New Zoom Features coming July 25

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July 20, 2022

Starting July 25, 2022, several enhancements will be made to the UC Berkeley Zoom Service. We hope these new features will improve your overall Zoom experience:

• Security changes - UC Berkeley Zoom accounts will now be able to disable the authentication requirements for meetings as long as a waiting room or passcode is enabled. These settings can be changed in your account settings.
• Polling libraries - You can now save polls and quizzes to a library so you can reuse them in future meetings.
• Whiteboards - Whiteboards will now be enabled for all accounts. Use whiteboards for brainstorming, note-taking, demonstrating complex concepts, group work, task organization, and more. \ Note: Whiteboard activity is inaccessible to people who use screen readers. If you use this feature, be prepared to read aloud all the contributions so that everyone can see and /or hear them.
• Zoom Apps - Zoom Apps will be enabled for all accounts. Zoom Apps currently include a timer, virtual backgrounds, and an in-meeting Zoom Room controller

Who can I contact for help?

Tutorials on how to use the new features available in Zoom have been linked above for reference.

• Faculty, staff, and student employees - please contact IT Client Services
• All other students - support is available in-person, by phone, and via email from Student Technology Services.