Zoom
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Zoom is a cloud-based video conferencing and collaboration platform that enables remote communication and collaboration through virtual meetings, webinars, and online events. UCI Zoom accounts are available for all current students, staff, and faculty.
Zoom AI Features Now Available
Zoom’s AI Companion is now available for UCI Zoom. To use Zoom AI Companion in meetings you host, you must opt in to Zoom AI in your individual account settings. At this time, Zoom AI Companion is not available for anyone under the UCI-HIPAA Zoom instance.
Zoom is a popular video conferencing software that allows people to communicate and collaborate remotely. Zoom offers a variety of features, including video and audio conferencing, screen sharing, recording, and virtual backgrounds. It can be used on desktop and mobile devices and supports multiple participants from various locations. Zoom’s ease of use and flexibility has made it a go-to solution for virtual meetings and events, both personal and professional.
Key Features Include
- Video conferencing: Host and join video meetings with features such as screen sharing, recording, virtual backgrounds, and breakout rooms.
- Audio conferencing: Join meetings via phone, VoIP, or both.
- Webinars: Host and join webinars with features such as Q&A, polling, and recording.
- Collaboration: Collaborate and communicate with participants through chat, file sharing, and virtual whiteboards.
- Security: Ensure secure meetings and webinars through features such as password protection, waiting rooms, and encryption.
- Accessibility: Support accessibility features such as closed captioning, keyboard accessibility, and screen reader support.
- Zoom AI Companion: Meeting summaries, smart recordings, in-meeting questions, white board generation.
Zoom Apps
Zoom Apps are available for Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android.
You can also use the Zoom Web App
UCI Zoom Help Center
Visit our Zoom Help Center for a comprehensive guide to using Zoom at UCI, including:
- Quick Start Guide to UCI Zoom
- AI Companion
- Alternative and co-hosts
- Breakout rooms
- HIPAA-compatible option
- Polls
- Record Meetings
- Reports
- Transcripts, captions and translation
- Webinars and large meetings
- Whiteboard and annotation
- Manage Zoom cloud recordings
- Zoom Rooms
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AT A GLANCE
REQUIREMENTS
COST
No additional cost
ELIGIBILITY
Faculty, Staff, Graduate Students,
Undergraduate Students