Zoom Quick Start

Activate your .nscc.edu account.

Search your .nscc.edu email for a message from the address no-reply@zoom.us. Follow the instructions in the email to activate your licensed NSCC Zoom account.

Find, customize, and add a waiting room to your Personal Meeting Room.

Your account comes with a Personal Meeting Room. This room is the perfect place to hold office hours with students and hold meetings with colleagues.

Watch Personalize your Personal Meeting ID/room and Enable Waiting Room (7:49) to learn more about finding, customizing, and adding a waiting room to your Personal Meeting Room ID.

Schedule meetings for individual classes.

We have found it is best to set up an individual, recurring meeting for each course you teach via Zoom.

Watch the video How to make a single Zoom link for a class (4:07) by Dr. Jessica Rabb

Review and update your settings.

Watch Zoom Settings (13:04) by the Office of Online Learning.

Test out Zoom meeting room features.

Zoom has several features that allow faculty to teach in ways they would in on-ground classrooms.

Watch the video Zoom Features Starting with Record (9:20) by Dr. Jessa Rabb

Watch the video Video Breakout Rooms (3:18) by Zoom