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Live classes with Zoom
Sell live online classes on PranaPath, run on your own Zoom account. Here is how the connection works, end to end.
Step 1
Connect your Zoom
Open Profile (schools: Settings) and click Connect Zoom. You'll approve access on Zoom's own page, then land back on PranaPath connected. A paid Zoom plan is recommended, since calls with three or more people end after 40 minutes on the free plan.
Step 2
Publish a live class
Create a Live class offering with a date, length, and price, the same way you'd set up any other offering. When you publish, PranaPath creates the Zoom call for you, with a waiting room and passcode turned on.
Step 3
Students book and get a personal link
A student who books is registered for that Zoom call and gets their own join link. We never email the raw Zoom link. The link only opens once the student is signed in to PranaPath, shortly before class starts.
Step 4
Attendance, and replays if you want them
After class, attendance fills in from who actually joined. If you record the class and choose to share it, the replay is copied into PranaPath so booked students can watch it there, not inside Zoom.
What we access, and what we store
PranaPath only acts on meetings it created for your live classes. Your Zoom access token is encrypted before it is stored, and we delete it the moment you disconnect or remove PranaPath from your Zoom account. See the full list of what we store in our Privacy Policy.
Questions about live classes
PranaPath can only create, update, and cancel meetings it created itself for your live classes, register the students who book them, read who attended, and, only if you choose to share a replay, read that recording. It cannot see your other meetings, your chats, or anything outside what it created.
You can connect a free Zoom account, but Zoom ends calls with three or more participants after 40 minutes on the free plan. For a full-length class, a paid Zoom plan (Pro or above) is recommended, and PranaPath will say so when a free account is connected.
The link in a student's confirmation email opens our join page, which checks they're signed in and booked before sending them to their personal Zoom link. Forwarding the email alone does not get someone else in, since the recipient would need that student's own PranaPath login.
Rescheduling updates the same Zoom call and every booked student is emailed the new time. Cancelling cancels the call and emails everyone booked; you'll be asked whether to refund.
PranaPath stops being able to create or change calls until you reconnect. Classes already scheduled are not deleted from your Zoom. You can disconnect any time from the same card you used to connect, and we remove the stored access immediately.
Still stuck? Contact support.