Creating a Meeting Room

Creating a Meeting Room

1. Login to Connect - Open a web browser and enter http://connect.rit.edu into the address bar. Use your RIT Computer Account (DCE).
2. Meeting Listing - Click Meetings located at the top menu of the page.Then click New Meeting to create a new meeting room.

1. Meeting Information - Fill in the information on the Meeting Information page then click next.
   1. (3A) Start Time: Meeting start time is only for reference if you send an invitation from Connect Meeting. The meeting room will be available before the meeting time and will remain available indefinitely after the meeting has ended.
   2. (3B) Recommended Meeting Access: RIT Faculty, Staff, and students who have been added as participants to the meeting beforehand are all registered users. Persons affiliated with RIT will use their RIT Computer Account (DCE) to log-in to Connect Meeting. Those not affiliated with RIT will need to log-in as a guest and you will need to accept them in at the time they log-in.
      
2. Select Participants - If your meeting is set up so only registered users can log-in to your meeting you are going to want to add them as a participants.
   1. (4A) From the “Available Users and Groups” box located to the left, use the Search option at the bottom to locate the group (i.e., course number) or individual user you want to add.
   2. (4B) Once you have found the users or groups in your search highlight the name and click on the “Add” button. This will move the name over to the “Current Participants” box to the right.
      

      Can't Find your Students?

      Online Learning will need to ‘add’ your students or RIT Staff to Connect Meeting if you do not find them after searching in the Available Users and Groups box. If you have not set this up, you can do so by contacting Online Learning at online@rit.edu or via phone at 585-475-5089 (V); 585-475-5896 (tty); 1-800-CALL RIT.

3. Send Invitations (Optional) - You can choose to send an invitation to users that are registered for your course. If you do not want to send an invitation, then you can copy the meeting URL from the “Meeting Information” that will appear after clicking Finish.