How do I use Zoom?

Zoom Video Communications is a remote conferencing service, which, unlike Google Meet, needs a separate license to use. If you do not have a license to use Zoom, we recommend using Google Meet.

Download Zoom

1. Go to acu-edu.zoom.us.
2. Hover your cursor over Resources in the upper right-hand corner.
3. Click Download Zoom Client.
4. Click the Download button under Zoom Client for Meetings.
5. Open the downloaded file.

Logging In

If you downloaded the client from acu-edu.zoom.com, the client will automatically connect to our Zoom domain and log you in using your active SSO session in your browser. But if you downloaded the client from somewhere else, or if you logged out:

1. Launch the Zoom client.
2. Click the SSO option.
3. Type acu-edu in the space provided that precedes .zoom.us.
4. Click Continue.
5. The client will open a tab in your browser.
6. If prompted, allow the browser to open the link (feel free to check a box to let it always allow).

Creating a meeting

• Go to acu-edu.zoom.us.
• Click sign in.
  • This will take you to ACU's Single Sign-On (SSO).
• Click "Host a Meeting" in the upper right.
  • You can choose from 3 options of With Video on, With Video off, and Screen Share Only, use whichever one you feel is necessary.
    • Note that no matter which option you choose you can change what is being used during the meeting (i.e. If you chose video on, you can change to screenshare only).
• From here, it will prompt for a download/install of Zoom.
• Once Zoom is open, your meeting has started and you can invite people.

After you have installed Zoom you can just open the program from your computer and sign in with SSO.

Inviting people

In order to invite people into an active meeting you will click the Invite button on the bottom of the screen. From here you have several methods of inviting people:

• Contacts
  • Search for the people you what to invite.
  • Click their name.
  • Click Invite in the bottom left corner.
• Zoom Rooms
  • Click which room(s) you wish to invite.
  • Click invite.
• Email
  • Click Gmail.
    • If you aren't logged into your ACU email then you will need to login and then choose this option again.
  • Enter in the emails of everyone you wish to invite.
  • Send out the email.
• URL
  • In the bottom left click Copy URL.
  • Send that URL to the people you wish to invite.

Scheduling a meeting

Zoom allows you to schedule meetings and add the event to your calendar. All you'll need to do is go into Zoom and click Schedule, from here you can customize how the meeting will work and when it will be. Make sure to set Calendar to Google Calendar. After you schedule the meeting you can see the meeting on your Google Calendar and add people to the event from there.

Joining a meeting

You can join a meeting by either clicking the link that is sent to you by the host or opening Zoom, clicking join and entering the meeting ID.

Extra resources

The Adams Center has created several guides on how to use Zoom:

• For Faculty/Staff.
• For Students.

You can also check out Zoom's support page here.