UCI Zoom accounts are available for all current students, staff, and faculty to support remote teaching, learning, and working at UCI.
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Quick start guide for UCI Zoom
Everything you need to know to start using Zoom today.
Download the desktop Zoom app
Zoom’s desktop application often provides a more reliable experience than the web browser interface.
Tools
AI Companion
Meeting hosts may optionally enable AI Companion features for assistance with meeting summaries and more. Important considerations apply.
Alternative and co-hosts
An alternative host can start a meeting and run it whether or not the original host is present. A co-host can help manage a meeting, but the host must be present at the start.
Breakout rooms
Meeting hosts can split their participants into breakout rooms in order to divide a larger group of attendees into sub-groups that can converse with one another.
HIPAA-compatible option
If you plan to use Zoom for any interactions/information covered under HIPAA, then you may need a HIPAA-compatible account.
Polls
Meeting hosts can run polls for their attendees through Zoom’s built-in polling tool.
Record meetings
Zoom meetings can be automatically or manually recorded.
Reports
Zoom can provide post-meeting reports for things like attendance tracking.
Transcripts, captions, and translation
Learn about the different ways to transcribe, add captions, or provide translations for your Zoom meetings.
Webinars and large meetings
If you need to host a webinar or large meeting, there are account upgrades available.
Whiteboard and annotation
Meeting attendees and hosts can collaborate through a virtual whiteboard as well as annotation tools.
Manage Zoom cloud recordings
Learn how to find, organize, download, and delete unneeded cloud recordings
UCI Zoom Backgrounds
Strategic Communications has created a set of beautiful UCI images you can use as Zoom backgrounds. A small subset is already available on UCI Zoom. View and download more.
Zoom Rooms
Departments may purchase a Zoom Room license in order to configure a conference room or meeting space for efficient drop-in Zoom use.
Important Resources
Canvas integration
The UCI Canvas integration with Zoom can make it easier for students to see and access your meetings by displaying them within Canvas.
Accessibility
Ensure that your Zoom meetings are accessible to all your attendees.
Privacy, security, and misuse
Learn about applicable campus privacy, security, and misuse policies, as well as how to set up Zoom to make it more secure and prevent “Zoombombing.”
Zoom for large classes
Regular UCI Zoom accounts can host meetings with a maximum of 300 simultaneous participants. Instructors teaching large classes with 300 or more students will receive additional assistance from Classroom Technologies to ensure that they have the tools they need for their courses.