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Step 1: Turn On Zoom

Zoom is turned off by default in all courses. To create a placement, you’ll first need to turn on the Zoom LTI Tool.

• Navigate to the "Course Management" area.
• Select "Customization" to expand the menu.
• Select "Tool Availability".
• All tools are listed alphabetically. Check the box for "Zoom LTI".

Step 2: Adding a Placement

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Step 1: Using the pre-created Zoom Tool Link

If your Blackboard course site was requested to be created after July 25, 2020, you should have a pre-created tool link

• Click the Zoom tool link in the left-hand navigation menu to start using Zoom

• Click the drop-down next to the Zoom tool link to make available to students

• Skip to Step 3

Step 2: Creating a Tool Link (if needed)

If your Blackboard course site does not have a Zoom link in the left-hand navigation menu: 

1. Click the + icon in the upper left of the left-hand navigation menu in Blackboard

2. Click Add Tool Link

3. Enter a name for the link such as “Zoom Meetings”

4. Click the drop-down menu for Type and select Zoom LTI Tool

5. Check the box next to Available for Users

6. Click Submit

The Zoom tool link will now show up in the left-hand navigation menu. Drag and drop it to desired position in the menu.

Step 3: Logging into Zoom (if needed)

To begin using Zoom, click the “Zoom Meetings” link you’ve just created.

You may receive a message saying that you must sign into Zoom first. If so, click the link to sign in, then refresh or go to boisestate.zoom.us to log in.

Step 4: Scheduling a Meeting

Once logged in and within the Zoom experience, click "click Schedule a Meeting". You are given options for your meeting name, description, date/time, duration, and recurrence. LTS recommends leaving Registration turned off , both host and participant video defaulted to on, and muting and enabling Mute participants upon entry. If you have alternate hosts, you can add their email addresses through this scheduler as wellAny instructors or learning assistants for your course set up through Blackboard will automatically be added as alternative hosts in Zoom meetings scheduled via the integration. (TAs, co-instructors, etc. may first need to click the Zoom Meetings link to show up as an Alternative Host).

Step 5: Viewing (and Launching) Scheduled Meetings via Blackboard

When instructors log into Zoom via Blackboard, they see any meetings they have scheduled in Zoom, regardless of their association to the course. Use descriptive meeting titles to organize your meetings. This will not be an issue for most instructors, but may impact those who use Zoom for other functions, or teach more than one section with Zoom.

Currently, if a secondary instructor is assigned to the course, they will not see any meetings scheduled by their co-instructors. This can be worked around by providing secondary instructors with the meeting ID for scheduled meetings.

When students log into Instructors can toggle between All my Zoom meetings/recordings and Show only my course meetings. We recommend only viewing course meetings while using the Zoom + Blackboard integration. When students use Zoom via Blackboard, they see only the meetings scheduled for that course, regardless of instructor.

Step 6 (Optional): Adding a Left-hand Navigation Course Link

Some instructors may wish to have a link to all Zoom sessions on the left-hand of their Blackboard course, rather than within a content area. To create this, after creating the initial Zoom link, navigate to the small plus symbol in the top left corner. This will bring up a drop down menu. Choose the "Course Link" option

Next to Location, click on "Browse", then find the name of the tool placement you created in your content area

Give it a name, and make it available to users. Students will be directed straight to the Zoom tool in one click, rather than three.

Instructors click Start to begin a Zoom meeting (be sure to be logged in to Zoom first via boisestate.zoom.us). Students click Join to join a Zoom meeting.

Step 6: Viewing Cloud Recordings

If the Zoom meeting is recorded to the Cloud, the recording can be accessed via the integration.

1. Click the “Zoom meetings” Tool Link

2. Click Cloud Recordings in the menu across the top of the Zoom integration screen

Step 7: Viewing Attendance Reports

1. Click the “Zoom Meetings” (or other given name) Tool Link

2. Click Previous Meetings in the menu across the top of the Zoom integration screen

3. Click Report

Here you can view details such as who joined the meeting, when they left, when they rejoined, and more. Bear in mind that the info may not be useful if students are not logged in first via boisestate.zoom.us. For example, a participant could be simply named “iPad” or “Nick’s computer.”

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Email us! lts@boisestate.edu

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