How do I schedule and host a virtual meeting with Webex Education Connector in Blackboard?

Webex LTI Changes

As of June 2024, the Webex Education Connector has been replaced by Webex LTI Legacy. This integration differs from the original Webex Education Connector in the following ways:

Meeting attendance is view only in Webex LTI Legacy.
It is not possible to sync meetings with the Blackboard calendar
The course's team is opened in the Webex App at web.webex.com.

A new Webex LTI integration is expected later in 2024. A comparison chart of the three integrations is available for reference.

Add the Webex tool to Blackboard by selecting the + sign on the “Webex” tool in the Blackboard Content Market.

Select the plus sign on the Webex tool to add access to Webex to your Course Content page

Then follow the instructions below to schedule, host, and access recordings for Webex meetings using the Webex Education Connector in Blackboard.

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Schedule a recurring or one-time meeting with your students or other instructors using the Webex Education Connector. If you haven't added the Webex Education Connector to your Blackboard shell, complete that step and then follow the instructions below to schedule virtual meetings.

After you create a meeting, it will show up in your Upcoming tab in Virtual Meetings. Select Start to begin the session, Edit to modify the scheduled session, or Delete the meeting.

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Enable meeting recording sync in the Webex Education Connector

Recordings of meetings started from within the Webex Education Connector sync automatically. To record meetings, click the Start tab and then record.

Meetings started from outside the Webex Education Connector or that aren't recorded in the cloud can't be synced.

If your meetings are synced to your LMS Calendar, you can record meetings that you start from there.

You must be signed in to Webex Meetings in the Virtual Meetings section for meeting recordings to sync within Webex Education Connector.

Webex Meetings sessions expire after several days after inactivity. We recommend that you sign out and sign back in to Webex from Webex Education Connector every few weeks to keep your session active. If your token expires, you're prompted to sign in to Webex Meetings the next time you access the Webex Education Connector.

After you've hosted a meeting, you can view your past meeting details in the Past Meetings tab. For each meeting, you can view a meeting attendee list. If you wish to enable attendance grading for Webex meetings, this option is available in the Webex Education Connector Setup tab.

To access a meeting recording, select the Recordings tab.

Seeing an error message when trying to schedule office hours or a virtual meeting?

Authorize Cisco Webex Education Connector with your LMS by going to the Setup tab and clicking Authorize .
If you're having problems with your Virtual Meetings, log out of Webex within the Webex Education Connector and then log back in.
To log out, click Log out of Webex
in the upper-right corner of the Webex Education Connector.