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Zoom in Blackboard

 Zoom is a video conferencing platform licensed by Syracuse University that instructors can use in their courses. As of summer 2024, Zoom is the only supported video conferencing tool in Blackboard at Syracuse University. Virtual meetings can be conducted using Zoom and links to Zoom meetings can be integrated into your Blackboard Ultra Course. Zoom can be accessed outside of your course at zoom.syr.edu by logging in with your SU NetID. This page provides instructions for creating Zoom meetings for users in a Blackboard course. For information about using Zoom for other purposes, please visit Zoom at Syracuse University

Add a Zoom Link in a Blackboard Course

 To add a Zoom link to your course, click on the purple plus sign icon (plus)  in the course content area and select "content market" from the dropdown list. 

content area page with purple plus sign clicked to show dropdown menu

Locate the "Zoom Meeting" tile from the alphabetical content market list. Click the plus sign icon (plus)  in the bottom right of the tile to add a link to your course. 

Zoom Meeting tile in the content market list with add item (plus) icon shown in lower right

Click on the newly-created Zoom meeting link that has been added to your course content area.  This will open the Zoom meeting panel. 

A single Zoom link can be created to show all meetings for the course and/or a recurring meeting such as weekly online office hours.

You can also create separate links in Blackboard for individual Zoom meetings, such as for meeting with different project groups, if you prefer. 


How to link Zoom meetings to course

All linked upcoming meetings will be listed under "upcoming meetings". Previous meetings, personal meeting room, and cloud recordings are on their respective tabs. 


To schedule a new meeting, select the blue button "schedule a new meeting" in the upper right. Please visit Zoom at Syracuse University for more information on meeting settings. 

To  link to an existing meeting,  click the three dot icon in the upper right and select "Import meeting". Then enter the meeting ID number.

The new meeting will be visible on the upcoming meetings list after being imported/created. 


Zoom meeting panel as shown within the Blackboard frame

Recorded Zoom meetings are automatically uploaded to Kaltura. These sessions can be found at video.syr.edu or in the cloud recordings area on the zoom link. To share a recorded meeting through Blackboard, follow the instructions for sharing Kaltura video links


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