Create a Meeting
Sign in to the Penn State Zoom Web Portal, create your first meeting, and invite participants. Then, explore the different roles in Zoom Workplace, such as hosts and co-hosts, and their corresponding permissions. Designate others to schedule or host meetings on your behalf. Then, get ready to host your meeting by enabling host tools, adding polls to your meeting, and thinking about your strategy for sharing and managing content during your session.
Create a Scheduled Meeting and Invite Participants
- Sign in to the Penn State Zoom Web Portal Links to an external site. (PSU resource)
- Scheduling Meetings
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- NOTE: There are several different ways you can schedule a meeting in Zoom. To use the Penn State Zoom Web Portal, scroll to the Web section in the article to view the text-based instructions.
- Instant Meetings vs Scheduled Meetings
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- NOTE: Scheduled meetings can be started by the host at any time, regardless of the date and time selected.
- Inviting Others to Join a Meeting
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- NOTE: Follow the steps in the Web Invitation section to copy the meeting invitation information. The meeting invitation contains the information your participants need to join a meeting, such as the join URL and meeting ID.
- Canvas: Use the Zoom Tool to Schedule and Start a Meeting Links to an external site. (PSU resource)
Host a Meeting with Your Personal Meeting ID
- Zoom: What is a Personal Meeting Room? Links to an external site. (PSU resource)
- Zoom: Customize Your Personal Meeting ID and Personal Link Links to an external site. (External resource)
- Overview: Using Your Personal Meeting ID
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- NOTE: Start your PMI using the Zoom desktop application.