What’s Zoom and what is it for?
Zoom is Temple University’s web conferencing tool, used for teaching synchronous online class sessions. Zoom allows you to host virtual one-on-one or group meetings easily. With powerful audio, video and collaboration features, Zoom connects remote participants with their instructor and with each other.
A Basic Introduction to Zoom
Enter the Ready, Set Zoom1 course to learn how to get the most out of Zoom for teaching and learning.
Help support
For teaching support
- The CAT is here to help. For drop-in consultations, visit one of our Educational Technology Labs, or schedule a one-on-one consultation with an educational technology specialist.
For technical support
- Temple’s Help Desk
- Request Help
- Phone: 215-204-8000
- E-mail: help@temple.edu
- Visit the ITS Zoom website
- Zoom Support:
- Zoom support articles & video tutorials
- Zoom weekly live training
Additional resources
CAT Resources for Zoom
EDvice The Zoom Black Box Blues: Building a Flexible Camera Policy
EDvice Best Practices for Zoom Breakout Rooms
Allowing Participants to Choose Breakout Room in Zoom
Tech Tip: Advanced Polls and Quizzes in Zoom
Tech Tip: Zoom Focus Mode
Temple University is enabling certain functions of Zoom AI Companion. This tool can generate a detaIled summary of your meeting, organize your meeting summary by topic, and more. It is important, however, that faculty and staff who wish to use the tool do so responsibly following university guidelines, which are clarified in the document linked below. Also addressed are alternative AI note-taking tools such as Otter.ai and Reader.ai, which are prohibited at Temple University.