Booking an Appointment with your Instructor through Zoom

Communicating in your course Zoom

If your instructor has set up appointment availability on Zoom, you can easily book some time to meet with them. Here's how to get started. 

  1. Open your Canvas course and select Zoom from the course navigation menu. 
  2. Select the Appointments tab from the Zoom menu at the top (See Fig. 1).
    Red arrow pointing to Appointments tab in Zoom. Figure 1: Appointments tab in Zoom
  3. Select the appointment type you want to schedule Your instructor may only offer one type of appointment, or they may offer different appointment types and lengths.
  4. Your instructor's upcoming availability will appear (See Fig. 2). Use the calendar, or the left and right arrows to find additional appointment availability.
    Screenshot of upcoming availability
    Figure 2: Review available appointment times
  5. Select an available appointment time and confirm your booking by selecting Book in the pop-up window (See Fig. 3).
    Red arrow pointing to Book button in pop-up window. Figure 3: Select Book to confirm your appointment
  6. You will receive an email confirming your appointment. 
  7. To join your meeting, use the link in the confirmation email, or return to the Appointments tab in Canvas and select Upcoming Events and Join the meeting (See Fig. 4).
    Screenshot showing Join button in Zoom app on Canvas.
    Figure 4: Return to Zoom in Canvas to Join the meeting.