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Zoom

Microsoft Teams our approved tool for teaching, research and online meetings. Here we share how you can use Zoom to attend meetings hosted by other organisations

Zoom can be used to attend meetings hosted by other organisations

Many of our partners choose to use Zoom as their online meeting tool. You can create a free Zoom account to access these meetings. We recommend following the guidelines below to keep your data and our systems safe.

Regularly

  • Update the Zoom application so it has the latest security changes.
  • Review our essential tools for updates which might negate the need to use Zoom.

Always

  • Check Twice, Click Once when opening links and files shared by attendees.

Consider

  • Using the web client rather than the application to attend sessions.

Avoid

  • Sharing meeting links on social media.
  • Creating a free Zoom account using your university email address or username.

Zoom may not be used to host teaching, learning or online meetings

From 2024 onwards, our position on Zoom has been revised. Microsoft Teams has now been adopted across many of our partnerships. This change enables us to enhance consistency across our university. Therefore Microsoft Teams is our approved platform to host teaching, learning, research and online meetings.

If you have a scenario where you believe Zoom is essential for the sessions you plan to host, please submit a request to purchase a University of Greenwich licensed Zoom account. Please include the business case for your request. Please note that these requests will be reviewed and approved by exception.

Please regularly review the updated functionality to get the most from Microsoft Teams, in conjunctions with Panopto, Moodle and TurnItIn, to ensure students benefit from a consistent approach. To help with this we publish regular updates on new functionality added by Microsoft on Internal News.

Help Documentation: Provided by Zoom

Getting Started from the Zoom Help Center.