Individuals with an instructor, co-instructor or teaching assistant (TA) role can set up Zoom meeting rooms in ELMS-Canvas, provided they have first configured their Zoom account. See Instructor’s Guide to Zoom for instructions on configuration your Zoom account.
To set up Zoom meetings in ELMS-Canvas, your default email identified in your ELMS-Canvas user account settings MUST be your university email (that is, DirectoryID@umd.edu). Using any other email will generate an error code.
To check, click on the Account icon in the ELMS-Canvas global navigation, then click on the Settings link.
NOTE: The email address(es) are listed under Ways to Contact. The university email address (DirID@umd.edu) must be identified with a Favorited star. If it is not, click on the Edit Settings button and select the university email in the default email field.
Individuals with a student, instruction colleague or observer role in ELMS-Canvas do not need a University of Maryland (UMD) Zoom account to view scheduled meetings, participate in meetings or playback recordings in ELMS-Canvas. HOWEVER, those not logged into a UMD Zoom account will be placed in a waiting room until a host admits them. For more information, see Zoom Waiting Room Requirement: Managing Meeting Access for UMD and External Collaborators. These roles do NOT have the ability to create or host meetings in ELMS-Canvas. This feature is not enabled. These individuals do not need to do anything with their email address in ELMS-Canvas.
If students want to create Zoom meetings, they can visit Zoom, login with their UMD credentials and an account will be created through Single-Sign On. See Authenticate your Zoom account for a Personal Room in the Student Guide for Using Zoom in an ELMS-Canvas Course.
TAs can schedule and host meeting in ELMS-Canvas. For TAs to create or host meetings in ELMS-Canvas, their email must be an @umd.edu email address. Terpmail email addresses CANNOT be used as the default email address.
TAs with a DirectoryID@terpmail.umd.edu email must go to ARES to change their email address to DirectoryID@umd.edu.
NOTE: TAs whose appointments began after January 1, 2020 were automatically provisioned with umd.edu accounts and should not need to address a terpmail.umd.edu issue.