Your go-to reference for creating, sharing, and recording Zoom meetings with your Boston College account.

Signing In to Your BC Zoom Account

You can access Zoom two ways: the desktop app or the web interface. Both let you create and manage meetings.

Desktop App

  1. Open the Zoom app on your computer.
  2. Click Sign In with SSO.
  3. Enter BCCTE as your company domain.
  4. You’ll be taken to the Boston College login screen — sign in with your BC primary credentials.

Web Interface

  1. Go to bccte.zoom.us in your browser.
  2. Sign in with your BC primary credentials when prompted.

Creating a Zoom Meeting

The simplest approach: create one recurring meeting with no fixed time and reuse it all semester. Note: You can only do this via the web.

From the Web Interface (Recommended)

  1. Go to bccte.zoom.us and sign in.
  2. Click Meetings in the left sidebar.
  3. Click the + Schedule a Meeting button.
  4. Give your meeting a name (e.g., “Property Law – Spring 2026”).
  5. Check Recurring meeting and set it to No Fixed Time.
  6. Leave all other settings at their defaults.
  7. Click Save.

Why “No Fixed Time”? This creates a single reusable link that works whenever you start the meeting so there is no need to create a new link each week. You can, of course, choose meeting dates and times if you prefer.

From the Desktop App

  1. Click the Meetings tab in the left sidebar.
  2. Click the + button to schedule a new “event”.
  3. Give your meeting a name.
  4. Check Recurring meeting and pick your desired frequency.
  5. Leave all other settings at their defaults.
  6. Click Save.

Note: you can not select “No fixed time” in the desktop application.

Finding and Sharing Your Meeting Link

Once your meeting is created, you need to copy the Invite Link to share it with students. You do not need to add students to the Zoom invite itself — just share the link.

From the Web Interface

  1. Go to bccte.zoom.us and click Meetings in the left sidebar.
  2. Find your meeting under Upcoming or Recurring and click its title.
  1. On the meeting details page, find the Invite Link row.
  2. Click the copy icon next to the link.

From the Desktop App

  1. Click the Meetings tab in the left sidebar.
  2. Scroll down to the Recurring section at the bottom of the screen.
  3. Click on your meeting.
  4. Click Copy Invitation or use the share options to copy your meeting link.

Sharing the Link with Students

Once you’ve copied the link, you have two easy options:

Option A: Email
Paste the link into an email to your students. You can find information about how to email your class here. You can also find the campus group associated with your class here.

Option B: Canvas

  1. Go to your Canvas course.
  2. Create an Announcement or edit your Home Page.
  3. Paste the Zoom link into the content area.
  4. Publish so students can see it.

Tip: Post the link somewhere permanent in Canvas (like your Home Page, a dedicated Canvas module or a pinned Announcement) so students always know where to find it.

Enabling Cloud Recording

Cloud recording must be turned on in your Zoom web settings before you can use it. This is a one-time setup.

  1. Go to bccte.zoom.us and sign in.
  2. Click Settings in the left sidebar, then click the Recording tab.
  1. Scroll down to Cloud recording and toggle it on.
  2. If prompted, click Enable to confirm.

You can leave all the other recording settings at their defaults. Once enabled, you’ll see the option to Record to the Cloud whenever you start recording during a Zoom meeting.

Important: This setting is only available through the web interface at bccte.zoom.us — you won’t find it in the desktop app’s settings.

Zoom Recordings and Panopto

You may want to record your Zoom meeting so it can be available for viewing via Panopto. The most effective way to do this is to enable cloud recording in your Zoom account. Once cloud recording is enabled, here’s what happens when you record:

  1. During your meeting, click Record and choose Record to the Cloud.
  2. When the meeting ends, Zoom processes the recording (this can take a few minutes).
  3. The recording is automatically transferred to Panopto — BC’s video platform.
  4. The recording lands in your My Folder > Meeting Recordings folder in Panopto.

To find your recording:

  1. Log into Panopto through Canvas (click Panopto Recordings in any course) or directly via bc.hosted.panopto.com.
  2. Open Panopto in a full browser window.
  3. Click My Folder in the left sidebar.
  4. Click the Meeting Recordings subfolder.
  5. Your Zoom cloud recordings will be there.

Note: Recordings go to Zoom first for processing, then transfer to Panopto automatically. If you don’t see your recording right away, that’s ok, it take a few minutes up to a few hours depending on how long your recording is and how busy Panopto servers are.

For detailed steps with screenshots, see: Finding Zoom Cloud Recordings

For recording basics, see: Record a Zoom Meeting

Quick Reference

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Sign in to Zoombccte.zoom.us or desktop app SSO (domain: BCCTE)
Create a meetingZoom > Meetings > Schedule a Meeting
Find my meeting linkZoom > Meetings > Click meeting title > Copy Invite Link
Enable cloud recordingbccte.zoom.us > Settings > Recording > Cloud Recording toggle
Find a cloud recordingPanopto > My Folder > Meeting Recordings
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