Adding a Link to Zoom in Your Canvas Navigation

Did you know that you can add a link to Zoom, a publisher tool, or any other external website directly into your Canvas navigation? Well you can--look at the navigation menu on the left side of the page to see an example, where we've added a link to Central's Instructional Designer Zoom Room. You can do this using an app in Canvas called the Redirect Tool.

To set up the Redirect Tool to use your Zoom link, follow these instructions:

Log in to Zoom and find your Personal Meeting ID url. Be sure your account is set up to use this link for instant meetings--click Edit on the right to turn this on, if it's not already.
Follow the steps in this video to add the Redirect Tool into your Canvas course.
Instead of linking to Padlet, as this video does, copy and paste your Zoom URL into the URL field, and title this whatever is appropriate for your course.
Use the "Navigation" tab to move this link to where you want it within your Course Navigation list--make sure you click 'Save" at the bottom of the screen!
Repeat in any other course where you want your Zoom link in the navigation.

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