Scheduling a Meeting in Webex for Your LMS Course

Overview

Meetings scheduled through Webex integration with LMS will appear in the course, and if student visibility is enabled, students will be able to attend through links provided in the course. Meetings can either be scheduled singly, or as recurring meetings.

Procedure

Authenticate to Blackboard at https;//lms.rpi.edu.
Navigate to Courses then select the course you wish to edit.
Under Course Content, click the header for Webex 1.3 that was previously added.
1. Please see Adding Webex Integration to Your LMS Course if it has not already been added.
On the screen displayed, first select Meetings, then click Schedule Meeting.
1. If you are prompted to authenticate to Webex, do so.
Name your meeting--best practice recommends utilizing your course and section information in the title. Then select the date, or recurring dates.
Select security settings for the meeting. The default is that anyone can join the meeting.
For security best practices, it is recommended that people who are not on the meeting invitation or who aren't signed in are sent to the lobby for review before allowing access.
Meetings can also be set to lock access a set amount of time after the meeting begins.
Select audio connection options according to lecture preferences.
Select to enable automatic recording upon start of the meeting.
When all settings are complete, click Schedule on the bottom left of the list of options.
A meeting invitation will be sent to the creator as host of the meeting.
For more detailed information on any of the settings available, including information about post-meeting information (attendance, recording, etc.), please see Webex LTI for Teachers.