Dear students,
With input from many of you, ITS has been working diligently to provide students as well as faculty and staff with the resources and support they need in order to study and work remotely. In response to numerous requests for additional methods for videoconferencing, I am excited to share that we have added Zoom, a feature-rich service that includes options for online meetings, chat rooms, webinars, and mobile collaboration. I am sending you this email directly because we wanted you to be aware of this new option for connecting remotely as soon as possible.
Zoom is a great option for the university because it is accessible and many members of the community are already familiar with the tool. Our existing videoconferencing tools, including BlueJeans and Google Hangouts, will continue to be available.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have already been using Zoom for your classes, please continue to follow the same process you have been using and do not log in to zoom.umich.edu.
Using Zoom
- Visit the Zoom page on the ITS website for more information, or access the tool directly at zoom.umich.edu.
- Install Zoom for GSuite add-on to schedule meetings from Gmail and Google Calendar.
PHI and Other Sensitive Data
- Zoom is not yet approved for Private Health Information or other forms of sensitive data. BlueJeans is the recommended campus videoconferencing tool for meetings that will contain sensitive data until these agreements are reached with Zoom.
I hope you as well as your friends, classmates, instructors, and professors find Zoom helpful. Remember to stay healthy and safe, and to take care of each other during this time. All the best to you and please reach out to me any time I can be of assistance.
Best regards,
Ravi
Ravi Pendse, PhD
Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer
University of Michigan
[email protected]