Add Zoom links to Brightspace


John Jay College has a campus Zoom license which can be used for Zoom meetings and recordings. At this time, this version of Zoom is not integrated within Brightspace, links to live sessions or recordings will need to be added manually to courses.

View instructions as a PDF: Add Zoom Links to Brightspace

Access John Jay Zoom Account

  1. Go to https://jjay-zoom.cuny.us > Select the Sign in button.
John Jay Zoom sign on screen.
  1. On the sign in page, enter your John Jay Network ID (this is the same username and password for your John Jay email) > Select Next.
Screenshot of John Jay Zoom Sign on page.
  1. Enter your John Jay Network ID password > Select Sign in
Screenshot of John Jay Zoom Sign on page.

 Copy a Zoom Meeting Link

    1. Within your Zoom account, select Meetings on the left side menu.

Screenshot of Zoom Meetings selection.

   ​​​​​2. On the Meetings page, under Upcoming or Previous, select the Name of the Meeting.

Screenshot of Zoom meeting page.

​​​​​​   3. On the Meeting page, under Invite Link, select the Copy to Clipboard icon in the lower right to copy the Zoom session link

Screenshot of Invite Link on Zoom page.

 Copy a Zoom Recording link

  1. Within your Zoom account, select the Recordings tab on the left side menu to access previously record lectures.

Note:  You must save any recorded sessions as Cloud Recordings. You cannot link to locally stored recordings. For further information on how to use Zoom please contact the John Jay Help Desk.

Screenshot of Zoom Menu.

  2. Select the Share button to the right of the recorded session you want to post in Brightspace

Screenshot of Zoom Cloud Recording Page.

  3. Select the Copy button to copy the link of your recording Settings

Note: A password is set by default for all sessions. For further settings, such as removing or changing the password to the session, select Share Settings

Screenshot of Zoom Recording page. Select Copy Button.

Add Zoom link to Brightspace Course

   1.  Access Brightspace to add your recording link to a course by going to www.cuny.edu > Select Login > Select Blackboard/Brightspace link > Select Brightspace

Screenshot of CUNY Login page.

 

   2. On the My Course widget, select the course in which you want to add your link.

Screenshot of My Courses widget.

 3.  Within the course, select Content from the Nav bar

Screenshot of Course Navbar.

  4.Select the module in which you want to add the session link > Select Upload/Create button > Select Create Link

Screenshot of Upload Create menu.

   ​​​​​​​5.  Enter the Name of session link in the Title field. Paste the copied link from Zoom in the URL field. Select Create to add the link to the module

Image of New Link page.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​   6.  The Zoom link will appear on the module page. Learners can select the link and it will launch the Zoom recording.

Image of New Zoom Link.

 For Zoom account assistance please access the John Jay Help Desk website

For more information and assistance, please email Department of Online Education and Support - Learning Management System Support at LMS.faculty@jjay.cuny.edu