Zoom is a secure web conferencing platform for online/hybrid classrooms, office hours, and student study groups. Features include polling, breakout rooms, and office hours with waiting rooms. Users can join Zoom meetings via desktops, mobile devices, and by phone.
To learn more about the features available in Zoom and how to use them please check out Zoom 101 on YouTube.
ACCOUNT TYPES
- Licensed - Faculty, Advisors, select Staff members
- Basic - Staff, Students, Alumni with valpo.edu accounts
- A Basic Zoom account allows meetings of 300 participants for 40 minutes.
- There are no time limits for a 1-to-1 Zoom call.
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| If you would like to host an event/meeting for more than 40 minutes please place a ticket with the Help Desk to get a temporary license assigned to your account. We ask that you continue to use Google Meet for simple standard meetings. |
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SETTING UP YOUR ACCOUNT
- Navigate to the Valpo hosted Zoom Web Portal
- Select the bottom option Sign In
- Enter your Valpo Gmail credentials and select login.
- Your Zoom account has been created.
- When having to log in again you may use a couple of different methods:
- Visit the Valpo hosted Zoom Web Portal > Sign In
- If you use Chrome and have sync activated you may be automatically logged in
- Visit zoom.us > Sign in via SSO
- enter valpo-edu as the domain
- Already have a Zoom account registered with your .edu email?
- Head to the Valpo hosted Zoom Web Portal > Sign In
- You will be asked to consolidate your account under the university's Zoom account
- Any scheduled meetings will transfer
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For Zoom related inquiries please email zoom@valpo.edu for further assistance. |
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