Zoom Integration with Speakede allows instructors and administrators to host live lessons and meetings in order to create a more interactive eLearning experience.
Remember that while Zoom (both free and pro) can be integrated with Speakede, the paid version of Zoom is the Instructors responsibility. You will have to purchase the pro version of Zoom separately if you want to use Zoom’s pro features.
Create a Zoom Account #
To get started, you need to create a Zoom account first. Visit Zoom’s website and sign up to create an account.
Create a Server-to-Server OAuth App #
After creating an account, you must create an app that will connect Speakede to Zoom.
Step 1: Go to the Zoom App Marketplace Developer Dashboard (https://marketplace.zoom.us/develop) and log in with your Zoom account.
Step 2: Zoom’s API License and Terms of Use pop up will pop up on your screen. Click on “Agree”
Step 3: Scroll down to find Server-to-Server OAuth App. Click on “Create”.
Step 4: Fill in the App Name field and click on Create. (This can be your name or your Business name)
This will take you to the App credentials page. But first, you need to fill in the required Information & Scopes to Activate your app. Click “Continue”.
Step 5: Go to Information to set your Company Name and Developer Contact Information, i.e. your name and email address.
Step 6: Go to Scopes and configure your app’s necessary scopes based on your Tutor LMS integration requirements. We recommend you select the required scopes or all Scopes for Meeting, Webinar, Recording, and User.
Here’s the list of required scopes –
Meeting Scopes:
Recording Scopes:
User Scopes:
Webinar Scopes:
⚠️ Note: If you’re having trouble finding these scopes, use the search bar of the Add Scopes page.
Step 7: Go to Activation, and activate your app.
Obtain App Credentials #
Once your Server-to-Server OAuth app is activated, Go to App Credentials to obtain the Account ID, Client ID, and Client Secret. Keep these credentials handy as you will need them in the following step.
Connect Zoom to Speakede #
Finally, the last step is to connect Zoom to Speakede. Instructors can also go to the Dashboard > Zoom > Set API for the same purpose.
Test and Verify #
Thoroughly test your Speakede integration with Zoom using the credentials. Check if the integration functionalities, such as creating meetings are working as expected.
Active Meetings List #
Once your Zoom Integration is set up and connected, you should see an Active Meetings tab appear. This tab contains a list that gives you a detailed view of all the future Zoom Meetings that are currently scheduled.
Here, you can search for meetings, and filter by course, date, or status. You can also edit these meetings directly from this panel as well as delete them.
Next, under the Expired Meetings tab is where you’ll find all of the Zoom Meetings that have already passed. Similar to the previous tab, you’ll be able to search, filter, edit, and delete the meetings from here.
Settings #
Next up is the Settings tab, and from here you’ll be able to customize the meeting behavior.
Join Before Host: This will allow students to join before the instructor. Only applicable to scheduled or recurring meetings.
Host Video: This will start the host’s video when the host joins a meeting.
Participants Video: This will start with participants’ video-enabled when they join the meeting.
Mute Participants: The participants’ audio will be muted initially when they join a meeting.
Enforce Login: This will only allow users who have logged into Zoom to join the meeting.
Recording Setting: You can specify what kind of recording access you want to give to students. Options include:
- No Recordings
- Local Drive
- Zoom Cloud
Creating a Zoom Meeting #
Now that you have set up Zoom Integration, it’s time to create your Zoom Meeting. From dashboard, either visit a course of your choice in edit mode or create a new course.
Scroll down to the Zoom Meeting section and click on the Create a Zoom Meeting button.
This will open the Zoom Meeting form where you can fill in the following meeting details:
Meeting Name: Give the meeting a name.
Meeting Summary: Give a summary of what the meeting is about. Mention things such as topics to be covered, type of meeting, etc.
Meeting Time: Select the time and date of the meeting.
Meeting Duration: Select the duration of the meeting. Keep in mind that if you are a free user of Zoom, you cannot hold meetings longer than 40min.
Time Zone: Specify the time zone for the meeting.
Auto Recording: Specify the Recording type of the meeting. Local will store the meeting on a user’s PC while Cloud will use Zoom Cloud Storage. You can also select No Recording to simply disable this option.
⚠️ Note: Students joining through the browser will not be able to store the meeting as only Zoom app can store the meeting.
Password: Set a password that will restrict people from accessing the meeting randomly. Only the students with the proper credentials will be able to access the Zoom meeting.
Meetings Host: This section will display the name of the meeting host.
Finish off by clicking on the Create Meeting button. You’ll then see this meeting appear under All Meetings in the Zoom Panel.
Creating A Live Session #
Alternatively, you can also create topic-specific live sessions by going to the Course Builder section. Here, expand the topic of your choice and click on the Zoom Live Lesson button to open the live lesson form. Here, you can fill in the same details discussed earlier.
Meeting Name: Give the live lesson a name.
Meeting Summary: Give a summary of what the lesson is about. Mention things such as topics to be covered, type of lesson, etc.
Meeting Time: Select the time and date of the live lesson.
Meeting Duration: Select the duration of the live lesson. Keep in mind that if you are a free user of Zoom, you cannot hold sessions longer than 40min.
Time Zone: Specify the time zone for the live lesson.
Auto Recording: Specify the Recording type of the live lesson. Local will store the lesson on a user’s PC while Cloud will use Zoom Cloud Storage. You can also select No Recording to simply disable this option.
⚠️ Note: Students joining through the browser will not be able to store the meeting as only Zoom app can store the meeting.
Password: Set a password that will restrict people from accessing the live lesson randomly. Only the students with the proper credentials will be able to access the Zoom live lesson.
Meetings Host: This section will display the name of the live lesson host.
As usual, finish off by clicking on the Create Meeting button.
After setting up everything, the students will get the information about this upcoming meeting information on the lesson page.