How Do I Set Up My Zoom Account?

Allison McComb Updated by Allison McComb

How Do I Set Up My Zoom Account?

You will be required to host one live session per week that the course is active for each course that you facilitate. Live sessions should be conducted with Zoom, Cornell's official video-conferencing platform. 

To activate your Cornell Zoom account, go to https://cornell.zoom.us and log in using your Cornell NetID (cornell.edu) and password. Once you have done this, the "Live Sessions" tab within your courses should show you as logged in.

We recommend you download and set up the Zoom app on your computer. You can find the information and links to download at https://it.cornell.edu/zoom.

After you download the app, you will need to choose the "SSO" option to log in. When asked for a domain, you will enter "Cornell".

This page also includes links to several articles that can provide assistance on most questions you might have about scheduling and running a video conference.

For further information:

Live Session "Instructors email is invalid" Zoom error

This error will occur when you click the "Live Sessions" page within any Canvas course if you have not yet formally activated your Zoom account. Please log into this website with your Net ID and password pair to activate (you will not need to do anything else- logging in is enough).

Once you have done so, please refresh Canvas and you should be able to see the Live Sessions listed (if created).

You can visit this article for a review of the Zoom features you should set up before your first live session.

If you require assistance with your Cornell Zoom account, please reach out to the Cornell Zoom team (ways to contact them can be found on this page). The Facilitation Support team at ec_facilitation@cornell.edu can also help to troubleshoot many problems with your Zoom account.

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