All Forsyth Tech employees and students now have a Zoom Basic license and can being using the service today. To get started, visit https://forsythtech-edu.zoom.us and select “Sign In”. The Basic license allows you to host meetings for up to 40 minutes with up to 100 participants. Forsyth Tech's Zoom URL is https://forsythtech-edu.zoom.us/.   Faculty are automatically assigned a Zoom Pro license when they sign in using their Forsyth Tech account. The Pro license removes the 40 minute meeting limitation. Click here for instructions on how to sign into Zoom using your Forsyth Tech account. Staff who need to host meetings longer than 40 minutes can request a Zoom Pro License by submitting this request form: Zoom Pro License Request Form. The license will be applied to your account in 5-10 minutes after submitting the request form. Download the Zoom client: Windows: https://zoom.us/support/download (No administrative rights needed) Mac OS: https://zoom.us/support/download Blackboard Integration We have implemented the official Zoom integration into Blackboard. This integration allows you to quickly add links to Zoom meetings within your course navigation and content areas. Learn more…   Echo360 Integration Each Zoom account is limited to 5GB of cloud recording storage space within Zoom. To alleviate this constraint, we have set up a seamless integration between Zoom and Echo360 to automatically store your cloud recordings with unlimited storage space. This allows you to easily make meeting recordings available to your students without having to transfer or upload the files. Learn more… Help Guides Faculty - Sign in to Zoom Faculty - How to integrate Zoom within your Blackboard Course  Using Breakout Rooms with Zoom  Faculty - Using Zoom with Echo360  Schedule a Zoom Meeting from Outlook

There are two ways to add Zoom into your course: Navigation Link 1. Using the plus + sign in the left hand menu, select Tool Link. 2. From the list of available tools select Zoom Meeting. 3. Select the Zoom Meeting link you just added to the course menu. 4. A new window will open with your Zoom meetings listed. To create a new meeting for your course, select Content Link (within a content area) 1. Within a content area, select Tools > More Tools > Zoom Meeting. Add your Zoom class meetings to a Blackboard Course Add the Zoom tool link to your course menu (see video steps and written steps).    Click your new Zoom link in your course menu.   If you have not already created meetings, click "Schedule Meeting". Enter your meeting details. Please note that scheduling a "Recurring Meeting" keeps the Zoom link the same all semester. Click "Save" and your meeting(s) will appear for your students.    If you have already scheduled your Zoom meetings but you do not see them inside your course after clicking your Zoom menu item, click "All My Zoom Meetings/Recordings" and take note of the Meeting ID number needed. Then click "Course Meetings/Recordings" to return to your course's Zoom home screen.       Click the vertical "..." and then "Import Meeting". Enter your meeting ID and click "Import".  Now your meeting(s) will appear in your course for you and your students to easily access.    

Each Zoom account is limited to 0.5GB of cloud recording storage space within Zoom. To alleviate this constraint, we have set up a seamless integration between Zoom and Echo360 to automatically store your cloud recordings with unlimited storage space. There are two ways to share your meeting recordings stored inside Echo360 with your students: IMPORTANT If you have not accessed Echo360 for the first time, you need to follow these steps BEFORE your Zoom recordings will sync to Echo360: 1. Inside any of your Blackboard courses, add a menu tool link to Echo360 2. Select the menu link to launch into the Echo360 system. Once you have done this your account is setup and your Zoom cloud meeting recordings will automatically upload inside Echo360. Create a Share Link You can create a share link to send to your students or post inside your Blackboard course. 1. If you have not done so, add a menu tool link to Echo360 inside your Blackboard course. 2. Select the menu link to launch into the Echo360 system 3. Select Library from the top navigation 4. Find the desired recording and select the 3 dots ... > Share. 5. Select Links > Add Link. 6. Select the Copy button to copy the link to the video. Select Done. Insert the Video into Echo360 Class Section If you are actively using Echo360 in your class and directing students there, you can easily add your video recordings into the class section inside Echo360. 1. If you have not done so, add a menu tool link to Echo360 inside your Blackboard course. 2. Select the menu link to launch into the Echo360 system. 3. Select Library from the top navigation. 4. Find the desired recording and select the 3 dots ... > Share. 5. Select Class. Select the Course, Term, and Section. Then, select New Class and give the meeting a title. Select Share. 6. When you navigate to the course in Echo360, you will see a new section added for the meeting recording.

Breakout rooms allow you to split your Zoom meeting in up to 50 separate sessions. The meeting host or co-host can choose to split the participants of the meeting into these separate sessions automatically or manually, or they can allow participants to select and enter breakout sessions as they please. The host or co-host can switch between sessions at any time.   Start an instant or scheduled meeting. Click Breakout Rooms. Select the number of rooms you would like to create, and how you would like to assign your participants to those rooms: Automatically: Let Zoom split your participants up evenly into each of the rooms. Manually: Choose which participants you would like in each room. Let participants choose room: Participants can select and enter rooms on their own.  Click Create Breakout Rooms. Your rooms will be created, but will not start automatically. You can manage the rooms prior to starting them by following the instructions below.

Open your Outlook web calendar and click New to create a new calendar event. Enter meeting details like the title, location, and guest list. Click the three dots in the top toolbar. You will see the Zoom sidebar open, prompting for your Zoom credentials. Click Zoom Click Add a Zoom Meeting Sign in to your Zoom account. If you are already signed in to the Zoom web portal, it will log you in automatically.

Using Zoom without signing in using your Forsyth Tech account will limit your ability to host meetings longer than 40 minutes. When an instructor signs in to Zoom with their Forsyth Tech account it automatically assigns them a Zoom Pro license which does not have that 40 minute limitation. Follow the instructions below to sign in using your Forsyth Tech account: Using the Zoom App: Open the Zoom App Sign out if you are already signed in  Select SSO as the sign-in option  Enter "forsythtech-edu" in the field. Select "Continue"  It should prompt you to enter your Forsyth Tech email and password Using the Zoom Website: Visit https://forsythtech-edu.zoom.us Select "Sign In" Enter your Forsyth Tech email and password Once signed in, you can setup meetings/join meetings/etc

Pull Zoom Attendance Reports Users can pull usage reports from Zoom that will display how many and who attended your meetings. This usage report shows how many participants attended. You can click that number to see the usernames used to join your meeting. Their email address will only show if they are signed in to their Zoom account when they join your meeting. Follow the directions below on how to pull usage report. Note for users of screen readers: letters in parentheses in the instructions below refer to corresponding areas on example images. If you have any questions about these instructions, contact eLearning for assistance. Sign in to Zoom in a web browser here is the link https://forsythtech-edu.zoom.us/ Click Reports (A) on the left hand side navigation, then click Usage (B). Enter the appropriate dates of the meetings in question and click Search (C). Locate the desired meeting and click the blue number of participants (D) to pull up the report. Note: You may need to scroll to the right to see the participants column that shows the blue clickable number. Choose report options (E) such as including meeting information or consolidating the list to unique users. Click Export (F) to download the report. Note: By default, Zoom allows anyone to join the meetings as long as they have the join link or meeting ID. When someone clicks the link and is not signed into a Zoom account, only their display name will appear in the report. This display name could be anything that the users sets and sometimes will not reflect who the user actually is (such as Samsung 22 or iPhone1). Users that are signed in to a Zoom account will show their email in this report.