Zoom: Web Conferencing

General Information

What is Zoom?

• Zoom is a web conferencing system. It supports video and audio over the Internet, screen sharing, meeting recording, whiteboard, Outlook calendar integration and use on mobile devices.

Who can use Zoom?

• Active Minnesota State students, faculty and staff can host meetings for up to 300 people. Faculty and staff can host webinars for up to 500 people. Zoom is funded by Minnesota State at no extra charge to you.

How do I access Zoom through Minnesota State?

• Go to the Minnesota State Zoom login page, https://minnstate.zoom.us, and use your StarID credentials.

What to know about Zoom:

• FAQ Meetings Waiting Room and Passcode Requirements, starting September 27, 2020
• Major Zoom Service Updates for Fall 2020 - summary of major updates to our Minnesota State Zoom service for fall 2020
• Install Zoom client instructions includes Zoom Download Center link for the latest version of Zoom client
• Update/upgrade: If you already have the Zoom client installed you can check which version you're currently running and update
• Auto Captioning in Real-Time Coming Soon
• On Thursday, September 3, Minnesota State admins will change this default setting so that chat messages are no longer saved automatically. At any time, you can adjust your user-level settings for how chat messages are handled for the meetings you host.
  Please note, if a meeting host exchanges private messages with participant(s), these private messages will be captured by the chat transcript saved to the host’s device. Private messages exchanged between participants are not viewable by the host. Finally, if the hosts record to the Zoom cloud, no private messages are captured or displayed in a chat transcript saved to the Zoom cloud.
• Minnesota State Zoom login Instructions

How To Resources:

Create online meetings, webinars, and events that leverage video, chat, breakout rooms, screen-sharing, and whiteboards.

Articles in our Knowledge Base

• Zoom: Install Client
• Zoom: Account Login & Single Sign-On (SSO)
• Zoom: Securing Meetings & Virtual Classrooms
• Zoom: Scheduling Recurring Meetings
• Zoom: Connecting to a Web Conference
• Zoom: Hosting a Web Conference
• Link to your MediaSpace Video (including cloud-saved Zoom meetings) in D2L
• Zoom: View Closed Captions and Captioning Resources

Zoom Learning Resources

• Zoom video tutorials  Joining a meeting / Audio & Video Sharing / Meetings and Webinars and more…
• LinkedIn Learning Zoom
• Download Client 
• Mobile Support Information 
• FAQs 

Support Resources for Zoom

• Zoom Help Center (Zoom)
• Zoom 24 x 7 Technical Support (Zoom)

Effective April 1, 2020 Minnesota State issued new guidance on Reducing the Likelihood of Zoombombing; if you are hosting a meeting or virtual classroom this applies to you.

Additional Information

• Students and employees affiliated with more than one institution, regardless of which campus you call home, everyone affiliated with Minnesota State falls under the same Zoom account (https://minnstate.zoom.us/). With this account you can create an unlimited number of Zoom meetings with up to 300 attendees.