Join a Zoom Meeting!

Zoom is the video meeting solution adopted by UA Schools.

Students do not need Zoom Accounts!

Teachers will schedule Zoom Meetings and share a link, inviting students to join their meeting at the scheduled time. Teachers can share these links through email messages, or by posting them in their Seesaw or Canvas courses.

Students are not provided Zoom accounts — they do not need a Zoom account to participate in a meeting their teacher has scheduled.

Students do not need to Sign Into Zoom. Instead, they simply click the Zoom Meeting links their teachers share, and will automatically be prompted to join the meetings.

What If I Created A Zoom Account?

Zoom allows anyone to create a free Zoom account using a valid email address. If a student creates a free Zoom account using their uaschools email, we have no access to that account or ability to help reset passwords or troubleshoot account access. Signing up for a Zoom account also adds the student to Zoom's email list.

As a parent or guardian please be aware that the Zoom app also includes a built in chat feature for users that may have created an account. This chat feature cannot be disabled. We highly encourage parents and guardians to monitor their students while at home to ensure this feature is not being used in a harmful or malicious manner.

Use as a Virtual Background in Zoom on an iPad

When you join a Zoom Meeting with your teacher, you can set an image as your Virtual Background! We have a collection of fun images you can look through to use. Save the image to your Photo Library first (press and hold on the image until a menu appears, then choose Save Image).

When you join a Zoom Meeting, tap anywhere on the screen to display the control bar across the top of the screen. Now tap the three dots at the upper right corner to display a menu of options. Select Virtual Background to display some backgrounds across the bottom of the screen that are included with Zoom.

Tap the Plus Sign, then tap OK to give Zoom permission to view your photos. Now select the image you want to use as your virtual background, and tap Done. Zoom will use that Virtual Background for all meetings until you select a different image or choose None.

Sharing Your iPad Screen

You can share your screen if your teacher allows you to do so. However, you may need to make a quick change to your iPad settings to make it possible. If you do not see the Screen option when tapping Sharing when you're in a Zoom Meeting, please follow these steps to enable that feature before your next meeting.

Zoom uses the Screen Recording Feature of the iPad to Share the Screen.
1. It does not actually record anything, but simply uses this feature to work.
Open the Settings app.
Tap Control Center in the left column.
Tap Customize Controls on the right.
Tap on the Green Plus Sign next to Screen Recording to add it to the Control Center.

Now Screen Sharing will be abvailable in Zoom.

When you choose to Share your Screen in Zoom

Tap Share Screen at the upper right when you are in a Zoom Meeting. (If you don't see any buttons, tap the screen once to display the controls.) Your teacher may need to grant you permission to share.
Tap Screen to display your entire screen.
In the dialog box that appears, select Zoom and then tap Start Broadcast.
- - Zoom uses the Screen Recording feature of the iPad — however, when you share your screen in Zoom, nothing is being recorded.
- Note: Sharing screens is not available when using split screen to see Zoom and another app on the screen at the same time.

To Share a Project such as a Google Slides presentation, and view the camera at the same time:

First, go to the Google Slides project and copy the link to the shared file.
Then, in Zoom, tap Share Screen.
Instead of Screen, tap Website URL.
Paste the link you copied into the URL field, then tap Share.

Now meeting participants should be able to see your face in Zoom while also viewing your presentation.