This article explains how the Zoom LTI in Canvas adds and manages alternate hosts when scheduling Zoom meetings within Canvas.

When a meeting is scheduled in the Zoom integration in Canvas, the following users are automatically added to Zoom meetings as alternate hosts when the meetings are created in the LTI:

• Teachers, TAs, and teacher-based roles who have visited the Zoom page in the Canvas course previously 
  • The alt-hosts may not be displayed immediately when scheduling the meeting; however teachers and teacher-based roles (Facilitator, course support, and other school-created accounts) will be granted access to host course meetings once they access the Zoom tool in their course.
• Canvas administrators 
  • Canvas admins are considered instructors by Zoom. When a Canvas admin visits the Zoom LTI in a course, they will be added as an alternative host to the meetings on the course schedule.

Automating the addition of alternative hosts reduces the work for course instructors who schedule course meetings.

Who can serve as alternative hosts?

How can I edit or change alternative hosts?

Alternate hosts must have an active Rutgers Zoom account and be added using the email address associated with their Rutgers Zoom account. They may be added via the meeting details through the Zoom integration in Canvas or through the Zoom Web Portal.

To add the alternative host, add the user with their netid@rutgers.edu email address. Other Rutgers email address forms will not work; firstname.lastname@rutgers.edu and netid@domain.rutgers.edu are not associated with a Rutgers Zoom account. Your alternative host will receive an email notification that they are an alternative host. This email is the only link to access the Zoom meeting since the meeting will not appear in the Zoom integration in Canvas or through the Zoom Web Portal.