Configuring your Zoom Course through Blackboard

Setting up Your TU Account

Prior to linking your Zoom account to your Blackboard course for the first time, you will need to activate your TU Zoom account. If you've already logged into Zoom with your TU account, you can skip down to the Configure options.

  1. Navigate to https://zoom.towson.edu
  2. Click Sign In
  3. Enter your TU email and password
  4. Once you've successfully signed into Zoom, move on to configuring your Blackboard course.

Configuring Zoom for Blackboard

  1. Navigate to https://blackboard.towson.edu
  2. Sign in with your TU NetID and Password
  3. Enter your course
  4. Click on View Course & Institution Tools on the left-hand menu
  5. Select Zoom on the right-hand pop up window and to add the link in your content area click on the plus sign to the left

Zoom Course Area

All My Zoom Meetings/Recordings - Click here to access all past and future meetings and recordings associated with your Zoom account.

Schedule a New Meeting - Schedule a new meeting for this course.

Upcoming Meetings - This is where all of your upcoming scheduled meetings for this course will be listed.

Previous Meetings - You will find all previous meeting sessions for this course listed here.

Cloud Recording - If you have recorded a session for this course, you will find the recordings here. 
Please Note: Zoom recordings only stay in the Zoom cloud for 30 days, then are deleted. When the recording is created, it will be migrated to Panopto, and will be accessible there after they are deleted from the Zoom cloud. To locate your Zoom recordings, please view the Move a Zoom Recording Within Panopto Knowledge Base Article.

Schedule a New Meeting

  1. Follow steps 1-5 under the header Configuring Zoom for Blackboard
  2. Click Schedule a New Meeting
  3. Give the meeting a Topic. 
    Please Note: We recommend you leave the course name in the topic, then add additional information.
  4. Add an optional Description
  5. Select the date and time for the meeting
  6. Enter the duration of the meeting
  7. Leave the Time Zone to the default selection
  8. If this is a recurring meeting, check the Recurring Meeting box, then enter the recurrence options and end date
  9. Leave Registration unchecked
  10. Leave the Security settings on the default selections. If you do not want a Waiting Room, you can uncheck this. However, this will help prevent unwanted users joining the session.
  11. Choose whether to start the meeting with video defaulted to Off or On for both the Host and the Participatns
  12. Leave Telephone and Computer Audio selected for Audio options
  13. Meeting options:
    1. Mute participants upon entry - Users will automatically be muted when they join the session
    2. Breakout Room pre-assign - If you are using breakout rooms during the session, you can pre-assign rooms based on the users who are expected to join.
    3. Record the meeting automatically - Checking this option will automatically start recording once the session is started.
  14. If you have an alternate host who will be assisting with the session, enter their TU Email Address in the Alternative Hosts box. This can be another instructor or Teaching Assistant who is allowed to start the session if you are not able to.
  15. Click Save. The meeting should now be listed under the Upcoming Meetings page.

Start a Scheduled Meeting

  1. Follow steps 1-5 under the header Configuring Zoom for Blackboard
  2. Click on the Start button for your meeting
  3. Zoom will automatically open. The desktop app should automatically be signed in. If not, select Sign in with SSO, and type towson-edu as the company domain. You will then be prompted for your TU NetID and Password.

Access Previous Meeting Reports

  1. Follow steps 1-5 under the header Configuring Zoom for Blackboard
  2. Click on Previous Meetings
  3. Click on Report for the meeting
    1. Meeting Report - This will show the user attendance for the entire session. Click Export as CSV file if you want to download the attendance to Excel
    2. Poll Report - This will show the results of all polls in the meeting

Cloud Recordings

  1. Follow steps 1-5 under the header Configuring Zoom for Blackboard
  2. Click on Cloud Recordings​​​​​​​
  3. You will see a list of all cloud recordings that are available.
    Please Note: Zoom recordings only stay in the Zoom cloud for 30 days, then are deleted. When the recording is created, it will be migrated to Panopto, and will be accessible there after they are deleted from the Zoom cloud. To locate your Zoom recordings, please view the Move a Zoom Recording Within Panopto Knowledge Base Article.
  4. Click the Publish button to allow your students access to the recording
  5. Click Delete to delete a recording
    Please Note: If you delete the recording from Zoom, but do not delete the recording from Panopto, it will still be available on Panopto. If you want to delete the meeting from Panopto as well, follow the steps in the Delete One of Your Panopto, Collaborate, or Zoom Videos Knowledge Base Article.

Passcode Settings for Recordings

By default, Zoom recordings require a passcode for viewing. You can turn off the passcode option by following the steps below.

  1. Follow steps 1-5 under the header Configuring Zoom for Blackboard
  2. Click on Recordings
  3. Find your Recording and click Share
  4. Toggle off the Require Passcode to access shared cloud recordings​​​​​​​
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