{"id":119619,"date":"2019-02-26T13:40:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T18:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=119619"},"modified":"2025-11-19T08:23:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T13:23:08","slug":"zoom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/collaboration\/online\/zoom\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Meetings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Students, Faculty, Staff<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>No charge for Zoom Meetings. Charges apply for additional features. See <a href=\"#cost\">Cost<\/a>, below.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href='https:\/\/bostonu.zoom.us\/' class='btn btn-green btn-more'><span class=\"icon icon-lock\"><\/span>Login<\/a><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Zoom Meetings provides a robust platform for online collaboration and meetings, pairing full video and audio conferencing capabilities with content sharing and cloud recording.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>Zoom Meetings combines many collaboration and meeting capabilities in one single application. Schedule, host, or join meetings from your web browser or using the Zoom desktop or mobile application. Invite guests to meetings, even if they do not have a Zoom account. Zoom Meetings can also be utilized in different types of collaboration spaces, making it easier than ever to connect with peers remotely. And because Zoom is integrated with your existing BU login, you won&#8217;t need to create and track external accounts.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Host meetings with up to 300 participants for as long as you would like<\/li>\n<li>Integrate Zoom with your existing Outlook or Google calendar<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom\/getting-started\/installing-zoom-meeting-scheduling-add-ins\/\">Schedule Zoom meetings from Outlook or Google using the Zoom for Outlook or Zoom for Google Calendar Add-ins<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Assign participants to <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/206476313\">breakout rooms<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Share a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/205677665-Sharing-a-whiteboard\">virtual whiteboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Join meetings via a computer, mobile devices, phones, or H.323\/SIP-capable telepresence devices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>Zoom Meetings is a cloud hosted meetings solution, for which Zoom promises 99.9% uptime. See the <a href=\"https:\/\/status.zoom.us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Status<\/a> portal for current service status and past incidents.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Zoom Client for Meetings is available for Windows, macOS, and many Linux distributions. Detailed requirements can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362023-System-Requirements-for-PC-Mac-and-Linux\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom&#8217;s System Requirements page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Zoom is available for iOS and Android. Detailed requirements can be found on <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201179966\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom&#8217;s Mobile System Requirements page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Zoom Web Client supports joining meetings from your browser without installing a plugin and works best with Google Chrome. A full feature comparison can be found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/214629443-Zoom-Web-Client\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Web Client page<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>At minimum, hosts and participants in an online meeting should have:\n<ul>\n<li>A broadband wired or wireless internet connection<\/li>\n<li>A microphone and speakers, or a headset<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a name=\"cost\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Cost<\/h2>\n<p>Standard Zoom Meetings licenses (for meetings with up to 300 participants) are available at no cost and assigned automatically when you sign in to Zoom.<\/p>\n<p>Additional add-ons can be purchased and renewed annually or monthly:<\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 20%;\">Add-on<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Description<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Annual License<\/th>\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\">Monthly License<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"section-heading\">\n<th colspan=\"4\" style=\"padding-left: 0.75em;\">Large Meetings<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>500 Participants<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Increase maximum number of participants allowed in a meeting to 500 per host<\/td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom\/request-addons\/?type=500%20Participants\">Request License<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>1000 Participants<\/th>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">Increase maximum number of participants\u00a0allowed in a meeting to 1000 per host<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">$940<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">$100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>Annual Add-on License Requests<\/h3>\n<p>To request an annually renewed add-on, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom\/request-addons\/\">complete this form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of add-ons will be prorated at the time of request and is payable via Internal Service Request to <strong>IS&amp;T &#8211; Systems Operations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3>Monthly Add-on License Requests<\/h3>\n<p>A limited number of monthly licenses are available. To request an add-on license on a monthly basis, please complete the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom\/zoom-monthly-add-on-request\/?type=Large%20Meeting\">monthly add-on request form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Requests will be reviewed and approved based on license availability. Once approved, the cost of the licenses will be paid via Internal Service Request to <strong>IS&amp;T &#8211; IT Help Center<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bostonu.zoom.us\/signin\">Log-in to Zoom Meetings<\/a> to create your account. Students, faculty, and staff automatically receive fully licensed accounts.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Affiliates:<\/strong> After logging in to BU Zoom for the first time, if your profile shows a Basic license, please <em>ask your sponsor to<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">submit a request<\/a> to upgrade to you a full license.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Download the Zoom Client for Meetings from the <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonu.zoom.us\/download\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Download Center<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom\/getting-started\/signing-in-using-your-bu-login\/\">sign in with SSO<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/cccs\/conf\/online\/zoom\/getting-started\/\">Getting Started<\/a> guide and integrate your Zoom account with other BU services<\/li>\n<li>Visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/learning.zoom.us\/learn\/catalog\/view\/9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>Zoom Meeting section in the Zoom Learning Center<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Try a <a href=\"https:\/\/bostonu.zoom.us\/test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Zoom Test Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> for assistance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zoom Meetings provides a robust platform for online collaboration and meetings, pairing full video and audio conferencing capabilities with content sharing and cloud recording. 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