Zoom

• Go to zoom.towson.edu, click Sign In.

• Login using your NetID through TU’s secure Single Sign-On.

If your existing Zoom account is tied to your TU email, follow these steps to join TU’s account for the first time:

• Go to zoom.towson.edu, click Sign In.
• Login using your NetID through TU’s secure Single Sign-On.
• When prompted, confirm email address.
• Select join TU’s account to launch the activation email to your TU email account. 
  
  If you currently pay for a personal or departmental Zoom account, when prompted to join (merge) the TU account, you will be given an option to be refunded payment balance. Be sure to transfer personal account refunds to a personal email address.  
  
• Open the email and join TU’s account a final time to confirm. Future logins can be done directly through zoom.towson.edu. 

Personal or paid accounts might receive additional emails and may experience a short delay in joining TU’s environment. Customized settings and special additional features, like Zoom Video conferencing for telehealth, could be lost when joining TU's account, so contact the OTS Faculty/Staff Help Center for guidance.

• Go to zoom.towson.edu, click Sign In.
• At the top-right of the window, hover over RESOURCES and click Download Zoom Client.
• On the Downloads page under Zoom Client for Meetings, click Download.
• When the Zoom Cloud Meetings window will appear, click Sign In.
• Click Sign In with SSO, enter towson-edu in the text box and click Continue.
• Login with your NetID and Password.
• In the Launch Application window, click the checkbox next to Remember my choice for zoommtg links and click Open link. The Zoom client is now installed on your desktop

• Open the Software Center.
• Type Zoom in the Search box and then click Zoom Meetings from the results.
• Click Install.
• After installation, open the Zoom application.
• Authenticate with your Username (NetID) and Password and click Login.

Students should contact Student Computing Services. Faculty/Staff should contact the OTS Faculty/Staff Help Center at 410-704-5151 or submit a TechHelp ticket for assistance using this request type:  Employee > Collaboration, Video Conferencing, etc. > Zoom. 

No, not without prior consent. Such activity is a violation of student privacy and FERPA guidelines. Because electronic platforms are able to show photos and list students' names, we are not permitted to take photos of the screen and post that photo on social media or anywhere else without participant permission. See the “Instructional Lecture Capture Guidelines and Release Form” section on this page if you’re thinking about recording or taking a screenshot during your session.

Zoom bombing or raiding is an unwanted, disruptive intrusion, generally by Internet trolls and hackers, into a video conference call that jeopardizes privacy concerns. Follow the “Security Tips” on this page to help prevent that.

Yes. Here's how to force a Zoom Waiting Room:

Go to Zoom.towson.edu>Click Sign In>Click Settings>Under Waiting Room Options, click Edit Options>Select Everyone>Click Continue.

Here’s the breakdown of meeting security options you can choose, based on types of invitees:

• TU students, faculty, and staff only signed in through TU Zoom accounts. “TU NetID Authenticated Users Only” is automatically applied by default, and if the invitee doesn’t have a TU Zoom account, they won’t be able to attend.
• Anyone with a Zoom account. If inviting TU account holders, plus non-TU invitees (guest lecturer, transcriber, outside vendor etc.) with personal Zoom accounts: select “TU NetID or Other Zoom Authenticated Users.” Non-TU attendees enter Waiting Room, to be admitted by host. No Zoom account means no access to the meeting.
• Anyone. If inviting TU account holders, plus non-TU invites (guest lecturer, transcriber, outside vendor etc.) with and without personal Zoom accounts: uncheck the box “Require Authentication to join.” Non-TU attendees enter Waiting Room, to be admitted by host.