Guide for Zoom

At UCLA Health, we leverage Zoom for web and video conferencing with our internal or external colleagues. As we move towards communicating more frequently through online meetings and online training/instruction, it is important for us to commit to being good hosts and attendees. Whether we are in person or online, let’s commit to uphold CICARE and Cultural North Star values.

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Getting started

Zoom is available to UCLA Health faculty, staff, and students at no cost with the use of your Mednet account and password. 

Log into Zoom on the web

Install Zoom on your device

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Be an engaged participant

Virtual meetings have become the norm in the UCLA Health community and has allowed us to continue to connect and work together. However, as prevalent as these meetings have become, demonstrating engagement in a meeting can be a challenge. We've found some helpful links that can help you be an engaged participants.

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Be a stellar Zoom host

While Zoom has allowed us to stay connected with our colleagues wherever they're working from, it has also caused fatigue or disengagement in meetings from our participants. But Zoom has a multitude of settings and features that allow the hosts to make their meetings more engaging and interactive. We've listed a few helpful links to help you take your meetings to the next step!

Guard your work and secure your meetings.

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Start with the basics

Make sure you are using the latest version of Zoom to protect against vulnerabilities. Check what version you're on and update if needed. 

 

Schedule secured meetings

Make sure your meetings have one of the following enabled:

During a meeting

Manage unruly participants by removing them from the meeting or suspending participant activities to give you a chance to remove and report the unwanted guest without allowing them to continue to be disruptive.

Looking for additional information?

Training and instructions are available on Zoom Learning Center.

Zoom Support

Live training webinars

How-to video tutorials

Learn more about using Zoom in our environment

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