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UW Zoom Video Conferencing

Available for: Instructors Students Staff

New to Zoom? Watch a quick video on how to download and sign into Standard UW Zoom (not HIPAA)

About UW Zoom

Zoom unifies cloud video conferencing, simple online meetings, group messaging, and provides the option to record. Zoom offers high quality video, audio, and wireless screen-sharing across Windows, Mac, Linux, Chrome OS, iOS, Android, Blackberry, Zoom Rooms, and H.323/SIP room systems. Zoom provides HIPAA- and FERPA-compliant video collaboration.

UW Zoom Pro

UW Zoom Pro is now free to current faculty, students and staff.

Host online meetings of unlimited duration with up to 300 participants.

If you use Zoom to provide medical care or to discuss patient data, sign in to HIPAA UW Zoom Pro.

Zoom helps you to

Participate in group video chat during online class sessions
Host virtual office hours
Collaborate remotely on research
Share screens and host real-time video conversations
With a paid add-on, host live web broadcasts to thousands of people worldwide
Record to the cloud or computer for easy sharing (storage for 1 year)

Zoom is compatible with room systems

With a paid add-on, Zoom can connect with SIP- or H.323-based video conference devices such as:

Polycom
Lifesize
Cisco

Zoom is mobile friendly

Connect on the go with Zoom iPhone and iPad app and Zoom Android app

Zoom includes a phone conference line

A free phone conference line is included with your Zoom Pro account. Participants of your web conference can simply dial a phone number and code to enter your meeting. This is helpful if internet access is not available for participants.