Create a Zoom account using your IU email and passphrase.Visit the Zoom Download Center for the Zoom meeting client.Set up your Zoom account and practice using Zoom before you use it to host a class. With Zoom, you can collaborate and host class sessions online through high-quality video and audio, breakout rooms for group activities, the ability to record and download meetings, and more features to facilitate distance learning. If none of that works we may be able to help.Zoom is a tool available to all faculty, students, and staff at IU. Zoom Learning Center also offers a searchable bank of video tutorials. Troubleshooting camera issues during a meeting.Zoom Support offers a range of ways to troubleshoot problems or get answers.

If you’d like to use one of our paid accounts email us at Please give us at least two week's notice. This is usually manageable for group meetings.īut in cases where you need unlimited call times – such as open or formal meetings or online events – we have a few paid accounts that are available for groups. But you can get around this by restarting it afterwards – and refreshing the limit.

Need more time?Ĭalls on the free account are limited to 40 minutes. You don’t need an account to join a Zoom meeting but you will to set up meetings.

Breakout rooms – if you want to break into small group discussions.

Dial in – to allow people to call in via their phone (they will be charged at their normal call rate).

Chatbox – good for managing whose turn it is to speak, or as a backup for those who can’t.

Host controls – mute participants, record the meeting, create 'breakout' rooms, remove attendees.

Recording – a great way to make an online event accessible to people who couldn’t attend.

Screensharing – useful for sharing a presentation or a meeting agenda.

Zoom has useful features for both group meetings and bigger, online events:

How to create a zoom meeting