

The free version of Zoom should meet all of your needs. You must download this program from the Zoom website. Zoom is a program that runs on your computer, phone, or tablet. If you want to know more about more advanced Zoom features like changing your background, raising your hand in a meeting, sharing your screen, and hosting your own meeting go to Zoom’s Support Center.

You can let your students know recorded Zoom meetings are encrypted and secure.This article only covers joining and participating in a Zoom meeting that you’ve been invited to. Learn how to record a Zoom meeting and make it available to only class participants and staff.

Access to a recording is limited to class participants and staff through an IdentiKey. Do not distribute class recordings outside the audience of students, instructors, and other class staff (TAs, learning assistants, tech assistants) for that particular class.Further, you should make it clear to all your students that they are not authorized to record a class through any means. CU Boulder has set Zoom to a default that allows only the host to record meetings, although the host may manually reassign recording capabilities. Only the course instructors and staff are authorized to record a class.Students will also see that Zoom automatically provides notice when recordings are started, paused, and stopped. Provide notice at the start of each class you record.Make your plans and expectations for recording clear at the beginning of the course and in your syllabus.
