Recent Security Changes

For security purposes, several Zoom features have been changed or restricted.

Please see the following sections regarding:

Latest Zoom Version

If any of the options discussed below are not available to you, please be sure that you're using the latest version of Zoom.

Signing in with SSO

In order for you and your students to have to the best ease of use and to take full advantage of Zoom, please be sure that each of you are signed into Zoom using SSO (your UT Zoom account) and not a personal Zoom account.

Users will not be able to join a meeting without being signed in to a Zoom account. If you need to have non-UT or otherwise external participants in your meetings, please see Allowing Outside Participants.

Signing In For The First Time

Launch the Zoom Desktop Application
At the "Sign In" window, select "Sign In with SSO"
When prompted for a "Company Domain", enter in "utexas" and click "Continue"
Zoom will open a browser window and take you to a UT EID sign-in page, where you'll need to enter in your UT EID credentials and click "Sign In"
You'll be taken back to the Zoom desktop application and will now be signed in with SSO

Verifying That You're Signed In With Your UT Zoom Account

From the Zoom desktop app, click your profile icon in the upper right corner
Underneath your name, verify that the email address shown is in the format <YOUR_EID>@eid.utexas.edu
1. If your EID is bevo, this should say bevo@eid.utexas.edu
If this does not show an email address of the above format, you'll need to switch to your UT Zoom account

Switching Zoom Accounts

From the Zoom desktop app, click your profile icon in the upper right corner
Select "Switch Account" from the dropdown menu
At the "Sign In" window, select "Sign In with SSO"
When prompted for a "Company Domain", enter in "utexas" and click "Continue"
Zoom will open a browser window and take you to a UT EID sign-in page, where you'll need to enter in your UT EID credentials and click "Sign In"
You'll be taken back to the Zoom desktop application and will now be signed in with SSO

Enabling Private Chat

Private chat between participants is disabled by default.

To enable:

Sign into utexas.zoom.us with your EID and password
Navigate to Settings on the left-hand side of the screen
Scroll down to Chat and enable Private Chat by clicking the toggle button

Allowing Outside Participants

For security reasons, Zoom meetings across campus have been restricted such that they can only be joined by individuals who have a Zoom account - either through UT or their own free Zoom account.

By default, Zoom meetings are restricted to UT Zoom accounts only. UT Zoom accounts will skip the waiting room and be placed directly in the meeting. Other accounts, like free Zoom accounts, will be prevented from joining the meeting.

If you or your students are being placed in the waiting room of a Zoom meeting when you should be joining it directly, please verify that you're using your UT Zoom account.

Enabling Outside Participants

To create a meeting that allows outside participants, you must use the Zoom desktop app or the Zoom web interface. The Canvas Zoom integration cannot be used to create these meetings.

Launch the Zoom desktop app
Click "Schedule"
Create your meeting as desired, with all the meeting options you would normally enable, including any recurrences
In the "Advanced Options" section, click the dropdown under "Only authenticated users can join"
Set this dropdown to "Sign in to Zoom" to allow outside participants with a free Zoom account to join this meeting
Click the "Schedule" button to confirm and schedule the meeting

Meeting Options

Below is a video summarizing Meeting Options and best practices for classes!

Access Meeting Options by logging into utexas.zoom.us with your EID and Password > clicking on Settings on the lefthand side.

Meeting Controls

You can watch a video from Zoom regarding the controls available to you during a meeting below.

Account Settings

To get to your Account Settings:

Navigate here: http://utexas.zoom.com/
Then select 'Sign In'
You will now see your Profile

Scheduling a Meeting

To schedule a meeting:

Log into utexas.zoom.us > log in and select Meetings in the lefthand panel
From there, click "Schedule a New Meeting" to get started!

Scheduling Options

UT Zoom users have a meeting duration limit of 24 hrs.

When you want to Schedule a Meeting, you can customize your meeting with the following options:

Topic: Enter a topic or name for your meeting.
1. Start: Select a date and time for your meeting. You can start your meeting at any time before the scheduled time.
2. Duration: Choose the approximate duration of the meeting. This is only for scheduling purposes. The meeting will not end after this length of time.
3. Time Zone: By default, Zoom will use your computer's time zone. Click the drop-down menu to select a different time zone.
4. *Recurring meeting: Choose if you would like a recurring meeting (the meeting ID will remain the same for each session)
  1. This feature is imperative for online class meetings as it can be posted in Canvas without needing to be updated every session
Video:
1. Host: Choose if you would like the host video on or off when joining the meeting. Even if you choose off, the host will have the option to start their video.
2. Participant: Choose if you would like the participants' videos on or off when joining the meeting. Even if you turn off, the participants will have the option to start their video.
3. Audio: Choose whether to allow users to call in via Telephone only, Computer Audio only, Both, or 3rd Party Audio (if enabled for your account).
Advanced Options: Click on the arrow to view additional meeting options.
Required Meeting Password

This setting is automatically turned on but is highly recommended that it be turned off for ease of use by students.
1. Enable join before host: Allow participants to join the meeting without you or before you join. The meeting will end after 40-minutes for Basic (free) users if 3 or more people join the meeting.
2. Mute participants on entry: If join before host is not enabled, this will mute participants as they join the meeting. Participants can unmute themselves after joining the meeting.
  1. Muting Participants On Entry
    
    We highly recommend that the "Mute participants on entry" option be used whenever possible, for whatever classroom environment you may be emulating. This allows students who may be in loud areas, who may not be quite yet prepared for class, or who might have any other myriad situation, to join the meeting without interrupting the flow of instruction or other disrupting the instructor or other students.
  2. Note: To mute all participants currently in a meeting, see the options to manage participants.
3. Use Personal Meeting ID: Check this if you want to use your Personal Meeting ID. If not selected, a random unique meeting ID will be generated.
4. Record the meeting automatically: Check this if you want the meeting to be automatically recorded. Select if you want it to be recorded locally (to your computer) or to the cloud (zoom.us/recording).
5. List on Public Event List: Post the meeting on the public meeting/webinar list so that anyone can view it. We recommend you add a meeting password to secure your meeting.
6. Alternative hosts: Enter the email address (theusersEID@eid.utexas.edu) of another Zoom user who is Licensed - to allow this user to start the meeting in your absence. Read more about Alternative Hosts.

Student Notifications

By default, once your meeting is scheduled, students will NOT receive an email notification.

However, it will create a calendar event in the student's Canvas account.
Notifications are only sent if a student has enabled the Canvas Calendar to send him/her a notification (this is not enabled by default).

The meeting will appear like below on the students' Canvas Calendar:
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