New Zoom Features

Zoom is getting even smarter with new AI-powered features:  AI Meeting Summaries: Get instant, automated summaries of your meetings—no more tedious note-taking! 📄  Real-Time Transcription: Accurate, live transcriptions for easier follow-ups and enhanced accessibility. 📝  Plus, we’re rolling out incredible productivity enhancements for faculty and staff:  Meeting capacity increased from 300 to 500 participants  Default…

Zoom and Slack Open Office Hours Set

Do you have questions about Zoom or Slack? ITS will hold Open office hours so you can ask questions and learn tips and tricks. Thursday, May 16, from 10 to 11 a.m. and again from 4 to 5 p.m.Tuesday, May 21, from 10 to 11 a.m. and again from 4 to 5 p.m. https://usc.zoom.us/j/94388175070?pwd=N2l2cEN5TkxCRVdlOXZrUWFRQUdMZz09 Meeting…

Zoom and Slack Channels Ready for Fall Classes

ITS has completed auto-provisioning Slack channels and Zoom links for fall classes. (Auto-provisioning is setting up classes in the system so they are ready to be joined participants.) All auto-provisioned Zoom links for the fall semester are available on Blackboard.usc.edu. Open office hours are scheduled for Zoom and SlackTuesday, Wednesday, and Friday, 10-11 a.m., during…

Zoom and Slack Channels Ready for Spring Classes

Information Technology Services (ITS) has completed auto-provisioning of Slack channels for spring classes.  The auto-generation of the Zoom links for the spring classes began on Wednesday, January 4. Slack channels for the spring semester classes are already created. What to Know All auto-provisioned Zoom links for the spring semester are available on Blackboard.usc.edu. Slack Channels for the classes were available…

Zoom Phone

As a result of a campus-wide collaboration, Zoom Phone has replaced USC’s costly legacy telephony and communications systems. This represents an incredible achievement in delimiting our ability to support how our campuses operate today and into the future. Zoom Phone delivers a highly available, forward-looking digital campus communication platform that encompasses phone, video, and data…

Zoom Features for Exam Proctoring

Responding to faculty requests, ITS is changing recording settings in Zoom. The gallery view on Zoom cloud recordings is enabled, allowing faculty and students to see video thumbnails of up to 24 students in Zoom recordings. As previously announced by the Provost, USC has discontinued the use of Respondus Monitor for online exam proctoring. The…

Zoom Training For Faculty and Staff

Resident Zoom expert Michael Massion will present a review of important Zoom topics and what is new and emerging on the Zoom platform, including: Cloud recording, including retention and editing and sharing recordings Breakout rooms Security features Calendly integration Alternate hosts Closed captioning for Live Transcriptions Slides as a virtual background Immersive View Annotation vanishing…

Zoom Updates

Bookmark this post to stay up to date on the latest features for your USC Zoom account. If you have any questions on the information you find on this page, please contact ITS Support. This page will detail major updates impacting USC. For a full listing of all Zoom updates, see the following links on…

Zoom Meeting

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Provide a Single Zoom Link to All Students

If two classes were set up for the same section, you will need to provide a single Zoom meeting link to all students The instructions below outline this process:  Log onto usc.zoom.us.   Click Meetings in the left panel. Click the first of the two class instances that are double-booked. 4. Click Copy Invitation. 5. Click the Copy Invitation button on the pop-up screen. 6. Logon…