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Zoom is free for anyone invited to attend a meeting. If you'd like to host a meeting for your class or college-related business see below.
 
Zoom is free for anyone invited to attend a meeting. If you'd like to host a meeting for your class or college-related business see below.
 
===About Zoom Accounts===
 
===About Zoom Accounts===
* A Zoom account is only required if you want to host a meeting. You do not need an account to attend a meeting.
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Zoom accounts are available by logging in to [https://evergreen.zoom.us evergreen.zoom.us] with your My Evergreen login and password.
* Zoom Basic accounts are free and allow meetings up to 40 min. with up to 100 attendees. One-on-one meetings are not limited to 40 minutes.
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* Zoom Basic accounts are available for Evergreen members and allow meetings up to 40 min. with up to 100 attendees. One-on-one meetings are not limited to 40 minutes.
* Zoom Pro accounts allow for meetings longer than 40 minutes and can host up to 300 participants.
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* Zoom Pro accounts allow for meetings longer than 40 minutes and can host up to 300 participants.  
** Pro accounts can be auto-provisioned in Canvas for instructors or requested at help.evergreen.edu.  
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** All faculty are automatically assigned a Pro account.
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** Staff or students needing a pro account can request one at help.evergreen.edu.  
 
** Please only request a Pro account if you need to host a multi-participant conference longer than 40 minutes.
 
** Please only request a Pro account if you need to host a multi-participant conference longer than 40 minutes.
  

Revision as of 10:51, 30 October 2020

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Zoom provides video conferencing, screen sharing and messaging across any device.

Getting Started

Zoom is free for anyone invited to attend a meeting. If you'd like to host a meeting for your class or college-related business see below.

About Zoom Accounts

Zoom accounts are available by logging in to evergreen.zoom.us with your My Evergreen login and password.

  • Zoom Basic accounts are available for Evergreen members and allow meetings up to 40 min. with up to 100 attendees. One-on-one meetings are not limited to 40 minutes.
  • Zoom Pro accounts allow for meetings longer than 40 minutes and can host up to 300 participants.
    • All faculty are automatically assigned a Pro account.
    • Staff or students needing a pro account can request one at help.evergreen.edu.
    • Please only request a Pro account if you need to host a multi-participant conference longer than 40 minutes.

Faculty

First time using Zoom in your Canvas course

Using Zoom

Pre-Assigning Participants to Breakout Rooms

  • Zoom guide: Pre-assigning participants to breakout rooms
    • Go to/sign in at https://evergreen.zoom.us
    • In the menu at left of the page, click “Settings”
    • At the Settings page, under the “Meeting” heading, click “In Meeting (Advanced)”
    • At the “Breakout room” setting, check the box to “Allow host to assign participants to breakout rooms when scheduling” -- that action should just auto-save.
    • Go back to the Canvas site to schedule a meeting and pre-assign participants.

Students

Zoom Basic accounts have been provisioned for all students. For more about using in the classroom see: Zoom for Students.


Staff

  • Zoom Basic accounts have been provisioned for all staff members
  • If you require a Zoom Pro license you can request it from the Tech Support Center by submitting a help ticket.

Using Zoom

See Zoom's Help Center for instructions.


Join a Meeting


Zoom Accessibility Notes

Zoom and Special A/V Requirements

If you have more complex requirements, such as a large-audience broadcast webinars, please make a support request with Electronic Media.




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