Share a Zoom Meeting link in TCU Online
Students are not automatically emailed an invite to a class meeting scheduled through the TCU Online Zoom integration. Instead, this information is available to students through the Zoom integration, through the TCU Online calendar tool, through the TCU Online calendar tool, through the Upcoming Events widget on the course homepage, and through the Upcoming Events page in course content (see Student Access to the Zoom meeting link).
To offer an additional prominent reminder about your meeting, you can post a link to your Zoom meeting in TCU Online. First, Locate & Copy the Meeting Link, then choose to Share Zoom Link within the HTML Editor or to Share Zoom link as a Content Topic, by following the steps in those sections.
Locate & Copy the Meeting Link
- On the nav bar, click the People menu, then select Zoom.
- Within the TCU Online Zoom integration, click on the meeting topic to open up the settings for that meeting.
- Highlight and copy the meeting link.
Share Zoom Link within the HTML Editor
Complete the following steps to post the copied Zoom meeting link using the HTML Editor (the HTML Editor is located in Announcements, Creating a File Content Items, Discussions, Assignments, etc.)
- Type the title of your link.
- Highlight the title.
- Click on the link icon in the toolbar.
- Scroll down the list and click on URL.
- Paste the previously copied Zoom meeting link, adjust title if needed, leave New Window selected.
- Click the Insert button.
- Click Save or Publish to post the link.
Share Zoom link as a Content Topic
Complete the following steps to post the copied Zoom meeting link as a standalone content item.
- Navigate to the module in which you want to place the link.
- Click on the Upload/Create button.
- Select the Create a Link option.
- Give the link a name in the Title field.
- Paste the previously copied Zoom meeting link in the URL field.
- By default, the Open as an External Resource box is checked. This is recommended.
- Click the Create button.
