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How to Activate Your FAU Zoom Account

This article will guide you through the essential first step of activating your FAU Zoom Pro account. This one-time process is required for all students, faculty, and staff to access the university's full-featured Zoom license.

Install the Zoom Desktop App

This article will show you how to install the official Zoom Desktop application on your computer and, most importantly, how to correctly sign in to link it with your FAU Pro account.

How to Join a Meeting

This article will show you how to join a Zoom meeting that someone else has scheduled.

Essential In-Meeting Controls

This article covers the most important in-meeting controls you'll need to participate confidently. This article is focused on your experience as a participant.

Schedule a Meeting

This guide walks you through scheduling a meeting for a future date. It covers how to schedule directly in Canvas for your courses and how to use the Zoom web portal for non-course meetings. It also explains how to ensure your participants are invited.

Start Your Scheduled Zoom Meeting

This guide is for meeting hosts who have already scheduled a Zoom meeting and are ready to start it.

Share Your Screen in a Zoom Meeting

This guide explains how to share content during your Zoom meeting, such as a PowerPoint presentation, a website, a document, or a video. It covers the crucial difference between sharing your entire screen and sharing just a single application window.

Record Your Zoom Meeting

This guide explains the official, recommended method for recording a Zoom session at FAU. It covers how to start a cloud recording, how to find the finished video, and how to share it responsibly with your participants.