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Setting up your Lightning Lesson in Zoom
Setting up your Lightning Lesson in Zoom

How to ensure a seamless Lightning Lesson experience for you and attendees

Chelsea Wilson avatar
Written by Chelsea Wilson
Updated over a week ago

Summary

  • Host Lightning Lessons via Zoom (Pro-level account required).

  • Create your Lightning Lesson under Maven's "Free lessons" tab.

  • Integrate Maven with Zoom to automatically share the session invite and recording with registrants.

Zoom guidance

Set your Zoom settings to your preferences. Most importantly, make sure:

  1. Registrants can join your live session.

  2. Registrants don't get stuck in the waiting room.

Here are the top pieces of Zoom advice from the Maven team to ensure your students have a great experience during your Lightning Lessons:

  • A Zoom Pro account is required.

    • Zoom Pro has a 100-attendee limit.

    • Purchase the large meeting add-on for Zoom if you get over 500 registrants.

  • If you use a waiting room, admit students often. Or, turn off the waiting room.

  • Trim your recording directly in Zoom.

  • Confirm your scheduled Lightning Lesson in Zoom by checking for upcoming meetings. You should see a meeting in your Zoom account with the same title as your Lightning Lesson.

    • Check that the time/time zone is as expected.

Maven's suggested Zoom settings are below. Feel free to use them as a guide for your own Zoom settings.

Zoom settings

1. Zoom Pro check:

  • See what type of account you have in your Zoom profile.

  • Zoom Webinar does NOT integrate with Maven. If you have Zoom Webinar, please switch to Zoom Pro + large meeting add-on.

2. General Zoom settings:

Setting up your Zoom session through Maven

In the Lightning Lesson editor, set up your Zoom session by clicking the "Add event link" button:

The link should have a passcode, like this:

Attendee and registrant experience

When students register for your session, they'll get an email with the calendar invite.

The invite has the link to join, and Maven automatically sends students a reminder email shortly before the session with a direct link to join.

Lightning Lesson recording

48 hours after the session, Maven will automatically share the recording with registrants. You'll have time to edit or trim your recording in Zoom, if needed.

Your Lightning Lesson page will continue to collect emails, even after the live session has ended. The recording will be sent to anyone who signs up on the landing page.

FAQs

  1. How do I start the Lightning Lesson?

    1. If you're logged in to the Zoom account connected to your Lightning Lesson, you'll be recognized as the host and have the ability to start the session. \

    2. You can either click on the link from Maven, your calendar invite, or directly in Zoom.

  2. I need to change the Zoom link. What should I do?

    1. Ideally, keep the same link to avoid potential issues for attendees. But, if you need to change the link please reach out to [email protected] so we can help.

  3. Should I purchase a large meeting add-on?

    1. Maybe. If you have >500 registrants, you should purchase the large meeting add-on.

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