Zoom FAQ
Below are frequently asked questions about our 91猫先生 Zoom accounts. If you have a question not answered below, feel free to reach out to the 聽and/or view 聽for additional assistance.
Licensing and Sign in
Who can get a 91猫先生 Zoom license?
Employees needing to host Zoom sessions with more than two participants longer 40 minutes can get a 91猫先生 Zoom licensed account. When you sign in (see below) for the first time, your account is automatically created.
How can I sign in to my 91猫先生 Zoom account?
Go to and click on "Sign in." When directed to a 91猫先生 sign in page, enter your 91猫先生 account information. Once you are signed in you can edit your profile, view and change settings, and schedule meetings. You can also download and sign in to the . When signing in to the Zoom App or from zoom.us be sure to select聽sign in with SSO and enter "hampshire" in the company domain field.听 You will then be directed to a 91猫先生 sign in page.
I'm an employee, and I'm not sure if I really need the fully licensed version. Should I still sign in and get a license?
We have not purchased licenses for every employees so if you don't expect to host sessions for more than 40 minutes with more than two participants,聽let us know聽you don't need the full account. We can make your account a basic level in the 91猫先生 system that does not take up a license.听There are no restrictions or limitations when attending Zoom meetings.
Can 91猫先生 students use the 91猫先生 license?
We can have unlimited basic users (unlicensed) in our account. Students that log into the 91猫先生 Zoom will automatically get a basic account that does not use one of our licenses. With a basic account, the meetings you host will be limited to 40 minutes if you have more than two participants. There are no restrictions or limitations when attending Zoom meetings.
There are a few instances like TA's, student workers, or divisional projects that a student will require having a Zoom license. Please reach out to the IT Help Desk to inquire about licenses available for your circumstance.
Students using a basic 91猫先生 Zoom account will have their access removed upon conversion to an alumni account. Alumni can always use a free Zoom account on the non-91猫先生 site.
Can I use a departmental 91猫先生 account with Zoom?
If you want to use a departmental account, you can, but please limit the number of licenses your department is using by asking the Help Desk to downgrade any individual accounts to basic accounts when possible. Meetings hosted in a basic account will be limited to 40 mins if you have more than two participants, but there are no limitations on attending meetings. If you would like us to change any account to basic, please email the Help Desk.
Using the Zoom App Client
We recommend you use and update the for the best experience. It is important to check for updates inside of the app on a regular basis, or visit the page to always get the latest release.
Get Automatic Updates in the Zoom Client
You can turn on automatic updates right in the Zoom client. Here鈥檚 how it works:聽
- In Settings, under General, select the 鈥楢utomatically keep my Zoom up to date鈥 checkbox to apply automatic updates.
- You will be prompted to enter your computer account credentials to give automatic updates permission to run, but it will only be required when enabling this setting.
- Once a new version of Zoom is available and you鈥檙e not in a Zoom Meeting, you will be prompted to update. If you鈥檙e in a meeting, you will be prompted with the update immediately after it ends.
- You may also express a preference for how frequently to receive updates. The 鈥楽low鈥 option, selected by default, provides less frequent updates and focuses on maximizing stability. The 鈥楩ast鈥 option allows you to adopt the latest features and updates as soon as they become available. When critical security updates are involved, updates will go to everyone.
For more information about automatic updates, view the Zoom Blog post
Features
I've seen or heard about breakout rooms, co-hosts, polling, and other advanced features, but I don't see those options in my meetings.听 How can I get these features?
Many of the advanced features need to be first turned on in your settings. Go to , sign in, then click on settings on the left side menu. Scroll through the settings and decide which ones you want to have on or off. If you ever want to experiment with various settings, please ask an IT support staff member to join you in some testings.
How to Add Pronouns to Your Zoom Profile
With the Pronouns feature, you can add your pronouns directly to your user profile.听Note: You must 聽to 5.7.0 or greater to use the Pronouns feature.听When you add pronouns to your profile, they are visible to your Zoom contacts as part of your Zoom profile card in the Zoom desktop client and mobile app. You can also choose when or if your pronouns are shown during a meeting that you host or join, or webinar that you are the host or panelist for. Webinar attendees鈥 pronouns are never visible.
- Sign in to the .
- In the navigation panel, click Profile.
- On the right side of your name, click Edit.
- In the Pronouns field, enter your pronouns.
- In the How would you like to share your pronouns? select your preference.
- Click Save
鈥婩or more help with the Pronouns feature, please visit the聽 help article in the .
What can hosts do that a co-host cannot do?
Co-hosts do not have access to the following controls as they are only available as host controls in a meeting:
- Start closed captioning and assign someone or a third-party to provide closed captioning
- Start live streaming
- End meeting for all participants
- Make another participant a co-host
- Start waiting room (co-hosts can place participants in the waiting room or admit/remove participants from the waiting room)
Co-hosts also cannot start a meeting. If a host needs someone else to start the meeting, they can assign an alternative host in the meeting set up. This alternative host must have a 91猫先生 licensed Zoom account. For more information, view the Zoom help center article and video聽.
Can I use Zoom with my Moodle course site?
Yes, our Zoom/Moodle integration makes it easier for you to display the meetings and recordings related to a particular course in one place that is readily available to you and your students. Any meetings you create from a Moodle course will display only in that course and not in others. Please view our聽听颈苍
Live transcription
Zoom has a variety of options for creating closed captioning which provides subtitles of the spoken in-meeting communications. In meetings, the host or another meeting attendee assigned by the host can provide manual captioning, an can provide the captioning, or Zoom鈥檚 live transcription feature can automatically provide captions. If you are unable to provide captioning manually or with a third-party service, the live transcription feature can be used, but has limitations.
Starting Closed Caption or Live Transcript in a meeting
To start Closed Caption or Live Transcript in a Zoom meeting or webinar:
- In a Zoom meeting or webinar you are hosting, click the Closed Caption CC icon or Live Transcript CC icon if that feature is enabled.听
- Select one of the following options:
- Assigns a participant to type closed captions during the meeting.
- I will type: Opens the closed captioning window for you to manually type closed captions.
- Copy the API token: Copy the URL you can provide to a聽third-party closed captioning service聽to .
- Enable Auto-Transcription: This allows the system to start providing live transcription. Participants will be notified that this service is available. This option is only available if enabled in web settings.
For more details about these options, please visit the 聽page in the聽.
Virtual Backgrounds
The Virtual Background feature allows you to display an image or video as your background during a Zoom meeting. This feature works best with a physical green screen and uniform lighting to allow Zoom to detect the difference between you and your background, although a physical green screen is not required. You can upload your own images or videos as a virtual background, or use nothing and just instead.
痴颈蝉颈迟听 in the Zoom Help Center to learn all about using virtual background images in Zoom. You can browse and download virtual backgrounds from a collection curated by Zoom .
Security and Access Management
The sharp increase in the use of Zoom has exposed some security concerns either with Zoom's own security protocols or with bad actors infiltrating meetings to cause mischief or spread malware. Zoom has created a list of聽聽to ensure that your meeting is secure, but below are some important ones we want to call your attention to.
Waiting Room and Passcode Requirements as of September 27, 2020
Starting September 27 2020, Zoom requires that all meetings have a Passcode or a Waiting Room enabled for all paid accounts. Please visit the Zoom support page聽, for additional details and suggestions.
Can I control who can enter my meeting?
- Enable Waiting Room: You can enable the Waiting Room feature. This security enhancement is one of the best ways to protect your Zoom sessions by giving you control over who can join your meeting and when. The virtual Waiting Room can be enabled for every meeting (in your settings) or individual meetings at the scheduling level. Watch one of Zoom's brief videos to learn how to enable 聽or view this .
- Lock your meeting: You can also lock a session after everyone has entered so no one else can join.听 Once everyone is in a session, click Participants at the bottom of your Zoom window. In the Participants window at the very bottom, click More ^ and select Lock Meeting.
- Remove Participants:聽From that Participants menu, you can mouse over a participant鈥檚 name, and several options will appear, including Remove. Click that to kick someone out of the meeting. When you do remove someone, they can鈥檛 rejoin the meeting. But you can adjust your settings to allow removed participants to rejoin in case you boot the wrong person.
Meeting IDs
It鈥檚 best practice to generate a random meeting ID for your session, so it can鈥檛 be shared multiple times. This is the better alternative to using your Personal Meeting ID, which is not advised because it鈥檚 basically an ongoing meeting that鈥檚 always running.听Avoid using your Personal Meeting ID (PMI) to host public events. When you share your meeting link on social media or other public forums, that makes your event 鈥 extremely public. ANYONE with the link can join your meeting.
Use Meeting Passcode
Meetings should require passcodes for an added layer of security. Passcodes can be set at the individual meeting level or enabled at the user, group, or account level for all meetings and webinars. View the Zoom Help Center article on聽聽for more details and instruction.
How can I control screen sharing?
Zoom recently updated the default screen-sharing settings for education users to give instructors more control over what students see and prevent them from sharing random content. Sharing privileges are now set to 鈥淗ost Only,鈥 so teachers, by default, are the only ones who can share content in class.
However, if students need to share their work with the group, you can allow screen sharing in the host controls. Click the arrow next to Share Screen and then Advanced Sharing Options. Under 鈥淲ho can share?鈥 choose 鈥淎ll Patricipants鈥 and close the window. You can also change the default sharing option to All Participants in your Zoom settings at .
I've heard using the Zoom app is less secure. Can I use Zoom in my web browser?
By default we have enabled the option to display "If you cannot download or run the application, start from your browser." when joining a meeting. Click on the start from your browser to join the meeting in your browser instead of the app. We suggest you use Chrome as other browsers do not let you join the computer audio. You can find instructions for uninstalling the Zoom software on a Mac , but note that two different procedures depending on which version of the Zoom client you have.听
What are some best practices for securing my Zoom meetings?
Zoom comes pre-stocked with numerous security features designed to control online classrooms, prevent disruption, and help educators effectively teach remotely. Here are some聽聽provided by Zoom for securing your virtual classroom. Check out this posted on April 8, 2020, to review the new enhancements for ensuring the security and privacy of your account. To update to the latest version of Zoom, visit their聽. To get more tips and tricks for securely using Zoom, check out聽聽or the聽.
Webinars
What is the difference between a meeting and a webinar?
According to the ,
The Meeting and Webinar platforms offer similar features and functionality but have some key differences.
Meetings are designed to be a collaborative event with all participants being able to screen share, turn on their video and audio, and see who else is in attendance. Webinars are designed so that the host and any designated panelists can share their video, audio and screen.
Webinars allow view-only attendees. They have the ability to interact via Q&A, Chat, and answering polling questions. The host can also unmute the attendees. Attendees in webinars, can not rename themselves as well.
For more detailed webinar information and feature comparison, please view
Can I schedule a webinar?
We use a dedicated IT account for scheduling and managing webinars up to 500 participants. If you have an event you believe would benefit from being in the webinar format, please send an email to Rae Ann Wentworth-Cadieux with the details of your event.
Can I record my meeting?
All Zoom hosts can record locally to their computer unless this feature has been disabled by their Zoom account owner or admin. Hosts who are Licensed聽can also record to the Zoom cloud. In a Zoom meeting, press Record to start the recording. Learn more about and .听
Where do I find my recording?
By default, local recordings are saved to your documents folder. Cloud recordings can be found on the page of your Zoom web portal.
Get Help
How can I get more help?
If you have any questions or problems, please let us know at聽helpdesk@hampshire.edu or enter an聽聽(login required).听 Additionally, Zoom has excellent documentation and video tutorials on their聽.听
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