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Hosting a Zoom Meeting in Blackboard

淫性视频 will transition from Blackboard Collaborate to Zoom for video conferencing and online learning solution in August 2020.  Zoom is a versatile web conferencing tool available free of charge to faculty and staff at 淫性视频.  If you need assistance with archiving an existing Collaborate session, please contact the Help Desk.  If you need help with the pedagogical use of Zoom, please contact the Center for Learning Design. This guide will describe the process of embedding a Zoom meeting room into your Blackboard course section.

 

To begin, open up your web browser and navigate to your Blackboard course section. Click on the + icon at the top of the course navigation menu and select the option 鈥淭ool Link鈥. 

A screenshot showing the "Tool Link" option in the navigation menu in a Blackboard course section.

 

Next, give the new Tool Link a name (ex. 鈥淶oom鈥), choose the tool type 鈥淶oom Meeting鈥 from the drop-drown menu, and check the box 鈥淎vailable to Users鈥.

A screenshot showing the "Tool Link" dialog box, with "Zoom" in the "Name" field and "Zoom" selected in the "type" drop-down menu.

 

A new link will be available in your course menu, click on it to navigate to the Zoom tool. This interface may be familiar to those who have already logged into Zoom through the zoom.stockton.edu page. To create a Zoom meeting, click on 鈥淪chedule a New Meeting鈥.

A screenshot showing the "Schedule a New Meeting" button in Zoom. 

 

Give your Zoom meeting a topic that matches its purpose, then modify any necessary date and time settings. To finalize the meeting, scroll down and click 鈥淪ave鈥. 

A screenshot showing the "Schedule a Meeting" page in Zoom.

 

To invite students and guests to the meeting, click on 鈥淐opy the Invitation鈥 to generate a complete e-mail template with all relevant meeting details. This template can be pasted into an e-mail or Blackboard announcement for distribution.

A screenshot showing details of a sample meeting, with an arrow indicating the "copy the invitation" button.

 

Back in the main menu, there are two useful tabs that bear mentioning: 鈥淧revious Meetings鈥, which encompasses all previous meetings attached to your account... 

A screenshot showing the Zoom "Previous Meetings" menu, with an arrow pointing to the tab title.

 

You will also find 鈥淐loud Recordings鈥 where meeting recordings are stored and can be downloaded for 120 days.

A screenshot showing the Zoom "Cloud Recordings" menu with an arrow pointing to the tab title.

 

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