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This article will walk you through setting up a Zoom meeting within your Blackboard course for online synchronous meetings and virtual office hours.
Procedure
Important Note: Be sure to log into your GVSU Zoom account first to ensure that you have GVSU Zoom access enabled. Log in using your GVSU email and password at https://gvsu-edu.zoom.us/
There are two ways to add a Zoom meeting link to your course in Blackboard. If you already have a meeting link, and would like to add it as a link in your course, follow the instructions for Adding the Meeting Link in Blackboard - Course Link.
If you have not yet created your course Zoom meeting, or would like to set up a recurring Zoom meeting to use for virtual office hours, follow the instructions for Adding the Meeting Link in Blackboard - Content Market.
Adding a Zoom meeting using the content market creates a Zoom icon in your course that will take students to all Zoom meetings, where they can join any specific Zoom meeting you’ve created in the course.
1. In the course you want to set Zoom meetings up in, under Course Content, hover your mouse where you want to add the Zoom meetings link. Hover over the gray line to reveal the purple plus menu, then click Content Market.
2. Look for Zoom in the Content Market. Click on the plus sign in the Zoom box.
3. A link is added to your course content of the Zoom icon. Click the Zoom Icon.
4. This will take you to your course Zoom page where you can schedule new Zoom meetings.
5. Click on the “Schedule a New Meeting” button:
6. In the schedule meeting settings, enter the meeting name, description (optional), date, time, and duration of the meeting. Then check the “Recurring meeting” box:
Recurring meeting options include:
7. Click on the appropriate selection for your meeting. Note: if you select No Fixed Time, the meeting will always be available. This is a good solution if you set up Zoom meetings for virtual office hours or if you want to create one course Zoom room for all the course's Zoom meetings.
9. Make any other relevant selection. Click Save.
The meeting will now be available for students when they click the Zoom icon added to your Course Content.
To share the meeting link in your Blackboard course, you will first need to create a Zoom meeting using the instructions above. Once you have created the Zoom meeting, you will copy the URL and share it within your course.
1. First, click on the name (topic) of the Zoom meeting you created.
2. Right click on the URL for the meeting to copy it to your clipboard.
3. Now, you can go back into your Blackboard course. Click on the plus sign and then Create. Choose Link to add the URL for your Zoom meeting.
4. Once completed, a course link appears in the content area. Students will be directed to the Zoom meeting as soon as they click on the added link.
Note: You can also share this link by pasting the Zoom meeting link directly within documents or emails.
If you need assistance or have questions, please reach out to your eLearning liaisons. Use the eLearning Liaison search tool to find the liaisons for your department.