Collaboration - Zoom
- Jia Wen Li
- Palak Chauhan
- Natasha Jennings
About this service
Zoom provides videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform and is used for teleconferencing, telecommuting, distance education, and social interactions. Zoom offers two types of virtual room services:
Meetings - designed to be a collaborative event with all participants being able to screen share, turn on their video and audio, and see who else is in attendance.
Webinars - designed so that the host and any designated panelists can share their video, audio and screen. Webinars allow view-only attendees. They have the ability to interact via Q&A, Chat, and answering polling questions. The host can also unmute the attendees.
View Zoom's Meeting and webinar comparison chart.
Licensing information | For employees and graduate students The University's license includes Pro/Educational features that will be assigned to Faculty, staff, and graduate students. These include:
For undergraduate students The undergrad student Basic license includes 100 seats, a 40-minute per meeting time allowance, and local storage for recordings. |
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Creating and accessing Zoom accounts | If you do not have an existing Zoom account: Faculty, staff, and students can create an account by going to https://uwaterloo.zoom.us, clicking Sign In, and logging in with their username@uwaterloo.ca credentials. If you have an existing Zoom account: Migrate your account to the campus-wide license using the steps below.
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Who can use this service | Students, Instructors, Staff |
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