Embed Zoom Pro into your Canvas courses

How to set up, edit, and start Zoom meetings in your Canvas courses using the Zoom Pro External Tool

Last Updated: November 9th, 2026

Using the Zoom Pro integration for Canvas Gives instructors the following functionality:

  • Schedule and manage meetings
  • Start or join meetings
  • View upcoming meetings
  • View and manage previous meetings and recordings
  • Zoom Pro account (no limits on meeting length) is automatically provisioned.
 

How To Set Up and Use Zoom Pro External Tool


Adding the Zoom Pro External Tool to your course

  1. Navigate to Settings.
    Navigate to Settings.
  2. Click on Navigation at the top bar.
    Click on Navigation.
  3. Find the three dots by Zoom Pro, and click Enable.
    Enable Zoom Pro.
  4. Save.

How to set up, edit, and start meetings in Zoom

Navigate to the Zoom Pro section on the left of your Canvas Course. 

First Time User Pop-up

If it is your first time enabling Zoom Pro, you may get an update asking you to configure your Zoom AI settings. Configure or skip this to clear the pop-up.

 

To set up a meeting you will click the blue bottom on the top right that says Schedule a New Meeting.

Schedule a New Meeting

You can then edit the settings to add the topic, description, set a time, set up reoccurring meetings, and more. You will also be able to go back anytime and edit the settings by clicking on Edit this Meeting.

To start the meeting, you can click the start button on the Upcoming Meetings page or click on the meeting itself and click Start this Meeting at the bottom of the page. An Invite Attendees link is also provided in case you need to invite or email potential attendees. 

Start this meeting button at the bottom of the saved zoom meeting.

Detailed step-by-step instructions for launching Zoom via a desktop computer, installing the Zoom mobile app, and meeting functions are easily found online.

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