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Instructors can either:Invite the Zoom Room to join the meeting as a participantEnter a Meeting ID to join the already-begun meeting with the Zoom RoomIn all cases, the Zoom meeting host should first log in to the Zoom client with their own laptop and join the meeting before joining with…
When you schedule a Zoom meeting for a course, it’s important also to book the Zoom Room as a location for your recurring course meeting. You can do this by using Outlook to send an invitation to the Zoom Room.To book the Zoom Room for the recurring meeting for your course:
To enable annotations for your Zoom meetings:Log in to your Cornell Zoom account, then click Settings.Under In Meeting (Basic), scroll down to the Annotation option. 
Not currently.While Zoom has introduced end-to-end encryption for meetings and webinars (as of October 2020), users should be aware that, when activated, it disables many common features, including: join before host, cloud recording, live transcription, Breakout Rooms, polling, direct chat to other…
As of January 2021, the Live Transcription feature, which includes automated captioning, is enabled for all Cornell Zoom hosts by default.Zoom offers the ability to provide real-time automatic speech recognition (ASR) captions and transcripts for meetings and webinars. In-session ASR captions and…
Previously, Zoom offered a Plug-in for Outlook that is no longer supported by Microsoft and Apple. This Zoom plug-in is deprecated and any remaining copies should be removed—follow the instructions under Remove the Deprecated Zoom Plug-In for Outlook below.
Cornell Zoom user accounts are recognized when you log in using Cornell’s Single Sign On through the Cornell Zoom website or using the “cornell” domain when signing in through the desktop application.
Since May 24, 2020, passwords have been required for scheduling Zoom meetings and webinars with Cornell accounts.When updating Zoom events, use the same program, plugin, or add-in that you used when originally scheduling the event. In particular, instructors whose Zoom sessions are linked to…
Webinars are best suited for larger audiences and events open to the public, where attendees do not need to interact with each another. For details about the differences between Zoom meetings and webinars, see Meeting and webinar comparison.
Breakout rooms allow meeting hosts to split up meeting participants into as many as 100 separate sessions. The meeting host can choose to split the participants of the meeting into these separate sessions automatically or manually, or they can allow participants to select and enter breakout…
You must already have a room resource EGA account set up before you request a Zoom account. (Information about creating a resource account can be found at Request a New Resource Account.)If you have the existing room resource account,
If you signed up for Zoom using the public (non-Cornell) website, zoom.us, you may find yourself identified as a “Guest” and placed into a waiting room or barred from meetings that are set up only for Cornell authorized users. Taking the steps outlined below will switch your account to Cornell’s…
Learn More Other articles that can help you protect meetings and courses:
The steps outlined below reflect the default Zoom Meetings settings. If attendees to a meeting you have scheduled are experiencing different waiting room or authentication behavior, or your options are not what you expect when scheduling a meeting, double-check your account settings.
OverviewFor Zoom meetings, the meeting owner is the user who either schedules the meeting or has it scheduled on their behalf. The meeting owner also owns any cloud recording of the meeting.
Leave video off when you don’t need itFor meetings where seeing each other isn’t that important, turning your camera off is the easiest way to reduce the amount of data going in and out of your computer. You can adjust your settings, so you always join meetings with your camera off, and choose to…
Cornell’s Center for Teaching Innovation supports the Cornell teaching community with individualized services, programs, institutes, and campus-wide initiatives. Their Video and Multimedia section includes information about using Canvas, Zoom, Panopto, Kaltura, and more to enhance student…
Use the Zoom Add-in for Microsoft Outlook (Windows or Mac)If you have the Zoom add-in for Microsoft Outlook installed, use this method to add a Zoom session to an existing Outlook calendar meeting. You cannot add a Zoom session to individual calendar entries in the past.
Keep Zoom meetings and webinars private and safe from unwanted attendees and Zoombombing and learn about Strategies to Block AI Bots from Zoom Sessions.Meetings vs.

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