How to Integrate Zoom into Blackboard Course
Overview
Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, and group messaging into one easy-to-use platform. It offers video, audio, and wireless screen-sharing experience across multiple platforms.
Zoom LTI creates a bridge between Zoom and Blackboard which enables faculty and students to start and join Zoom meetings directly from a Blackboard course.
Learn about how it can be integrated into a Blackboard course.
Instructions
Sign in into your Blackboard course - https://learn.mssm.edu
From the left navigation menu, click the Plus Symbol and select Tool Link
Enter Zoom Meetings in the name field, and select Zoom Meeting (PRO) from the tool link drop down menu
Select Available to Users
Click Submit
Once you have added the Zoom LTI Pro tool:
You will be able to create a Zoom schedule directly from this area by clicking the Schedule a New Meeting button.
Your students will be able to join the Zoom meeting from this area
When adding the Zoom tool into the course, you will see a page similar as the screenshot below:
Limitations and Considerations
Your Zoom meeting must be directly scheduled via this tool in order for your students to join the Zoom meeting from your course. If you had created the meeting through mssm.zoom.us, your student will not be able to see the meeting unless you posted the Meeting ID specifically into the course.
When you access the Zoom LTI tool from your course:
Click the Show my course meetings only checkbox to only show meetings that you have scheduled in this course.
Click All My Zoom Meetings/Recordings to see all Zoom meetings including meetings scheduled outside of this course.
Normally, your students will only see the meeting that you have scheduled from the tool.
Common Features
The Zoom LTI tool allows faculty the following functionality within a Blackboard course:
Schedule and manage meetings
Start or join meetings
View upcoming meetings
View and manage previous meetings and recordings
The Zoom LTI tool gives students the following functionality within a Blackboard course:
View upcoming meetings
Join meetings
View previous meetings and cloud recordings