To find Information on what safety and security concerns for using Zoom click HERE

What do I need to do if setup a Zoom account before the District integrated Zoom with Clever? 


  1. Go to the student links page (https://links.min201.org) and click on Clever.
  2. Login to Clever using Google if prompted and enter in your MIN201.org email address and password.
  3. On the dashboard click on Zoom icon
  4. You will be prompted to confirm your email address. You will receive an email to confirm that your account will be managed by the District.
  5. Once accepting the District managed email, you’ll want to log in to Clever to access Zoom and set up any future meetings.

Teacher Setup 

Step 1: Log into Clever using the link on the student's homepage (https://links.min201.org).  Enter in your MIN201.org email address and password.

Once logged into Clever, scroll down to where the apps are.  Click on Zoom.

Step 2: Click the schedule a meeting button at the top.

This will bring you to the schedule menu.

Step 3: Here you can adjust the meeting details and settings to fit your needs. Set them whatever way works best for you. Once you hit save, you will see a join URL. (This will be different for each meeting you set up).


NOTE: Adding a password to your meeting will make it more secure, student will need this password to be able to enter your meeting.

Step 4: Send the join URL to whoever is joining the meeting. (Send this link via Google Classroom, Class Pages, or however you are communicating to your parents and students)

Step 5: When you are ready to start your meeting, go to the meeting tab, find the meeting you scheduled, and hit start.


*Note: If you set your meeting to "recurring", it will happen at whatever time you set. It will also use the same URL each time.


Student Sign-In

Students do NOT need to sign into Zoom to use it. After the receive your meeting invitation URL (via Class Pages, parent email, Google Classroom, etc) all they need to do is click on the link. Zoom will open in their browser. They do not need to download any software to use the program. They will be prompted to enter their first and last name - and then they will enter the meeting. 

Logging in with Clever is for staff only. Students do not need to login to Clever, or Zoom, to use the program. 

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Zoom General Functions

Locking a Meeting

Locking a meeting will not allow any more new attendees once all your students have joined you can lock the meeting to prevent un-authorized people from joining

  1. Click on Manage Participants
  2. Click More
  3. Click on Lock Meeting

Recording a Meeting

  1. When in the meeting, click the Record button. 
    1. Attendees will receive a pop-up box informing them that the meeting is being recorded. If they consent to being recorded, they must press Continue, otherwise they can press Leave Meeting and will be kicked out.

Recording a Class for Distribution

  1. Start a Zoom meeting. 
  2. Press the Record button
  3. Teach your Lesson
  4. End Meeting
  5. It will ask where you would like to save your recording, save it somewhere you will remember.

Important Zoom Controls


Sharing Screen and Audio from Computer:

Ending a Meeting


Using Breakout Rooms in Zoom

  1. Click on the Breakout Rooms to open the controls:
     
  2. Pick the following options:
     
    1. How many rooms do you want to create? 
    2. Do you want to sort the students yourself (Manually) or do you want them to be assigned randomly (Automatically)
    3. Create the room(s)
  3. Click by the room to assign the students via drop down - and then click Open All Rooms
  4. Once students are in the breakout rooms, click Join to enter a breakout room of your choice
  5. To leave the breakout room, and return to the main meeting room, click Leave
  6. To end the breakout rooms, and put everyone back into the main meeting room, click Close All Rooms
  7. An additional feature is Broadcast a message to All use this to send a chat message to all students in all Breakout rooms 

Tips for Virtual Lessons

Tips for Content Delivery

Student Troubleshooting


Additional Resources: 

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/203650445-In-Meeting-Chat

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/216378603-Generating-Meeting-Reports-for-Registration-and-Polling

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/210707503-Virtual-Background

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/206476093-Getting-Started-with-Breakout-Rooms

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/205677665-Sharing-a-whiteboard

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005706806-Using-annotation-tools-on-a-shared-screen-or-whiteboard

How do my students log in to Zoom?

They will click on the meeting URL that you sent them in Google Classroom, eLearning page, etc. 

Enter their name and then click join.