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Zoom - Personalize Your Account

Below is an overview on how to personalize your Zoom account.

Personalize your Zoom account by adding a Profile Picture, Personal Meeting ID, and Personal Link.

Adding a Profile Picture 

It is recommended that you have a profile photo for your Zoom account. When you turn your camera off everyone in the meeting will see your picture. This helps everyone to get to know who you are and create a sense of community in the online meeting. You can change you picture at any time. Some fun ideas include; using a photo that shows your personality, outdoor in the winter, on summer vacation, wearing your Bison shirt/hat, or anything that tells others who you are.

  • Log into the NDSU Zoom web portal
  • Click on Profile, top left side of page
  • Next, you will see a page with your name, no picture, and a link to change
  • Click on the Change link to add your profile picture. Note: the picture must be .jpg/jpeg, .gif or .png with a size smaller than 2M
  • Click on the Upload button and Browse your computer for the picture you would like to use
  • Your picture will show up in a window allowing you to adjust make some adjustment to the cropping of the picture
  • Once set the way you want, click Save

Create a Personal Meeting ID

  • Click on the Edit link in the Meeting section, below the profile picture.
  • Enter a 10-digit number, your choice, for your Personal Meeting ID
  • Click the box to Use Personal Meeting ID for instant meetings

Create a Personal Link

  • Click on the Customize link in the Personal Link section
  • Enter your Personal Link Name in the portion of the existing URL, using 5 to 40 characters (letter, numbers, and period only)
  • Click Save Changes

    Add a Virtual Background

    Zoom Virtual Background feature allows you to use one of several sample background images or to create your own. To create your own, upload your background image, no size restrictions, however, make sure the image is captured using 16:9, 12 x 720 or 1920 x 1080. That way it fits the Zoom frame without distortions.

    Zoom provides great instructions and a video walk-through on their Virtual Background web page.



    Keywords:
    Zoom, Zoom Profile Picture, Zoom Personal Meeting ID, Zoom Personal Link, Web Conferencing, Student Engagement, virtual background 
    Doc ID:
    105347
    Owned by:
    Lori S. in NDSU IT Knowledge Base
    Created:
    2020-08-27
    Updated:
    2024-08-13
    Sites:
    NDSU IT Knowledge Base