OSU Zoom Required Version: 6.1 or Higher Starting September 16th - Update Now
Zoom is Oregon State University's official video conferencing platform, and is the recommended client for use during campus closures. Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to use Zoom to create and host high-quality online meetings, classes and events, and leverage Zoom's video, chat, breakout rooms, screen-sharing and whiteboard capabilities.
Brand new to Zoom? Check out our Getting Started guide, with installation instructions and tips for basic Zoom use.
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With the advent of issues such as "zoombombing" — an act where malicious individuals join a Zoom meeting and interject content that is vulgar, discriminatory or personally upsetting — it's important to take strong security measures.
Zoom has released an article with some helpful Zoom security topics, including best practices on how to properly configure your meetings and set up a waiting room.
More information and instruction on how to establish security settings in Zoom:
Get the help and information you need on a variety of topics by browsing our comprehensive list of learning and support resources from Zoom and UIT, as well as live and recorded training opportunities offered by Zoom.
Support and Training Resources
Information Services has a growing collection of knowledge base articles on common Zoom processes and issues, from how to pull meeting attendance and set up virtual office hours, to troubleshooting audio and disabling disruptive video.
Academic Technologies has created a series of Zoom help videos, with topics ranging from class meeting settings and participant controls, to security and waiting room settings.
If you haven't found what you're looking for, or you're just looking for a quick solution to a simple issue, there's a good chance you'll find it in our collection of FAQs.