This page includes documentation and instructions for participating in Zoom Meetings and Webinars. This information is applicable if you are joining someone else’s meeting or webinar or hosting your own. If you are hosting your own meetings and webinars, refer to Hosting Meetings and Webinars.
Anyone joining a U-M Zoom Meeting or Webinar (including external guests) using the Zoom desktop or mobile app (i.e., not by browser or phone call) will be required to use version 6.0.10 or newer of the Zoom app. Anyone not using this version or newer will be required to update their app before joining. Learn more about this requirement and what participants will experience if their app is too out-of-date.
Meetings
- Roles in a meeting
- Joining a meeting
- Sharing your screen or desktop
- Adjusting your video layout during a meeting
- Changing your virtual background image
- Video Or Microphone Off By Attendee
- Join a Meeting By Phone
- Participating in Breakout Rooms
- View Live Transcription (The host must turn this feature on before the option appears.)
- Recording Without A Host
- Update Your Name in Zoom
- Zoom AI Companion and its features
- Accessing Zoom Outside the United States
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Certain countries may block access to Zoom. See International Access to U-M IT Resources for more information.
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U-M Zoom has international numbers available for some countries. Refer to the list of all available international numbers for U-M Zoom accounts.
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Webinars
- Roles in a Zoom Webinar
- Joining and Participating in a Webinar (as an attendee.)
To find out what happens to your U-M Zoom account when you leave the university, refer to Zoom: Accounts for People Who Leave U-M.