What is Zoom?
Zoom is one of UCL's supported web conferencing or online classroom platforms.
UCL has acquired Zoom on a 12-month license as it provides greater reliability for staff and students in China. UCL's choice of platform for live teaching will be reviewed during 2020/21 and there is no guarantee that the Zoom license will be extended beyond the ‘remote teaching’ period.
Zoom can be used for a variety of teaching and learning activities, including seminars and interactive group study, Q&A discussions, guest lectures, and tutorials. It provides a range of different functions in a live, or synchronous, learning environment. These features include:
- Audio and video conferencing;
- Presentation and whiteboard facilities;
- Application sharing;
- Text chat for student discussion and questions;
- Tools for hand-raising and reactions;
- Polling;
- Breakout rooms for small group activities.
It can also act as an informal course meeting space and be used with participants from outside of UCL.
The maximum number of participants for a given session (including moderators and presenters) is 300.
UCL has a site-wide licence for Zoom that you can access via your UCL account. To sign up, go to XXX
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Please note that the integration of Zoom with Moodle and Lecturecast is currently under investigation and is not available at this time.
Should I use Zoom, Blackboard Collaborate or Teams for synchronous teaching?
Is Zoom secure?
Digital Education understands that the use of Zoom may raise privacy concerns and this is something we are assessing. The Information Security Group are looking closely at privacy and data security concerns.
Zoom Essentials
Small Group discussion with Zoom Breakout Rooms:
Guide on splitting up a session into smaller groups.
LinkedIn Learning course: Learning Zoom
This course demonstrates how to adjust your camera and audio and run a Zoom meeting.
Zoom at UCL
Digital Education Blog post with an overview of what it can do and how it's been used at UCL.
Ideas for using Zoom
Presenting with Zoom
What do students think of Zoom?
A youtube video from Western Sydney University, Australia which interviews students on their experience of learning online with Zoom.
Getting Help
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If you are unable to do, contact the Service Desk: ISD - Help & Support
Other issues...
For other support issues please see: Zoom help center.
FAQ
Find answers to the most common Zoom questions.
Want to talk about synchronous teaching?
If you're a member of staff and would like to discuss how you can use Zoom in your teaching practice, please contact the Digital Education team: digi-ed@ucl.ac.uk
