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Zoom
Below is an overview of Zoom at NDSU.
Overview
NDSU has a campus-wide license for Zoom for all faculty, staff, and students. Zoom is a platform designed to enhance collaboration and productivity with features like virtual meetings, screen sharing, webinars, and phone capabilities. Zoom can be used on desktop/laptop computers and mobile devices (smartphones and tablets).
For more detailed information about each product visit their separate KB page:
- Zoom Phone - A cloud-based phone service that uses voice over internet protocol (VoIP)
- Zoom Meetings - A communication platform that allows users to connect with video, audio, phone, and chat.
- Zoom Host - is the "owner" of a meeting and can administer the host controls
- Zoom Participant - is someone who attends a meeting
- Zoom Collaborative Tools - Tools that allow users to instantly collaborate with others seamlessly
- Zoom Webinars - High-quality video broadcast from Zoom
- Zoom Rooms - Zoom Rooms is a Hardware-based conference room system that allows one button push to connect your classroom to your Zoom connection
Getting Started
To use your official NDSU Zoom account, you must first log in to the NDSU Zoom portal to activate your account.
Best Practices
Learn More/How To's
FAQs
Use Cases
- Zoom Meetings can be used for classes, meetings, interviews, student help hours, advising, and other activities
- Zoom Rooms can be used in the classroom to easily launch synchronous classes
- Zoom Phone can be used to dial and receive calls
- Zoom Webinars can be used for campus events