How to Join a Zoom Meeting as a Minnesota State Student

Summary

How to join a Zoom meeting from a computer or smartphone.

Body

Topic

How to join a Zoom meeting from a computer or smartphone. 

Environment (Products involved such as e.g. hardware, software, network)   

Computer, Smartphone, Zoom

Resolution or Steps 

Zoom is a web conferencing tool available to all Minnesota State employees and students. Faculty may ask you to join a live synchronous meeting or watch an asynchronous recording. You may also create your own meetings to meet with faculty and other students. Zoom labels these gatherings as “meetings.” Your instructor may refer to these gatherings as class, sessions, etc.

From an internet-connected computer:

  1. If you have a link to the Zoom room, click the link to join and enter your name when prompted

2. If you only have a Meeting ID number, visit https://minnstate.zoom.us/

a. Click “Sign in” and Students: type your StarID@go.minnstate.edu and StarID password. Staff can use their StarID@minnstate.edu and StarID password. 

“Menu showing three blue buttons: ‘Join’ with the text ‘Connect to a meeting in progress,’ ‘Host’ with the text ‘Start a meeting,’ and ‘Sign in’ with the text ‘Configure your account.’ A red arrow points to the ‘Sign in’ button.”

b. Click “Join a meeting” in the upper right       

“Navigation menu showing the link ‘JOIN A MEETING’ highlighted with a red box. To the right is the link ‘HOST A MEETING’ with a dropdown arrow.”

c. Enter the Meeting ID provided by the meeting host.

“‘Join a Meeting’ screen showing a text box labeled ‘Meeting ID or Personal Link Name,’ highlighted with a red box and arrow. Below the box is a blue ‘Join’ button.”

3. Select “Join a Meeting” and enter the 9 or 10-digit “Meeting ID” or link name, provided by your host, or listed at the end of your meeting link

“‘Join a Meeting’ screen showing a text box labeled ‘Meeting ID or Personal Link Name,’ highlighted with a red box and arrow. A blue ‘Join’ button appears below the text box.”

From a smartphone:

1. Download and Open the Zoom app

2. Click “Sign in”​​​​​

“Below a blue ‘Join a Meeting’ button, two links appear: ‘Sign Up’ on the left and ‘Sign In’ on the right. The ‘Sign In’ link is circled in red.”

3. Select “SSO” (“Single Sign-On”)   

“Sign‑in options list showing ‘SSO’ at the top with a magnifying glass icon, followed by ‘Google’ with the Google logo and ‘Facebook’ with the Facebook logo. The ‘SSO’ option is circled in red.”

4. Type “minnstate” in the company domain field

“‘Sign In with SSO’ screen with the instruction ‘Enter your company domain.’ A text box shows the domain ‘minnstate’ followed by ‘.zoom.us.’ The domain ‘minnstate’ is circled in red.”

5. Students: type your StarID@go.minnstate.edu and StarID password and click "Sign on". Staff can use their StarID@minnstate.edu and StarID password. and click “Sign on” ​​​​

“‘Sign onto Zoom’ login screen showing two fields labeled ‘StarID’ and ‘Password,’ with a green button below labeled ‘Sign on.’”

6. Select “Join a Meeting” and enter the 9 or 10 digit “Meeting ID” or link name, provided by your host, or listed at the end of your meeting link.​​​​​

“‘Join a Meeting’ screen showing a text box labeled ‘Meeting ID or Personal Link Name,’ highlighted with a red box and arrow. A blue ‘Join’ button appears below the text box.”

Details

Details

Article ID: 136596
Created
Fri 8/6/21 1:07 PM
Modified
Thu 2/12/26 10:20 AM