Staff guides: Zoom

What is Zoom?

Zoom is a high quality video and audio online conferencing tool for desktops and smartphones. It’s ideal for online classes, meetings, special events, webinars, remote working and job interviews.

Find out more about Zoom

User guides

  • Accessing the meeting attendance report

    University staff can generate reports that show detailed information about the meetings and webinars they have created and hosted, including lists of attendees.

  • Digital whiteboard and collaboration tool comparison guide

    This guide is intended to help you identify the right digital whiteboard platform for your teaching and learning, or professional use scenarios.

  • Recording, accessing and sharing Zoom recordings

    Zoom can be useful tool for recording online sessions such as tutorials, seminars, interviews and discussions. With Cloud recording turned on, Zoom can automatically store recordings which can then be made available through Lecture Capture (EchoVideo). This guide details the process of setting up, recording, accessing, and sharing your Zoom recordings to students.

  • Student privacy in Zoom

    How can I best manage student privacy when recording online teaching sessions?

  • Zoom and Lecture Capture (EchoVideo) integration

    The University of Melbourne provides an integration between Zoom and Lecture Capture (EchoVideo) to simplify the recording and delivery of online teaching content.

  • Zoom in the LMS

    Zoom is a high-quality video and audio online conferencing tool. Staff can enable Zoom and manage online collaboration with students directly from their Canvas LMS subject.