Zoom Meeting Integration with Moodle: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 19:04, 21 May 2026

Zoom can be integrated into your Moodle course to make it easy to set up a one time or recurring Zoom session for your class. By adding the "Zoom Meeting" activity to a course, students and instructors can click on a link in Moodle and enter the course Zoom session. Follow the steps below to get started.

Add a Zoom Meeting

Click the Edit Mode button to turn editing on
Choose which section you want to add Zoom to and select the "Add Activity or Resource" button.
Select Zoom Meeting.
Fill out the required settings including the topic, date and time of your Zoom meeting.
When finished configuring your settings select Save and Return to Course.
The Zoom Meeting activity will then show up in the section you selected.
Click on the Zoom Meeting activity to see your saved settings. Click the Green Start Meeting button to begin the meeting. Your students will see a similar button that says, "Join Meeting." However, you can copy and past the Join Link URL to share with others outside your Moodle course.

Additional Information

Settings

Join Meeting before host: we recommend this be turned off, especially if recording the meeting. If turned on, students can start the meeting at any time. If recording is enabled it will start, even if students are just testing the link.

The Moodle Zoom settings include only a few options. To see all available options, create the Zoom Moodle activity as specified above and then log into swarthmore.zoom.us and click on Meetings. The Moodle course Zoom meeting will show up. Editing this meeting will allow you to adjust all the available Zoom settings.

Recording the Meetings and Sharing with Students

It is possible to use Panopto, Swarthmore's lecture capture system, to save the videos and automatically publish them to Moodle.

Zoom Help Pages

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 Zoom can be integrated into your Moodle course to make it easy to set up a one time or recurring Zoom session for your class.  By adding the "'''Zoom Meeting'''" activity to a course, students and instructors can click on a link in Moodle and enter the course Zoom session.  Follow the steps below to get started.
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+== Add a Zoom Meeting ==
+# Click the '''Edit Mode''' button to turn editing on [[File:Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 11.08.32 AM.png|316px|alt=red edit mode toggle button at the top right of Moodle page]]
-= Add a Zoom Meeting =
-# Click the '''Edit Mode''' button to turn editing on<br><br>[[File:Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 11.08.32 AM.png|316px|alt=red edit mode toggle button at the top right of Moodle page]]<br><br><br>
 # Choose which section you want to add Zoom to and select the "Add Activity or Resource" button.<br><br>[[File:Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 11.18.07 AM.png|alt=Add an activity or resource button listed underneath an External tool and Questionnaire activity in Moodle]]<br><br><br>
 # Select '''Zoom Meeting'''.<br><br>[[File:Select Zoom meeting activity or resource.png|alt=A list of all the different activity and resource tools available in Moodle with the Zoom activity highlighted and outlined in a red box.]]<br><br><br>
 # Fill out the required settings including the topic, date and time of your Zoom meeting. <br><br>[[File:Zoom Moodle settings.png|500px|alt=Several text boxes asking for Zoom meeting details]]<br><br>
-# When finished configuring your settings select '''Save and Return to Course'''.<br><br>[[File:Save and display.png|470px|alt=Save and Return to Course button highlighted]]<br><br>
+# When finished configuring your settings select '''Save and Return to Course'''.
-# The Zoom Meeting activity will then show up in the section you selected.<br><br>[[File:Screenshot 2023-07-12 at 11.47.09 AM.png|800px|alt=Green Zoom meeting icon activity highlighted]]<br><br>
+# The Zoom Meeting activity will then show up in the section you selected.
-# Click on the Zoom Meeting activity to see your saved settings. Click the Green '''Start Meeting''' button to begin the meeting. Your students will see a similar button that says, "Join Meeting." However, you can copy and past the '''Join Link''' '''URL''' to share with others outside your Moodle course.<br><br>[[File:start meeting.png|650px|alt=Moodle Zoom meeting green start meeting button and Zoom meeting URL link highlighted]]<br><br>
+# Click on the Zoom Meeting activity to see your saved settings. Click the Green '''Start Meeting''' button to begin the meeting. Your students will see a similar button that says, "Join Meeting." However, you can copy and past the '''Join Link''' '''URL''' to share with others outside your Moodle course.<br><br>[[File:start meeting.png|650px|alt=Moodle Zoom meeting green start meeting button and Zoom meeting URL link highlighted]]<br>
-= Additional Information =
-== Settings ==
+== Additional Information ==
+=== Settings ===
 '''Join Meeting before host''': we recommend this be turned off, especially if recording the meeting.  If turned on, students can start the meeting at any time.  If recording is enabled it will start, even if students are just testing the link.
 The Moodle Zoom settings include only a few options.  To see all available options, create the Zoom Moodle activity as specified above and then log into [https://swarthmore.zoom.us swarthmore.zoom.us] and click on '''Meetings'''.  The Moodle course Zoom meeting will show up.  Editing this meeting will allow you to adjust all the available Zoom settings.
-== Recording the Meetings and Sharing with Students ==
+=== Recording the Meetings and Sharing with Students ===
 It is possible to use Panopto, Swarthmore's lecture capture system, to save the videos and automatically publish them to Moodle.
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