How To Use Zoom Through Moodle (Faculty/Staff)

LSUS Zoom Video Conferencing can be utilized in either a stand alone fashion or through an activity in your Moodle course. If your class is online and students are normally meeting in your Moodle class, you may want to utilize the Zoom activity within Moodle

To activate the Zoom tool within Moodle and schedule a meeting:

Log in to Moodle.
Browse to the class you want to add a Zoom activity.
Turn on "Edit Mode" by toggling the switch in the top right corner.
Scroll to the Topic/Week that you want to add the Zoom activity.
In the appropriate topic/week, click the "+" and then select "Activity or Resource".
From the All or Activities tab, click on "Zoom LTI 1.3".
Moodle will next prompt you to give this activity a name. You can choose to name it something like "Zoom Classroom for Synchronous Meetings" or "My Virtual Classroom" or whatever you like! We suggest to make it generic such as "Zoom Classroom for all Video meetings" because it is likely all of your Zoom meetings will be located within this same resource.
Click on "Save and display".
You are now presented with your Zoom console inside of Moodle.
You can click the "Schedule a New Meeting" button.
On the page that appears you must define...
- Topic (could be "March 16th Class Meeting" or "Review of Shakespeare", etc.)
- When (Date and start time)
- Duration
- TimeZone (Schedule in Central Time Zone)
Select other desired meeting settings.
Click Save.
You can now review your settings, delete, edit, or start the meeting. To complete other Zoom task, click on the "Home" tab in the Zoom console to navigate away from this page.

Meeting Setup Tips and Suggestions:

Check "Mute Participants Upon Entry". This prevents excess noise from others who might not know their microphone is on.
To make a recording and make it easily available to students in Moodle, check "Record the Meeting Automatically". Then select "In the cloud". This will allow students to find it in the Zoom activitey in Moodle later on.
Check "Enable waiting room" so that it places participants some where while waiting for you to login to the meeting.
Make guest speakers or other hosts/teachers alternate hosts by adding their emails in the "Alternative Hosts" section.

To begin a scheduled meeting (Faculty/Staff):

Log in to Moodle.
Browse to your desired course.
Scroll to the Topic/Week that contains your Zoom Classroom resource and click on the link.
Look at the list of Upcoming Meetings. Find the one you want to start and then click the "Start" button.
Your desktop Zoom client should be prompted to open by your web browser.
Enter and begin your meeting.

To enter a scheduled meeting (Students):

Log in to Moodle.
Scroll to the Topic/Week that contains the Zoom Classroom resource and click on the link.
Look at the list of Upcoming Meetings. Find the one you want to join and then click the "Join" button.
Your desktop Zoom client should prompted to open by your web browser.
If your teacher has chosen to enable a virtual Waiting Room, you may initially be placed there awaiting the teachers arrival.
Once your teacher arrives you will enter the meeting.