to 40-minutes of meeting time.
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After starting the meeting, in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen, press “record”
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Choose “Record to this Computer”
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When you end the meeting, the recording will save to a folder on your computer (See below).
Accessing Zoom recordings saved to your computer:
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Zoom creates a folder on your computer in which recordings of meetings are stored
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Open File Explorer and click on “documents” from the menu on the right-hand side
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Find the folder titled “Zoom”
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In the “Zoom” folder, click on the appropriate folder labeled with the date and time of the recording
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In the folder, select the .mp4 video titled similar to “zoom_0.” This is the video file of your meeting. You can share this via Google Drive, email, or upload it to Canvas.
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