Schedule a Zoom meeting in Brightspace

To schedule a Zoom meeting from Brightspace, please follow these steps:

1. Click on Zoom from to navigation panel.
2. Then click on Schedule a New Meeting.
3. Change the topic name, set the date and time and the duration from the meeting.
4. If it is a recurring meeting, check the box Recurring Meeting.
   1. For your weekly classes, set the Occurrence to weekly.
   2. Set the Repeat every to the classes per week and select the day of the weeks it will occur.
   3. Set the End Date or set the number of weeks to repeat.
5. Under the meeting options we would suggest selecting the option Mute Participants Upon Entry.
6. Once you have finished the setup, click on Save.

Now, go back to course meetings by clicking on the Zoom tab again from the navigation panel. You can see the scheduled meeting(s) from there. Click on Start and it will automatically prompt you to start the meeting in your Zoom desktop app.

Adding Zoom Meeting Link to Brightspace Content

To add the Zoom meeting link in Brightspace Content

1. Open Zoom from the top navigation panel and click on the topic of the meeting.
2. Copy the meeting URL beside Invite Attendees.
3. Now, go to Contents. Open the module where you want to add the meeting Link.
4. Click on New > Create a Link.
5. In the New Link dialogue box, give it a Title, paste the copied URL under URL select Open as External Resources and hit Save.

Embedding a Zoom Lecture to Brightspace Content

1. On Brightspace, navigate to your course.
2. Go to Zoom > Cloud Recordings.
3. Click on the recording you would like to share.
4. Under the recording, click on share. Here, you do not want to copy all the information that comes up in the pop up. Instead, highlight the link only and copy it.
5. Go to Content > select the module you would like to add the lecture to.
6. Click on New > Create a Link.
7. Create a title for the video and paste the link into the URL box. Select Open as External Resource. Click Yes. Then, click Create.
8. Now students will be able to view the lecture directly from the Content page!

Accessing Zoom Cloud Recordings on Brightspace

1. Go to your course’s home page, then from the navigation bar, click on Zoom.
2. Click on the Cloud Recordings tab on the Zoom page. Here you will see all the recorded Zoom lectures that your instructor has made visible for you.
3. Click on the Recorded Zoom lecture that you want to watch.
4. After clicking on a lecture, it will open a new page where you will see two files. A video (with audio) file and the other one is just an audio file.
5. After clicking on one of the files, you should see a green bar at the top which says the passcode to view the file has been copied to your clipboard.
6. A new page will open where you can simply paste the passcode that has been automatically copied to your clipboard, and then click on Watch Recording.
   

   Note: If you need to copy the passcode again, you can simply go back to the previous page on Brightspace and then view or copy the passcode from the bottom of the file where it says Passcode.

   
7. After entering the passcode and clicking on Watch Recording you will see the file show up and ready for you to watch online.

Downloading Zoom Recordings on Brightspace

1. Go to the Zoom tab. Select the Cloud Recordings tab.
2. Click on the title of the recording. This will load a new page with 2 different recordings to download. The first one has both video and audio and the second one is audio only.
3. Click Download on the recording you want to download. There will be a small message that will pop saying that passcode was copied to the clipboard.
4. Another tab/window will open where you need to paste the passcode. Do this then click on Watch Recording.
5. At this point the recording will either automatically download or you will get prompted to save the recording depending on the Browser you are using. This will download the mp4 of the recording to your computer.