Zoom For Video Conferencing

INTRO

Zoom is JHU's preferred web conferencing solution. For more information from , visit their Help Center. Zoom replaces Adobe Connect at JHU.

Zoom Accounts

First, a word about Zoom accounts. A Zoom account is required to schedule/create a meeting. You do not need an account to be a meeting host or participant.

WSE Zoom accounts: allows you to create a meeting with no time limit and can accomodate up to 300 participants.

WSE Faculty and Staff: Visit https://wse.zoom.us/

(Remember, the login format is jhedID@jh.edu)

Students: Visit https://jhubluejays.zoom.us/

WSE and JHU Links About Using Zoom

You can use Zoom either via a web portal or via a Zoom client that you can download to your computer.

WSE Faculty/Staff: Please visit WSE's Zoom Info page at: https://wseit.engineering.jhu.edu/zoom-at-wse/

Students: Please visit: https://uis.jhu.edu/zoom/students/

Quick How-To For Zoom Client (Windows version) For CS Faculty/Staff

To make it easier to jump right into using Zoom, we have prepared the following How-To guide for CS Faculty/Staff. (Note, this is for CS/WSE Faculty/Staff accounts only. Students will need to visit https://uis.jhu.edu/zoom/students/ for Zoom use, as mentioned above.)

• First, make sure you have a licensed Zoom account by visiting Visit https://wse.zoom.us/ and clicking SIGN IN
  • Look for the User Type Licensed line.
    • If you have issues with your account, please send an email to wsehelp@jhu.edu

• Download Zoom at https://zoom.us/download
  • Choose "Zoom Client for Meetings"

• Install Zoom Client

• Launch Zoom Client

• At the Zoom "Sign In page", click on Sign In with SSO on the right side of the page.
  • This takes you to a "Sign In with SSO" window.

• In the blank space, where it says Company Domain simply type wse
  • The rest of the domain, .zoom.us, is already filled out for you.

• Click Continue

• If you have already logged into my.jh.edu (or some other protected JHU webpage) on your computer, then you are now logged into Zoom, and you will be taken directly to the Zoom window. Otherwise, you will be prompted to log in at the Microsoft Azure JHU Login Screen (just like you would if you were logging into JHU secured web pages.) Once logged in, you will be taken to the Zoom Window.

• Now you're in Zoom. You'll see the four options available. You will most likely be using the two top options: New Meeting or Join (for "Join a meeting.)

• Ready to use Zoom!

ISSUES?

For Zoom-related issues, due to different kinds of Zoom accounts being maintained by different groups:

Faculty/Staff: Please contact WSE IT at wsehelp@jhu.edu

Students: Please contact the JHU IT Helpdesk by calling 410-516-HELP (for fastest service.) or visit https://itservices.johnshopkins.edu/