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 preferred academic video conferencing tool 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 
in the course content area and select "content market" from the dropdown list.
Locate the "Zoom Meeting" tile from the alphabetical content market list. Click the plus sign icon in the bottom right of the tile to add a link to your Blackboard course.
Click on the newly-created Zoom meeting link that has been added to your course content area. This will open the Zoom panel where you can add meetings and recordings to the course.
Add Zoom Meetings to Course
To make a Zoom meeting available to other members of your Blackboard course, add it to the "Upcoming Meetings" tab. You can also add links to a previous meeting, your personal meeting room, or a cloud recording of a past meeting under the appropriate tabs.
To create a new course 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 that has already been set up in the Zoom app or through zoom.syr.edu, click the three dot icon in the upper right and select "Import meeting," then enter the meeting ID number. You can also click "All My Zoom Meetings/Recordings" to see a full list of meetings and recordings associated with your SU Zoom account and make them available through the Blackboard course link.
The new meeting will be visible on the upcoming meetings list after being imported/created.
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. |