Zoom is a cloud-based communication platform that combines video conferencing, online meetings, chat, and mobile collaboration.

All UCR faculty, staff, students, and affiliates have access to an Education account by logging in with UCR NetID. This licensed account type allows video conferences of up to 24 hours with up to 300 participants at a time.

Download and log into Zoom at https://ucr.zoom.us/ with your NetID and password.

• Getting Started
• Getting Started on Windows and Mac 

To Increase Meeting Security at Set-Up Stage:

• Create a Unique Meeting ID
• Set Screen Sharing to Host-Only
• Enable Waiting Room
• Embed Password in Link for One-Click Join
• Mute Participants Upon Entry
• Host and Co-Host Controls in a Meeting (skip video to 1:02) 
• Limit meeting access to UCR-users only:
  • Select “Require Authentication to Join” and then choose “Sign into UCR Zoom.”  Please have participants log in using their UCR credentials 

• Video Conferencing with Audio and Mute options
• Breakout Rooms for Small Group Participation
• Screen Sharing
• Recording
  • XCITE advises that you record in Zoom and store recordings in YuJa
• Polling
• Live Chat

• Host and Co-Host Controls in a Meeting (skip video to 1:02)
• How Do I Share My Screen? (skip video to 0:37)
• Sharing a Whiteboard
• Recording in Zoom

Please view the How and where to save your Zoom lectures and recordings in Yuja PDF.

You can follow the step-by-step instructions to: 

• Connect YuJa to Zoom to automatically store your Zoom Cloud recordings.
• Preserve and maintain all of your existing Zoom Cloud recordings using YuJa
• Screen Sharing in Zoom
• Participating in Breakout Rooms
• Zoom Video Settings
• Zoom Audio Settings

• For account access, email multimedia@ucr.edu 
• For best practices and use, email XCITE@ucr.edu