How Do I Connect My LMS With Zoom?

When connecting your LMS with Zoom, you will be able to hold a webinar session using Zoom through the LMS interface.

Retrieving Your Zoom API Key and Zoom API Secret

• Go to the Zoom Marketplace. Note: You may need to Agree to their terms of use.
• Click on the Develop drop-down in the navigation bar.
  • Select Build App. Note: You may need to Agree to Zoom's API License and Terms of Use.
• You may be prompted to log in to your Zoom account.
• You will be shown the types of apps you can create.
  • Select JWT and click Create.
• You will be brought to the Information page.
  • Fill out this page.
• Select App Credentials.
  • Document your API Key and API Secret.

Turn on Zoom in General Settings

• Log in as a Main Administrator to your LMS.
• On the Admin Navigation menu, select General Settings.
• Select the Content tab and scroll to the bottom.
  • Check the box Use Zoom Meetings for Live Online Sessions.
  • Input your Zoom API Key and Zoom API Secret.

Associate a Zoom User with an Instructor

• Log in as a Main Administrator to your LMS.
• On the Admin Navigation menu, select Users.
  • At the top, change the User Type field drop-down to Instructor.
• Double-click the Instructor you would like to associate a Zoom user with.
  • On the User Information tab in the Edit User window, locate the Zoom User drop-down.
  • In the drop-down, select the Zoom user you want to associate with this Instructor.

Setup a Zoom Webinar Session

• Log in as a Main Administrator to your LMS.
• On the Admin Navigation menu, select Webinar Sessions.
  • Locate the content in which you want to create a session and left-click to select.
  • Click the Add New Session button.
  • In the Add Webinar Session window, select the Use Zoom radio button.
    • The drop-down will only display instructors that have Zoom users associated.
  • Fill out the rest of the options as with a normal webinar session.
  • Click the Add Session button.

Select E-Learning and/or Resources to Use During Zoom Webinar Session

Utilize this to associate eLearning and/or Resources to be used during the Zoom session. The Zoom session will have two buttons: eLearning Courses and Resources. When clicked on, the Instructor or Learner will be presented with lists of content that they can select to Launch in a new tab.

• Select a previously created Zoom session from the list of Webinar Sessions.
  • Double-click to open the session's properties in the Edit Webinar Session window.
• There are now two new tabs (eLearning Courses and Resources).
  • From within each tab, you can select pieces of content you want to associate by checking the checkbox next to each content item.
  • Click Save at the bottom.