Schedule a Meeting in Canvas

If you teach in Canvas we recommend scheduling your course Zoom Meetings from Canvas. Doing so automatically creates course meeting and recording links for your students. The Canvas scheduler has abbreviated settings, however. To access security preferences and other advanced functions, log into pdx.zoom.us. Only Canvas users with the Teacher or TA roles may schedule Zoom meetings in Canvas.

If you record a meeting, the Zoom Cloud recording link will appear shortly after the meeting ends. These are hosted by Zoom and expire after 90 days. Zoom recordings in your account will also be saved to your My Media account in MediaSpace (if you have activated it by logging in at least once).

In Canvas, select Zoom from the navigation menu. Authorize Canvas to access your Zoom account if you have not already done so.
Select the blue Schedule a New Meeting button in the upper-right corner.

Zoom navigation button and interface showing Schecule a Meeting button.

Enter meeting details:
- Topic: enter a descriptive title. This is helpful for finding recorded meetings in your MediaSpace My Media list.
- Description (optional): Enter an optional meeting description.
- When: select a date and time for the meeting to start.
- Duration: enter your planned duration. This will not cut off the meeting if you run over.
- Time Zone: confirm or select the correct timezone.
- Recurring Meeting: select this option to create a recurring meeting. Once selected, you’ll have the option to choose how often the meeting recurs, and when to stop repeating. Each occurrence will be listed in Canvas, but they will use the same meeting URL. You can edit a specific session of a recurring meeting if needed.
- Registration: select if you need detailed attendee information from external guests.
- Security: options are Passcode, Waiting room, and Only authenticated users can join meetings. Passcodes are easily shared, so we recommend activating a waiting room and/or requiring PSU authentication. For non-PSU attendees, you can select Sign in to Zoom and Add Authentication Exception. This registers your guest's email address. They must sign in to the meeting with the Zoom account associated with the email address entered. This can be a free, noncommercial account.
- Video: choose whether you, the meeting host, and participants will join the meeting with video enabled or disabled.
- Audio: to accommodate students with limited internet access select Telephone and Computer Audio.
Meeting Options: Recommended settings for class sessions:
- Do not enable Join before host.
- For large classes, select Mute participants on entry.
- For easier name recognition, you may want to Allow host to save video order.
- If you have set up assigned breakout rooms in your Zoom settings, select Breakout Room pre-assign.
- Do not select Use Personal Meeting ID unless you want guests to have ongoing access to your personal meeting link.
- Select Record the meeting automatically in the cloud to share a recording link with students.