Zoom Videoconferencing

Overview

Zoom is a collaboration tool that supports video, audio, screen sharing, and recording. It is available at no cost to all Texas A&M students and employees.

Getting Started

Log in at https://tamu.zoom.us with your NetID and password. 

For best results, download the Zoom Client. Once installed, click Sign In with SSO. Type tamu in the box before .zoom.us. Click Continue and log in with your NetID and password.

Zoom also supports mobile devices via App Store and Google Play.

Request

Faculty and staff can request the ability to host a Zoom meeting with between 300 and 500 participants or a webinar with several thousand participants. Student organizations should have their organizational staff or faculty make the request. This is an add-on service that must be paid for by the department making the request. 

• For one time events, contact University Center & Special Events for assistance.

If you wish to have access to 300 participants or more long term, or if you wish to have an ongoing webinar, email zoom-requests@tamu.edu. In your email, include some information about the request, such as purpose/amount of expected participants (300-500 or over 500).

Cost

Zoom Pro accounts are available at no charge to students and employees (Parts 02, 10, and 23). Additional licensing for webinars or large meetings may incur departmental charges.

Service Details

Zoom is a full-featured web collaboration tool available to all Texas A&M University students and employees (Parts 02, 10, and 23). It supports high-quality video, audio, screen sharing, whiteboarding, and recording with captioning. Non-University participants may join meetings without an account or create a free one.

Zoom Pro accounts allow unlimited meetings with up to 300 participants. Larger meeting licenses are available upon request. Zoom Rooms offer integrated video and audio conferencing for both in-person and remote participants.

Features

• Unlimited meetings with up to 300 participants
• Optional Zoom Rooms for campus classrooms
• Integration with Canvas and Outlook
• Local/cloud recording with 180-day retention for cloud files
• Multi-device access (Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, H.323)
• Breakout rooms, polling, group chat
• Closed captioning and transcript options

Guidelines

• Use SSO login with your NetID at tamu.zoom.us 
• Cloud recordings auto-delete after 180 days
• One meeting can be active per account at a time
• Operating system and bandwidth requirements vary (support.zoom.us (opens in new window))

Data Restrictions

Some types of data are not allowed in Zoom. Learn more about the types of data restricted from use.

If you need to record or transcribe a meeting, you must use the features built into Zoom (opens in new window). The use of third-party tools such as Otter, Fireflies or similar services is not permitted, as Texas A&M does not have contracts with these vendors and cannot guarantee the security or protection of meeting transcripts or recordings.

Resources

• Texas A&M Zoom Website
• Transcribe Zoom Meetings (opens in new window)
• Zoom Help Center (opens in new window)
• Zoom Bandwidth and System Requirements (opens in new window)
• Zoom Updates – Keep Zoom Current (opens in new window)