Inviting a Guest Speaker to a Video Conference

These directions are for faculty.  They work whether you're creating a new video conference in Canvas or editing a pre-existing meeting on the video conference tab of a Canvas Site.


Inviting a Guest to a Video Conference Scheduled within Canvas

It is easy to share your video conference information with a guest speaker right from Canvas. This article assumes you are using Zoom for your video conference.

Keep in mind that only the meeting owner can edit a meeting.

If you've scheduled your Zoom meeting within Canvas it is very easy to get an invitation link to share with a guest:

Inviting a Guest  Outside of Canvas

You can gather the information needed to invite your guest speaker to your video conference scheduled via upenn.zoom.us:

Zoom meetings you scheduled via Canvas will also show up listed in upenn.zoom.us.

Best Practices

Following these best practices will help ensure a trouble-free guest experience.

Questions

For more information, contact your Wharton Computing representative.