Joining a Zoom session (Participant)

Owned by Eliot Hoving
Last updated: Sept 09, 2020
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There are a number of ways to join a Zoom meeting and your tutor should instruct you how to go about joining a specific meeting.

If the host has not started the meeting you may not be able to join the meeting, but you will have the option to test your audio (which Digital Education strongly recommends you do before each Zoom session).

Joining a Zoom meeting from Moodle:

Please note the button to start a meeting as host or join as a participant won't appear within the Zoom meeting activity until 15 minutes before the scheduled start time.

  1. Navigate to the Moodle course containing your Zoom meeting and open the activity
    1. Alternatively you can use the Moodle calendar to navigate directly to the Zoom meeting
  2. Click the Start Meeting button as host or Join Meeting button as a participant
  3. You will then be taken through to Zoom's website which will then open the Zoom application or prompt you to download the application
    1. The Zoom application is available for Windows, macOS, Android and iOS

Joining a Zoom meeting using Zoom:

In order to join a Zoom meeting from Zoom, you will need a web link or unique meeting ID. You will also need the meeting password if one has been set up for the meeting you are joining. 

You can find out more on the Join a Zoom meeting guide.