Use the Online Meeting Link on the BSF Online website to Start your weekly group discussion (Online Group Leaders) or Online Leaders Meetings (Online Trainers/Assistant Online Trainers). This link is unique to your Online Group and Online Leaders Meeting (OLM).
If a leader opens their meeting "early" and has no activity, the meeting may automatically close after 40 minutes. However, an active meeting is not limited to a length of time.
Important! The actual Zoom information within the meeting (under the Green Shield in the upper left corner) *CHANGES* each meeting, so make sure you are using the link provided on the BSFO website which remains constant throughout the year.
Please read this article for information on the difference between the Join Meeting link and Start Meeting link: Leader - Host Link vs Participant Link
Find the Online Meeting Link using the following steps:
My Group or My Training page
- OGLs: Go to the My Group page by selecting the ‘My Group’ button in the upper right-hand corner of bsfonline.org
- AOTs/OTs: Go to the My Training page by selecting the ‘My Training’ button in the upper right-hand corner of bsfonline.org
- OGL/OTs: Select the ‘Start Meeting’ button under the group name; AOTs need to start their OLM from their My Calendar page to be the Host
- AOTs: Select the ‘Start Leader Group Discussion’ (when it is time to for you to leave the OLM and start your own Leader Group Meeting)
- Your web browser will ask you if you want to ‘Open Zoom Meetings?’ Select the ‘Open Zoom Meetings’ button
- OGL/OTs: Copy the link using the ‘Copy Link’ button next to the ‘Start Meeting’ button; This function copies the meeting link to your device’s clipboard and can be shared with your Substitute Leader
OT’s OLM View:
AOT’s OLM View:
OGL’s Online Group View:
My Lessons page
- Go to the My Lessons page by selecting the ‘My Lessons’ button in the upper right-hand corner of bsfonline.org
- Select the ‘Start Meeting’ button under the Group Discussion section (OGLs) or Leaders Meeting section (OT/AOTs)
- Your web browser will ask you if you want to ‘Open Zoom Meetings?’ Select the ‘Open Zoom Meetings’ button
OT’s OLM View:
OGL’s Online Group View:
My Calendar page
- Go to the My Calendar page by selecting the ‘My Calendar’ button in the upper right-hand corner of bsfonline.org
- OT/AOTs: Select the Host Meeting Link in the Leaders Meeting blue box
- AOTS: Select the Host Meeting Link in the Leaders Meeting AOT blue box
- OGLs: Select the Host Meeting Link in the Group Meeting gold box
- Your web browser will ask you if you want to ‘Open Zoom Meetings?’ Select the ‘Open Zoom Meetings’ button
- Copy the link using the ‘Copy Link’ button in the Join Meeting section; This function copies the meeting link to your device’s clipboard and can be shared with your Online Group Leaders (OGLs) or Online Group Members (OGMs) to join your meeting. Read more information here: Leader - Host Link vs Participant Link
OT/AOT’s OLM View:
OGL’s Online Group View:
Cannot Join or Start your Online Meeting?
Whether you use a desktop computer, laptop, tablet or phone to join your weekly discussion group from the Join Meeting or Start Meeting buttons on the BSF Online website -- please disable your pop-up blocker on your Internet browser. The following Support articles can help you with this:
If you use a tablet or phone to join your weekly discussion group from the Join Meeting button on the BSF Online website, make sure you have the Zoom application downloaded to your device.