Blackboard (HuskyCT) instructors are able to integrate Webex directly with their course page. Instructors may create/begin Scheduled Meetings, list class Recordings, and facilitate Office Hours directly in their HuskyCT page now.
Related Guides: | Office Hours | Scheduling and Initiating Online Class |
Add Webex to your Course
- Log into lms.uconn.edu and navigate to your course.
- Click on the + symbol at the top of your course links to add a Tool Link.
Note: Webex can also be added as a content item. If you would like to add Webex as a content item instead of a Tool, continue down to the next section of this guide. - Give the link an appropriate name. "Webex" is fine. For Type, choose Webex.
- Check the box to make the link available to users. Then click Submit.
- Click on the new link to open the Webex tool.
Alternate: Add Webex as a Content Item
First Time Setup
- After clicking on the link to open the course tool, you are brought to the first time setup.
- Choose your features: Be sure to check Virtual Meetings and Office Hours.
You may also check Classroom Collaboration, however it is not necessary and may add confusion. This feature adds an instant-messaging thread within the Webex tool. Within the Classroom Collaboration tab, you may have multiple messaging threads for different topics. - Press Apply to see the new tabs appear at the top. You will see a tab for each feature that you have checked off.
- You may add or remove these tabs at any time by following this guide.
Recorded classes (Meetings) that were scheduled using this Webex tool will appear in the Virtual Meetings tab in the Recordings sub tab.