Add a Zoom Web Link to a Course

Summary

For faculty wanting to offer virtual office hours or schedule re-occurring meetings. This page guides faculty on the steps to scheduling a session and adding it to your Blackboard course. For a more robust integration search for the Full ZOOM Blackboard Integration article

Instructions

Step 1: Schedule the meeting

After you have your account configured (see note above), log into boisestate.zoom.us. From there, you can schedule a meeting from the home page

Give the meeting a name and date/time. If it’s a regular meeting, click the recurring meeting check box. This also allows for a never-ending meeting by selecting “no fixed time.”

Step 2: Copy the URL

After saving your meeting, it will create a unique meeting ID and link (boisestate.zoom.us/j/, followed by a string of 9 or 10 numbers, such as https://boisestate.zoom.us/j/999999999). Copy the URL and head to your Blackboard course space.

Step 3: Adding the Link to Blackboard

There are several ways to display the Zoom link in your course, but adding a web link on the left-hand navigation is one of the most straight forward. To add a web link there, first hover over the plus icon in the top left-hand corner

Give the link a name in the first field, then paste the URL in the second field. Be sure to click the “Available to users” checkbox so students are able to see the link.

As the instructor/meeting host, sign into Zoom (through boisestate.zoom.us, or the Zoom app) prior to clicking the link and launching meetings through the course space. Clicking the link without doing so will let you into the conference, but no host controls will be available.

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