Security Updates to Zoom Usage
With the increasing global use of Zoom, the University has sought to further secure the platform and prevent unsolicited access to meetings, or 'Zoom-bombing'.
Zoom Personal Meeting Room
The University has applied a change to Zoom, making passwords mandatory for Zoom personal meeting rooms or 'my personal meeting ID (PMI)'.
If you've sent around or published your personal meeting room link as a way of organising your meeting, and have not previously set a password for your personal meeting room, you'll need to communicate a new personal meeting room link to your guests to ensure they can access your meeting room. This is because your link will have changed and now includes an embedded password.
Instructions on how you can find your new Zoom personal meeting room link are available on the Staff Services Portal.
Scheduling Zoom Meetings
Zoom now automatically secures scheduled Zoom meetings with a password. Meeting participants won't need to enter the password if they have the scheduled Zoom meeting invitation link. The convenience of one-click to join a meeting continues and the automatically-generated password is listed on the meeting invitation for participants who may wish to join by telephone.
This change does not apply to meetings scheduled before 6 PM on Wednesday, 6 May 2020.
Support
For assistance with Zoom, contact the Service Centre on 834 40777 or submit a Service Now request.