About This Service

Mount Mary University has purchased a license allowing all faculty members to utilize Zoom as a tool for online video conferencing and collaboration.  Mount Mary currently recommends and supports Skype for Business as the video conferencing and collaboration tool for other campus needs.

A Zoom license is not required to be a participant in a Zoom meeting scheduled by another party.  You can always participate in another party's meeting by using the Zoom desktop client (recommended, details in the additional resources below) or the web client.  A license is only required for those wishing to host meetings.

You can access your university Zoom account at https://mtmary.zoom.us/.  From this page you can join or start meetings, sign in to manage your Zoom account settings, download the Zoom desktop client, and access support and training materials from Zoom.

Zoom's help and support center can be found at https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us.  It contains extensive training materials on the use of Zoom.

Who Can Use This Service

Hosting a Zoom Meeting

  • Administrators
  • Faculty
  • Staff

Participating in a Zoom Meeting

  • Administrators
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students
  • External Users

Additional Resources

Accessing Your Zoom Account

University Zoom accounts can be accessed from the Mount Mary Zoom landing page.  Simply click the Sign in button on the landing page to sign in to your account, using the university's single sign on system (the same system used to sign in to university email).

Use of the Zoom Client for Meetings (desktop client) is highly recommended.  Additional details can be found in the Zoom Clients (Desktop and Web) section below.

Zoom Security

With the recent rise in popularity of Zoom, the practice of "Zoombombing" (accessing an unsecured Zoom meeting by the use of meeting links either generated by software or posted in a public forum) has gained media attention.  In order to help reduce the risk of unauthorized access to Zoom meetings, and the unintentional disclosure of protected student information, IT Services recommends the following tips for all Zoom meetings.

  1. Add a password to your meetings.  A password is automatically added to your meetings by default, based on the university's security settings for Zoom.  This is the most critical step for protecting your meetings!
  2. Do not publish your Zoom meeting ID or URL in a public location.  If Zoom is being utilized in a course in one of the University's learning management systems (Canvas or eLearning), the Zoom LTI tool has already been added to the course, eliminating the need to distribute the meeting ID or URL to students.
  3. Use the waiting room feature to keep all guests (users not signed in to a Zoom account using a Mount Mary email) from joining the meeting without being admitted by the host.
  4. Once all expected participants have connected, lock the meeting to prevent additional participants from joining.

Zoom Clients (Desktop and Web)

Use of the Zoom desktop client (the Zoom Client for Meetings) is recommended.  The web client available for Zoom meetings is fairly robust and works well when the desktop client is not available.  However, the wide variety of different web browsers means that the desktop client provides a more reliable experience.

The Zoom desktop client can be installed on demand on university computers from the Software Center application (coming soon).  The Zoom desktop client can be downloaded and installed on personal computers from the Zoom download center (link below).

When signing in to the Zoom desktop client, choose the Single Sign On method.  The company domain for Mount Mary University is mtmary.zoom.us.

Zoom in Academic Courses and the Learning Management System

The Zoom LTI tool has been configured for all courses in the university's learning management systems (Canvas and eLearning) for use by faculty.   The LTI tool allows easy scheduling of online meetings with students in the course.