Get Started with Zoom

Zoom is a cloud-based videoconferencing and collaboration platform. With Zoom, you have the flexibility to create virtual classrooms and invite students to join from their desktop computers, laptops, tablets, and smartphones. Students can also share content from their devices, such as PowerPoint presentations and YouTube videos. Zoom is available to all faculty, staff, and students for academic purposes.

All UND-Zoom accounts (faculty, staff, and students) are now automatically created with the Pro license, removing the 40-minute meeting limit.

Install and Get Started with Zoom

UND Zoom accounts are automatically created with a pro license. Sign in to Zoom to create your account.

  1. Go to UND.zoom.us.
  2. Click Sign In.
  3. On the NDUS Sign In page, enter your NDUS.Identifier username and password (same as used for Blackboard and Campus Connection).
  4. Click Sign In.
  5. Once signed in, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Download to download and install the Zoom Client for Meetings.
  6. Once the Zoom Meeting Client is downloaded and installed, select Sign in with SSO. Enter und for the company domain and then sign in using your NDUS.Identifier and Password (same as used for Blackboard).
  7. Run and sign into the Zoom Client before joining your Zoom sessions to ensure you are signed into your UND Zoom account. You can tell that you have signed into the correct account by clicking your profile icon (in the top-right of the Zoom home page). In the drop-down menu, you should see colorful text that says 'LICENSED.'

Accessing a Zoom Class Session (Students)

  • If Zoom is being used in you class, your instructor should post a link to your Zoom meeting inside of your Blackboard course site, or they may share the meeting link by email prior to your first class session.
  • Please contact your instructor if you do not have the URL for your class's meeting.

Request Access to Cloud Recording (Faculty/Staff Only)

  • By default, all Zoom accounts have the ability to create Local Recordings. Review Meeting Host Tutorials section below for more details.
  • If you will be using Zoom for a course, and you would like to use Zoom's cloud storage space for your recordings, please complete a Cloud Recording Request Form.
    • Note: Instructors only need to submit a request for cloud recording once. Once instructors have cloud recording applied to their account, it will remain.
  • The cloud recording retention period may be reduced due to increased demand and limited storage space. Zoom cloud recordings are meant to be temporary (current semester or less) and YuJa or OneDrive should be used for longer term storage. Notifications will be sent to users' UND email addresses prior to removal of Zoom cloud recordings. Please download or transfer your recordings to another service as soon as it is practicable in your course.

System Requirements and Test Meeting

Restricted Countries/Regions

For regulatory reasons, users in the following countries and regions are currently unable to access Zoom. Please refer to Zoom's help page or review the US government's list of sanctioned countries for the most up-to-date information.

  • Cuba¹
  • Iran¹
  • North Korea
  • Syria
  • Crimea²

¹ Recent changes to the US sanctions may apply. To determine service eligibility for Cuba, please see the United States' BIS (Bureau of Industry and Security) and OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control). For Iran, please see OFAC's sanctions page.

²  For more information about availability in Ukrainian regions such as Crimea, Luhansk, and Donetsk, please see the United States' EAR (Export Administration Regulations) Code of Federal Regulations: Part 740, Supplement 1. For Crimea, you may also reference Part 746.6.

Training/Tutorials

Zoom has a wide variety of training resources including video tutorials and live training sessions.

Getting Started Tutorials

Meeting Host Tutorials

  • Schedule a Recurring Class Session or Meeting
    • Note: Select "No Fixed Time" for the meeting Recurrence when creating a class link that will be used throughout the semester.
    • Copy the Join URL and add it to your Blackboard course for students.
  • Using Meeting Host Controls
  • Getting Started with Breakout Rooms
  • Recording - There are currently two options for recording in Zoom: Cloud or Local Recording.
    • Creating a Cloud Recording - Available by request only; if you will be using Zoom for a course and would like to use cloud storage for your recordings, please complete a Cloud Recording Request Form. Users will only need to submit one request for cloud recording once per semester, regardless of how many courses they intend to use Zoom with.
      • Note: Due to limited space and high costs for video storage, recordings will be removed one week after the end of the semester. Recording storage will be monitored throughout the semester and quotas may be enforced as needed. Instructors are able to download and save local copies of their recordings at any time.
    • Creating a Local Recording - Local recordings can be copied to OneDrive or Dropbox and shared with participants as needed. Due to file size, local recordings should not be uploaded to Blackboard as a file.

Attend Zoom Training or Watch Recorded Webinars

To learn more about using Zoom, you can register for online live training sessions, view recordings of past sessions, or check out topical training videos.

  • Zoom Getting Started Training Session - Watch a recorded webinar that was hosted by TTaDA, with UND-specific information. 
  • UND's live training (type 'Zoom' into the 'Search Criteria' box) - If you would prefer more interactive training where you and your peers can ask questions and get answers that are customized for users as UND, please sign up for one of our live training sessions. Many are held online, so you can attend from anywhere!
  • Watch Zoom's recorded training sessions and webinars - Log in using our SSO (Single Sign On) option to access a variety of training videos that you can watch on demand. They can be accessed individually, or bundled by topic into 'courses' that you can complete to ensure mastery of any particular topic or feature. Just click on the desired topic, then on the right, click Enroll, then click 'Start Learning Now'. Topics include:
    • Meetings
    • Zoom for Education
    • Zoom Workplace
    • Whiteboard
    • AI companion
  • Zoom's Live Training - If you would prefer more interactive training, where you and your peers can ask questions and get answers customized for users as UND, and hear about your peers' use-casesZoom offers a variety of topics webinars. Scroll down to the 'In Progress' and 'Not Started' sections to see what's available today!
  • Zoomtopia - Zoom's official user conference, held annually online and in-person.

 

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