This step by step guide will help you get into a live class.
1. Accept the ride invite from the Zwift Companion app on your phone. You can do this whenever you get the notice from Joanne or Bart. This is what gets you the MeetUp button on the computer. You need to accept the ride before you start Zwift on the computer. I always accept it when I get the alert on my phone, sometimes a few days ahead. You can always change your mind later if you end up not joining class (or if you don’t show up it won’t matter anyway).
2. Start Zwift on the computer when you are ready to ride. Start in Watopia if you remember but it is not required. The workouts are always built in Watopia so it just comes up faster if Zwift doesn’t have to change your location if you started in another world.
3. When it is 15 minutes before the ride starts, the Join Meetup option will appear on Zwift (lower left corner by the Menu button). When you see the button then join the meetup. It won’t show up until it’s 15 minutes before the ride so if you are in Zwift earlier you’ll just have to wait. You can just ride around in Zwift warming up.
4. Once you have joined the Meetup group and see the countdown on the top right, then you are ready to grab the workout. Menu, workouts, grab the top one, then go “back”. Then you are ready to ride the workout. It will start on time.
5. You can dial in to Zoom at any time as it is totally separate from what is happening in Zwift. I usually wait until I have my Zwift started and I’m in the meetup and ready to go. If you need help setting up Zwift then you can join Zoom first and have Joanne help you with the steps. First thing I do when I get into Zoom is ‘exit full screen” (top right) so I can adjust the screen size and place it on top of the Zwift screen. I started out using two monitors and putting one on each but now I just stick Zoom in the middle of the Zwift road screen on one monitor.
So, to recap:
- Accept invite on phone app
- Start Zwift
- Join Meetup
- Grab workout
- Ride!
I had a post-it note on my laptop until I got it figured out doesn’t work.
Download the app on your computer or phone
Each class time has a different link and times are in Pacific Time (PT)
Password for all classes is BSP-RCC
Use the following link to join class using Zoom.