Zoom is an audio and video web conferencing tool that allows you to interact with your students online, in real time. Facilitating live meetings will require access to Zoom, which is integrated directly into your Canvas course.
Three Step Process
To set up and activate your UCLA Zoom account, click the tabs below and complete each step.
Step One: Set Up Your UCLA Email Account
To use Zoom directly in your Canvas course, you need to activate your UCLA Zoom account. To complete this step, you must have a UCLA email account set as your Canvas login. Follow the steps below that apply to your situation:
"I do not have a UCLA email."
- Go to the Identity and Accounts Manager page, and create a UCLA Logon ID and email account.
- Reach out to your Program Representative, and ask them to add your UCLA email address as your preferred email address in our record system, Destiny. This email address will become your new Canvas login within 2-4 hours after your Program Representative makes this update. Your Canvas login password will remain the same.
- Inform the Learning Support team (atli@uclaextension.edu).
"I do have a UCLA email, but I am NOT using that email to log into Canvas."
- Reach out to your Program Representative to add your UCLA email address as your preferred email address in our record system, Destiny. This email address will become your new Canvas login within 2-4 hours after your Program Representative updates our system. Your Canvas login password will remain the same.
- Inform the Learning Support team (atli@uclaextension.edu).
Step Two: Activate Your UCLA Zoom Account via Canvas
Follow these steps to activate your UCLA Zoom account:
- In your course navigation menu, click Zoom.
- When prompted, click Authorize.
Important: If you receive an error message, please contact the Learning Support team (atli@uclaextension.edu) for support.
You should now see the Zoom Meeting area within your Canvas course.
Step Three: Enable Zoom Meeting Features in Your Account Settings
To protect student privacy and security, some features are turned off by default in your Zoom account but can be enabled at the Zoom account level.
To update your Zoom account-level features:
- Using your UCLA email address (@ucla.edu or @g.ucla.edu), sign into your Zoom account via the UCLA Zoom site.
- In the left-hand menu, click Settings.
- Scroll through the list of features. To turn a feature on, click the grey icon to the right of its description. The icon will turn blue when it is enabled.
Confirm that the following recommended features are enabled:
- Annotation
- Whiteboard
- Nonverbal Feedback
- Sound Notification when Someone Joins or Leaves
Important: Locked Features in Zoom
If features are listed as Locked by Admin, they cannot be enabled under any circumstances. This includes:
- File Sharing
- Autosaving chats
- Automatically recording meetings upon launch