Zoom: Moodle Zoom Meeting Activity Overview

This overview is for the Zoom Meeting activity in Moodle which is the currently recommended approach to using Zoom in Moodle.

You can create a Zoom meeting in your Moodle course site by using the Zoom Meeting activity. You will need to have a Royal Roads Zoom license and a role in Moodle that allows you to edit the course site (e.g., ‘instructor’ or ‘course instructor’). Creating a Zoom meeting activity will make it your meeting and therefore you will be the host of the meeting.

Main benefits of using the Zoom meeting activity

  • You can create a Zoom meeting for your students with a couple clicks, without leaving Moodle (no need to visit zoom.us), and students simply navigate to the Zoom activity to join the meeting (no need to manually add a meeting link).

  • Cloud recordings will automatically be shared with your students in the Zoom activity (this can be disabled while creating the meeting).

  • You'll automatically become the host of your meeting if you join the meeting using the Zoom activity.

  • Need to invite external participants? If you need to invite participants who cannot access the Zoom meeting activity in this course, send them the Join link from the Zoom meeting activity.

Note that the Zoom Meeting Activity isn't currently defaulting to No Fixed Time, so you'll need to manually set this (unless you have another preference).

Cloud recordings will automatically be deleted after 180 days. You will receive an email warning before they’re deleted.

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