Introduction

The Zoom plugin integrates Zoom meetings into DPCalendar and extends native events with Zoom online conferencing functionality. Means you can add a meeting number and password to a DPCalendar event and then it is possible to join the meeting directly from within DPCalendar.

Import the Zoom users

In the following steps we tell you how to obtain the Zoom API keys and import the users with these keys. A more detailed step by step guid can be found in the official Zoom documentation.

• Log in on the Zoom App Marketplace.
• Click in the "Server-to-Server OAuth" box and then on "Create".
• Give the app a name and click on the "Create" button.
• Go through the wizard by clicking the "Continue" button and set the required field like developer or company name and E-Mail. On the "Scopes" step select the following scopes by clicking on "+ Add Scopes":
  • meeting:read:meeting:admin
  • meeting:update:meeting:admin
  • meeting:write:meeting:admin
  • user:read:list_users:admin
• On the last step click on "Activate your app" and then navigate on the left step list to "App Credentials".
• In another tab of your browser go back to your Joomla website and edit the Zoom plugin in the plugin manager.
• Click on the import button in the plugin toolbar.
• Copy the "Account ID", "Client ID" and "Client Secret" from the previously created Zoom app into the DPCalendar import wizard.
• Click the "Import" button.
• The connected users should be copied into the DPCalendar Zoom plugin.

Connect a DPCalendar event with a Zoom meeting

When the Zoom plugin is activated and the author edits or creates an event, then there is a new Zoom tab available to connect the event with a Zoom meeting. You can then setup the meeting number, password, hashed password and a Zoom user. "Only tickets" defines if there is an active ticket needed to join the meeting, keep in mind that this setting is ignored for the author and super admins.

The Zoom calendar has an option to create a meeting. If this is set and an admin creates or edits an event, then the plugin is able to create automatically a meeting in Zoom and connect it to the event. To do that only a Zoom calendar must be selected in the event form and no meeting ID in the Zoom tab. So you can skip the step to manually create a Zoom meeting and assign it to the event.

Join a Zoom meeting in DPCalendar

Is an event connected with a Zoom meeting then the event details page shows two new buttons to connect to the meeting. The input fields are used to identify the attendee. These buttons and input fields are visible till the event ends, afterwards it checks for recordings. Zoom can be launched then directly from within the browser or by opening the meeting in the app. That's where the hashed password comes into action, it is needed to launch and log in password protected meetings in the app.

If the "Only tickets" setting is set to yes in the event, then only visitors with an active ticket can see the join form while the event author and super users can always see it. The user groups setting restricts access to the meeting to certain user groups.

Join in browser

To activate the "Join in browser" functionality you need to create a meeting SDK app and copy the keys into the calendar in the plugin. To get these keys, follow the next steps. A more detailed step by step guid can be found in the official Zoom documentation.

• Log in on the Zoom App Marketplace.
• Click in the "General App" box on "Create".
• Modify the app title on the top left corner.
• Click on "Basic Information" and set your web sites url as "OAuth Redirect Url", then click on "Continue" till you arrive on the "Embed" screen.
• Activate the "Meeting SDK" feature and click on "Continue".
• In another tab of your browser go back to your Joomla website and edit the Zoom plugin in the plugin manager.
• Click on the imported Zoom account.
• Copy the "Client ID" and "Client Secret" values into the Zoom account in the DPCalendar plugin into the "SDK Key" and "SDK Secret" fields.
• Save the account in the Zoom plugin.