This document will highlight the steps needed for installing Webex Meetings successfully on both Windows OS and Mac OS.
Note: If your computer is owned by UW-Madison, please contact your local IT support for help with installing Webex Meetings. The software may be installed and used on personal machines, but should not be redistributed without permission.
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Getting started information may be found here.Webex Meetings Desktop App (Windows)
Compatibility: Windows 7 Service Pack 1 and later
- Go to the Campus Software Library or Cisco Webex Meetings site to get the Webex Meetings Desktop App for Windows OS installation file.
- The Campus Software Library download is modified for our University instance of the tool.
- The Cisco Webex Meetings site download is not modified for our University instance of the tool.
- Navigate to where the downloaded file was placed and double click the file.
- Select 'Next'.
- Accept the license agreement for installation and select 'Next'.
- Select 'Install'.
- If you are not an administrator on your machine, you will be prompted to enter administrator credentials after performing this step.
- After installation has occurred, select 'Finish'.
- The computer will now have Webex Meetings Desktop App installed. This will not need to be repeated for other users of the machine.
- Search for 'Webex Meetings' from the start menu and run the application.
- The application will open with a window prompting for the site URL. This should already be populated with 'uwmadison.webex.com'. If it is not populated with this value, please enter it in as 'https://uwmadison.webex.com'.
- Enter in your primary email address and select 'Next'.
- Further information on primary email addresses may be found here.
- Enter your NetID and password. Select 'Login'.
- Webex Meetings Desktop App will now be ready for you to use.
Webex Meetings Desktop App (Mac)
Installation Instructions:
- Go to the Campus Software Library or Cisco Webex Meetings site to get the Webex Meetings Desktop App for Mac OS installation file.
- Navigate to where the downloaded file was placed and double click the file.
- A drive will appear on your desktop named 'Webex Meeting Center.pkg'. Double click the drive and then double click the file named 'Webex Meeting Center.pkg' inside.
- Select 'Continue'.
- Select 'Continue'.
- Select 'Install' on the installation type page.
- You will be prompted to enter administrator credentials after performing this step.
- After installation has occurred, select 'Close'.
- The computer will now have Webex Meetings Desktop App installed. This will not need to be repeated for other users of the machine.
- Search for 'Webex Meetings' form the search bar and run the application.
- The application will open with a window prompting for the site URL. If an option for 'uwmadison.webex.com' is not already available, manually enter in the value of 'https://uwmadison.webex.com'. If the option is available, select the option and then select 'Next'.
- Enter in your primary email address and select 'Next'.
- Further information on primary email addresses may be found here.
- Enter your NetID and password. Select 'Login'.
- Webex Meetings Desktop App will now be read for you to use.
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Owner: | Keevan B. | Group: | Cisco Webex |
Created: | 2019-01-22 17:58 CDT | Updated: | 2020-04-29 07:55 CDT |
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This article is for faculty, students, and staff seeking information regarding how to host a Webex meeting from the Webex desktop application.
Getting Started
To use the Webex application, you will need to:
- Download Webex Meetings - Windows
- Download Webex Meetings- Mac
- Install the Webex Meetings application.
- If you are asked which Webex site you would like to use, enter: uconn-cmr.webex.com
- If you run into these errors, click 'Yes'
- Sign in using your NetID and NetID password
Hosting the Meeting
- The application home screen will show your name, your Personal Room link, options to Start your Personal Room and the option to Schedule a meeting using Outlook.
Click on any image to view at full size.- There will be a link displayed under your name, at the top of the page. This is the link that you will need to share with the other participants in your meeting.
- Click on the square at the end of the link to copy the link. You can then send these links to other meeting attendees.
- Click on the green Start a Meeting button to begin hosting the meeting using your Personal Room.
- Learn how to schedule meetings or Learn how to schedule your online class
While in the meeting, use the Participant menu to 'mute all' and 'mute all upon entry'
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