What is Zoom? Zoom is a video-conferencing platform for which Marist College owns a license. Zoom allows you to engage in live Web conversations with your colleagues, students, and faculty using audio, video, and text-based chat features. It's also available for use from your Brightspace course offerring site. Using your Marist account you can generate a link that can be shared with participants who can then follow the web link to join in on a live conversation.

Marist Direct Link to Zoom: https://marist-edu.zoom.us/

Adding the Zoom tool to your Brightspace Course Offerring Site:

1. Access your Brightspace course offering, 
2. Select "Content" on the Navigation bar,
3. Next click "+ New Unit" from the top of the left column in Content.
4. Title the Unit "Zoom,"
   1. Scroll down to the bottom to toggle the button from Hidden to "Visible" and
   2. Click "Save and Close"
5. Next click on the new Zoom unit, click "Add Existing"
6. Then click "External Tool Activities" under What would you like to add.
7. Scroll down and Click "Zoom" under Insert an External Tool.
8. The Zoom tool will now be displayed under the Zoom Unit on the left-hand navigation.
9. Next scroll to the top to toggle the button from Hidden to "Visible"

Creating a Recurring Zoom Meeting in Brightspace:

1. From the Zoom Tool in the course, click “Schedule a New Meeting”
2. Check the box next to “Recurring meeting” under Time Zone.
   1. Choose the Recurrence: Daily, Weekly,  Monthly.
   2. Set the End Date
   3. Click "Save"