Zoom is a video conferencing tool. Oakland University has a license for Zoom that allows faculty, staff, and students to use the tool in connection to their OU Google account, which uses their NetID login information.
Who is Eligible?
Active Faculty, Staff or Students
Zoom License
- Zoom is a named user license. We have configured authentication through Single Sign On which will use your NetID credential. If you have already created a free account using your NetID, please select the option to consolidate your license. Do NOT choose the options that say: Update Email Address or Create a New Email Address.
- A Host may hold an unlimited number of Meetings, but only one Meeting at a time. A Host subscription may not be shared or used by anyone other than the individual assigned to be a Host.
- Zoom EDU licenses are intended for student and faculty and pedagogical interaction within a classroom environment, or the administration thereof and may not be used for any commercial purpose.
- Zoom EDU is maxed at 300 participants per hosted session.
There are additional expanded licenses available for an annual fee. Departments need to submit a request to uts@oakland.edu and provide the fund number to support the purchase. The expanded license is also a named user license per the contract. No Shared Accounts can be used. eLIS will be able to modify the user account once the purchase is completed. The fees for 500 participant add on is $600 per license per year, and 1000 participant add on is $1080 per license per year.
Compliance
- Zoom is not intended for use by individuals under the age of 16, unless it is through a School Subscriber using Zoom for Education (K-12). Individuals under the age of 16 may not create accounts or use the Services except as described herein. We do not have a K-12 License- that is a different license type.
- NO HIGH RISK USE. The Services are not designed or licensed for use in hazardous environments requiring fail-safe controls, including without limitation operation of nuclear facilities, aircraft navigation/communication systems, air traffic control, and life support or weapons systems. The Services shall not be used for or in any HIGH RISK environment.
- Users are not citizens of, or located within, a country or territory that is subject to U.S. trade sanctions or other significant trade restrictions (including without limitation Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea) and that you and your End Users will not access or use the Services, or export, re-export, divert, or transfer the Services, in or to such countries or territories. You and your End Users are not identified on any U.S. government restricted party lists (including without limitation the U.S. Treasury Department’s List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons and Foreign Sanctions Evaders List, the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Denied Parties List, Entity List, and Unverified List, and the U.S. Department of State proliferation-related lists); and that no Content created or submitted by You or your End Users is subject to any restriction on disclosure, transfer, download, export or re-export under the Export Control Laws. You are solely responsible for complying with the Export Control Laws and monitoring them for any modifications.
Installing Zoom
- Go to the Zoom website: http://zoom.us/download.
- Select the appropriate download button for your device (i.e., Windows 64-bit).
- Navigate to where the Zoom download was saved to and double-click to launch the application.
- Zoom will begin to install.
- Open the Zoom application and click the key icon titled “SSO” to sign-in.
- Enter “oakland-edu” for the company domain and click “Sign-in”.
Additional Support
- OU Technology Center
- 44 Oakland Center
- Rochester, MI 48309-4479
- (248) 370-4357
- Office Hours: M-F 8:00am - 5:00pm