- Download Zoom
- Sign in with SSO
- Test your account
- Equipment you will need
- Meetings and Webinars
- Adding and sharing your pronouns
- Security and privacy
- Recordings
- Training
- Help
You must install Zoom for your device before you can use it:
If you can't install Zoom on your University supplied computer this may be due to security restrictions we put in place. If this happens please contact the IT Helpdesk.
You can also sign in to your Zoom account online.
Join a test meeting to familiarise yourself with Zoom and to test your internet connection, equipment and settings.
For the best Zoom experience you'll need a webcam and a headset.
The University can provide these for you - please speak to your departmental or section administrator.
The Meeting and Webinar platforms offer similar features and functionality but have some key differences:
Note, you'll need a Zoom Webinar license to schedule and host Zoom Webinars. Webinar licences are currently available on request by emailing webinars@essex.ac.uk.
The easiest way to join a meeting or webinar is to click the meeting link in your email invitation or calendar event - this will open Zoom and join the meeting automatically.
The meeting link will look something like this: https://essex-university.zoom.us/j/549341203
Learn about other ways to join meetings and webinars.
You can add a University of Essex background to appear during your meeting or webinar. A selection of University of Essex Zoom backgrounds have been added to Box.
We recommend using the Zoom for Outlook Add-In but you can also schedule from the Zoom web portal.
You can give a colleague scheduling privileges so they can schedule meetings on your behalf.
Learn about other ways to schedule meetings.
You'll need a webinar license to schedule and host webinars. Licenses are currently available on request by emailing webinars@essex.ac.uk.
Once you have a license you can schedule webinars from the Zoom web portal - you can't schedule webinars from Outlook.
You have a number of options when scheduling webinars:
Learn more about meeting and webinar best practices.
With the Pronouns feature, you can add your pronouns directly to your user profile.
See Getting the best from Zoom.
If you want to record your meeting, we recommend you record automatically in the cloud:
Learn more about recording meetings.
To access your recordings, sign in to the Zoom web portal and choose the Recordings tab.
From here you can download, share or delete your recordings.