When to Use?
Use Zoom whiteboards for collaboration in your course.
Procedure
Sign in to the Zoom desktop client.
Open a whiteboard.
At the top right of the whiteboard page, click the Share button.
![Share button at the top right of the whiteboard page.](https://services.gvsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=abe3f4b0-1717-4d47-8f76-4a81f325e4e5.png&beidInt=12)
In the Share whiteboard window click the Link access dropdown menu and select Anyone at Grand Valley State University.
![Link access dropdown menu choices with Only invited members can access the board highlighted.](https://services.gvsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=87278f0f-5e22-4883-9166-7300f27b468e.png&beidInt=12)
Set the permissions for accessing the whiteboard.
![Permission options menu with Can View highlighted.](https://services.gvsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=8df6d387-8e2c-4cf7-9b2f-d28d9dae48f1.png&beidInt=12)
Click Copy link for pasting the link into a Blackboard course, message or email.
Navigate to your Blackboard course.
Hover your cursor over the Course Content page, click the plus option and select Create from the drop-down menu. In the Create Item panel that opens select the Link option.
![Create Item panel in a Blackboard course.](https://services.gvsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=1e72cf57-beab-4748-8b13-cf165608c145.png&beidInt=12)
At the top of the page click the Web Link tab.
![Web Link and Course Link options for adding a link to course content.](https://services.gvsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=69dfdf35-cf31-4b01-bedb-31d873cec9f4.png&beidInt=12)
Set the Student visibility, enter a Display Name and paste the whiteboard link in their respective fields.
![Link fields for the web link including visibility for students, display name, and link URL.](https://services.gvsu.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=fd0dc31f-bad4-4c3e-917f-788103ffbd68.png&beidInt=12)
Select the Save button to create the Zoom whiteboard link. A web link appears on the Course Content page with a link icon next to the display name.
For more information on “How to share a whiteboard” visit Zoom’s support web site.