Zoom Overview
Zoom will be the main avenue to attend any live sessions associated with your class or your instructors' office hours. Learn more about Zoom Links to an external site..
For Zoom, be sure to click on the tile in SJSUOne Links to an external site. to activate your campus account. When joining your sessions or instructor office hours, please be sure to log into the account associated with your @sjsu.edu address (clicking this tile automatically logs you into that account). Using your SJSU account for Zoom meetings is highly recommended because some instructors may set their Zoom room to prevent personal Zoom accounts from joining the room.
Please note that you are also able to host Zoom meetings through your account, making this a great solution for collaborating on group projects or study sessions.
Try this: Open the Zoom app in SJSUOne Links to an external site. to activate your SJSU account.
Suggested Activity
Start a meeting with yourself by clicking on 'Meetings' and opening your Personal Meeting Room. Take some time to explore, click on features, and see what you can do. When in your Personal Meeting Room you are in control. No one can join your Meeting room unless you invite them. Click, test, and explore!
You may find it helpful to use virtual backgrounds in Zoom. Here are some SJSU branded Zoom backgrounds that you can use:
If you need instructions on enabling virtual backgrounds and other video filter options, here are instructions (and more backgrounds) from Zoom Links to an external site..