how do you set up a zoom conference call

Date and Time: Make sure this is the date and time for your time zone.This only impacts your personal meeting room. Personal Link: You can edit the end of your personal link so that people will recognize it as yours.Personal Meeting ID: You can edit this to a number you will remember like your office phone number.See Pronouns in Zoom for more information. Pronouns: If you would like your chosen pronouns to show up in your Zoom meetings, you can add them to your profile.

This licensing is automatically applied to your account.

Zoom offers a “Pro” license which allows unlimited one-on-one video conferencing and meetings and classes with larger groups.

See our article What will Cloud Authentication Look Like? for instructions logging into Zoom.

Sign up for a Zoom account at, click SIGN IN and enter your UI email address and password. See Zoom to Microsoft Stream Video Migration Guide for instructions to migrate to Stream and set permissions for courses. It must be immediately downloaded to a secure location like Microsoft Stream or OneDrive. Note: Zoom storage is NOT approved to store recordings containing FERPA data. See Zoom's instructions Deleting local or cloud recordings for more information. There is extra need for storage of recording of online/Hyflex classes so it is important to delete recordings regularly. U of I does not have unlimited Zoom storage space. Note: If you record a meeting please download the video and delete it from Zoom cloud within a week. All faculty, staff and students have a Zoom account. We interact with Zoom through a browser webpage () or an application (available for Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android) to schedule, start and control meetings and classes. People use it to make phone calls or to participate in video conference meetings. Zoom allows our room-based (codec) video equipment to connect with other video systems both internal and external to UI. Zoom is an online audio and web conferencing platform. Students: See BbLearn Student Help for Zoom for useful information specific to students

How do you set up a zoom conference call