[Instructors] Add Azure VM Desktop to your Blackboard Ultra Course

Creating a weblink in your Blackboard course:

1. Navigate to your course in Blackboard & click the plus sign at the top of the course content area or Add content

2. After you select the plus sign or Add content, select Create

3. In the Create item screen, select Link

4. In the New Link screen, ensure the following is filled out.

Name: Azure VM Desktop (The name of the tab that students will click to access the resource)
URL: https://client.wvd.microsoft.com/arm/webclient/index.html (The link used to access their Azure Virtual Machine)
Select "Visible to students"
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5. After clicking "Submit", a link will be generated as a clickable option in the Course Content area. You can click and drag the the link you created to move its location within the course content area.

Students will now be able to click that link to access their Azure Virtual Machine after they have been granted access by ITS. Your students will need to sign in using their Forsyth Tech login information.

Known issues:

If your students receive the following message, please direct them to contact ITS:

Students can only have one instance of Azure Virtual Machine open at a time. If they try to open multiple VM's, their VM will freeze up.