Add Zoom to Brightspace

Zoom allows for online meetings. Zoom is seamlessly integrated with Brightspace, which allows professors and students to have synchronous online discussions.  The following features are available in a Zoom meeting:

• High-Quality Video
• Audio, both through the computer and via a telephone number
• Group and Private messaging while in the meeting
• Screen sharing
• Annotations
• Whiteboards
• Breakout Rooms
• And More

1.  Log into Brightspace and access the course you want to add Zoom to

2.  Click on Content on the navbar

3.  Click on an existing module or create a new module

4.  In the module, click on Existing Activities and select External Learning Tools from the dropdown menu

5.  In the pop-up, select Zoom

6. The Zoom tool link will appear in your course. Click on it to set up your Zoom sessions.

Students will be able to access your scheduled Zoom sessions using this link from your course.

1.  In your Brightspace course, navigate to the module where you added the Zoom link

2.  Click on the Zoom tool link

Your Zoom account will appear embedded within Brightspace

3.  Click on Schedule a New Meeting

4. Add your meeting details

Topic: your course name will appear here by default. You can rename this whatever you’d like.

When: select the day and time for this Zoom meeting

Note: check out the information on virtual office hours for recommendations

Duration: select the duration of the Zoom meeting

Timezone: confirm your timezone

Video: the default settings are for the host and participants' video to be off. This is the recommended setting.

Audio: the default setting is to have both telephone and computer audio as an option for attendees. This is the recommended setting.

Meeting options (You are REQUIRED to enable either a password or waiting room):

Require a meeting password: enabling this would require users to enter a password that you will need to share with attendees. 

Enable join before host: enabling this allows participants to access the meeting before you do. Disabling this will keep participants out of the meeting until you join.

Mute participants upon entry: enabling this will keep participants on mute when they enter until they un-mute themselves. Disabling this will un-mute all participants upon entry until they mute themselves. 

Enable waiting room: enabling the waiting room will put all students into a waiting room until you, as the host, invite them in one at a time or all at once.  This is a useful setting when scheduling virtual office hours.

Record the meeting automatically: enabling this will start recording the meeting as soon as you join. Disabling this allows you to control when and if you choose to record the meeting

5.  Click Save when finished

1. It is important to note that if you didn't enable automatic recording, you must click the record button if you want to record. Only the faculty member will have the ability to record. We recommend that if you choose to record the session, you save it to the cloud.  The video will then be put into YuJa for permanent storage, and a link can be made available to your students on Brightspace.  You will receive 2 emails once the recording has been processed -- one from Zoom, which you should disregard, and one from YuJa (this email can take several hours to arrive).  The email from YuJa will provide you with the link you can use to share with your students.
2. For more information about meeting controls, please feel free to view this video – https://youtu.be/02UmBR4UK58?si=kycCJj3m6cqynkbF

Are there more videos that I can watch about how to use Zoom?

Yes!  Zoom has some excellent documentation that will help you maximize your use of the tool!

https://learn-zoom.us/show-me