University of Regina now requires the use of Single Sign On (SSO) for Zoom accounts.

On Zoom's Sign in screen click the SSO button.

If you are prompted for a domain name, enter uregina-ca* (the rest of the field will include .zoom.us) and click Continue.

You will be redirected to University of Regina's Central Authentication Service page. Enter the username and password that you use for all of your other U of R online services. If your account is enrolled in MFA, you may be asked to complete a DUO Push as well.

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When a Zoom video is added to your course, a course video channel will automatically be created on Zoom. Videos uploaded by the course owner and others with a collaborator role (others in the course with the teaching or course editing role), will be added to the course video channel. The permissions that allow active participants in the class to view videos on the course channel will sync three times a day.

For more timely concerns, a link to Zoom Channel Sync Permissions can be found under the More menu within the course. Selecting this link will update the permissions in the course Zoom channel based on the roles and users within the course participants list. If someone has just been added to the course, you can use this link to immediately update their permissions with the course Zoom channel.

A link to the Zoom channel currently associated with the course is also available under the More menu within the course. Following this link will open the course Zoom channel within the Zoom web portal.

The Zoom channel links will not appear under the More menu in courses that do not have an associated Zoom channel.

You can also publish and unpublish a Zoom channel in order to further control access.

View of the Publish button on an unpublished channel in the Zoom App or Web Portal

View of a published channel in the Zoom App or Web Portal

To view the permissions in place for a Zoom channel in the Zoom app or on the Zoom web portal, navigate to the course channel and select Manage permissions.

View of the Zoom channel in the App or Web Portal

The first tab of the Manage Permissions modal lists the owner and Channel collaborators associated with the channel. Users listed here are added when the course synchronization task runs.

View of the Manage permissions interface in the Zoom App or Web Portal

The second tab of the Manage Permissions modal shows the Channel visibility. Users listed here are also added when the course synchronization task runs. The recommended setting for a course video channel under General access is Only people with access.

View of the Manage permissions interface in the Zoom App or Web Portal

Use the menu located under the ellipses in the course channel header to Edit basic information, manage Player settings, access the Channel analytics, or Delete the channel.

View of the course channel header in the Zoom App or Web Portal

You can adjust the options available for the player used by all videos associated with the course channel under the Player settings option.

View of the channel player settings menu in the Zoom App or Web Portal

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Add the Zoom Video resource to your course to embed video hosted on Zoom. Zoom video uses a course video channel to synchronize viewing permissions with the course participants. This also allows you to see analytic reports for the viewing activity within the context of your course.

To add a Zoom Video resource to your course, follow the steps below.

1. Go to the course you want to add the Zoom Video resource to and turn on Edit Mode.

2. Click Add an activity or resource within the course section where you would like to link to the Zoom video resource.

3. Select Zoom video from the Resources tab.

4. In the General section of the Zoom video settings page, you can provide an alternate title for the video resource. If you leave this blank, the title of the selected video will appear here. Add a brief description to help orient students and set expectations.

5. In the Zoom video selection section, click the Browse Zoom Library button to select a video.

6. The default tab in the Zoom Video picker is the Course Video Channel. This area displays all of the videos that have been associated with the current course. If you have not yet been assigned to the course video channel, check your @uregina.ca email to accept and join the channel.

7. The Videos tab lists all of your videos that have been associated with a course channel. The Clips tab will display all of the video in your Clips library. The Upload tab allows you to add a new video to Zoom clips from within the course.

8. Once the video has been selected, you will see a preview.

   

9. Complete any changes you would like to see in the Common module settings, Restrict access, or Tags sections. These settings are generally available on all activities and resources.

10. Finally, click Save and display to view the new Zoom video resource, or click Save and return to course to continue working on the course or section.

11. The new Zoom Video resource is a great way to showcase a video within the course.

You can embed Zoom Video within course content anywhere you have access to the editor in UR Courses. It is recommended to only have one video embed per page, and avoid embedding video on the course main page itself, (the video has to be loaded with each visit to the course, rather than just when the video is actually being viewed).

Viewing and collaboration permissions for Zoom Video are controlled through Channels. Each course is assigned a channel once any Zoom Video is associated with the course. The Channel helps control permissions based on the course enrolment, and records viewing analytics specific to the course.

To embed a Zoom Video within course content, follow the steps outlined below.

1. When editing content using either the default Atto editor or TinyMCE, locate the Zoom Video icon as pictured below.

Zoom Video button in the Atto editor

Zoom Video button in the TinyMCE editor

2. Clicking on the Zoom Video icon will open the video selection modal.

   The default tab in the Zoom Video picker is the Course Video Channel. This area displays all of the videos that have been associated with the course. If you have not yet been assigned to the course video channel, check your @uregina.ca email to accept and join the channel.

4. The Videos tab lists all of your videos that have been associated with a course channel. The Clips tab will display all of the video in your Clips library. The Upload tab allows you to add a new video to your Zoom Clips library.

5. Click on Select Video to insert the video.

6. A link to the video will be inserted into the course content.

6. Finally, click Save and display to save the content.

7. The video link should become an embedded video player when the Multimedia plugins filter is enabled for the course.

   

   The Multimedia plugins filter is enabled for all courses by default. If the link is not being transformed into a player, check the Filter settings for the course, activity, or resource where the video link appears.

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Zoom includes a feature called Clips, allowing you to record videos using the familiar Zoom interface. From within UR Courses, you can navigate to My Media > Record to quickly begin the process.

In the Zoom app on your computer or your mobile device, switch to Clips to get started.

You can find more information about recording Clips with our walkthrough.

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By default, Zoom will notify you by email when your Clip gets its first view. You can turn these notifications off in your account settings on uregina-ca.zoom.us/profile/. Within the Zoom web portal, go to Settings in the left menu bar, and then scroll right on the top menu until you can select Clips.

Default Clip Sharing Permissions

Zoom Clips have their own permissions that are used when sharing the Clip directory with other people and your students. You can change these on a per-Clip basis, but in your account settings you can choose the default. If you do not choose a different permission for your Clip, the default will be used.

If the Clip is shared through a Channel, the Channel's permission is used instead.

Zoom Video AI Features

Zoom also includes some AI features to automatically generate chapters, summaries, and tags based on the audio included in the video. You can turn these features off in your account settings, by choosing Zoom AI in the top menu of Settings.

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UR Courses now includes a new Zoom video submission option for the regular Assignment activity. When this option is enabled, students can select and submit a Clip from their Zoom library. A copy of the selected Clip is then downloaded by the server and saved within UR Courses.

Students will not have to download the clip in order to submit it. UR Courses will download the copy as part of the submission process.

Other file types are also allowed as part of this submission. In this way it is possible for students to upload documents in addition to their Zoom video.

Clicking Browse Zoom Library opens the Select Zoom Video window (as above), allowing the student to select the appropriate video for submission.

The form will update to include a preview of the video. When the student clicks Save changes the Zoom video is uploaded to UR Courses and the submission is complete.

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If you have reservations about using Zoom, and the need for students to be logged into Zoom, you are able to use YouTube as an alternative. You can link to a YouTube video using the URL activity, or you can add a link to a YouTube video anywhere you can edit text.

As the instructor adding the video, you will need to be logged in to a valid Google account to upload videos. Your students will not need to be logged in to Google or YouTube to have access to the videos.

Using the URL activity includes the YouTube video as a link to the video on YouTube.com. Like any other URL activity, students are directed away from UR Courses to view the content.

When you add a YouTube URL in an activity's description, or in the Text and Media Area activity, the video should display embedded in your course page.

The videos is displayed directly on your page in UR Courses, and the student remains on the course page.

You can use YouTube's Embed share code, also available from a video's share button.

Using the embed code gives your students a few other options in the video player. If you choose to go with the embed code rather than the plain video URL, be sure to paste it in to your activity using either the plain text editor, or while viewing the source in a WYSIWYG editor.

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