For Information on how to obtain a U of T Zoom account, see the Academic & Collaborative Technologies (ACT) webpage.
Note: If you are already using your U ofT email account with paid add-ons, do not register for a Zoom account through U of T.
Departmental Accounts
- Department or Shared email accounts are not eligible under the University's Education Zoom license — a UTORid is required for each account.
- If everyone in the department has a U of T Zoom account, they can all schedule meetings and add each other as co-hosts. This means that anyone can host any of the scheduled calls/events, negating the need for a shared Zoom account.
Administrative Settings
Global Zoom settings that cannot be changed
- Bypass the password when joining meetings from meeting list is disabled.
- Embed password in meeting link for one-click join is disabled.
- Identify guest participants in the meeting/webinar is enabled.
- Mute participants upon entry is enabled.
- Prevent participant from saving the chat is enabled. With this setting enabled, only the host can save chat history.
- Screen sharing setting is Host Only by default.
- Allow removed participants to rejoin is disabled.
- Sign in for Google and Facebook is disabled.
- Clients are not able to change their name and email address.
- Zoom data routing is enabled for Canada only.
Default global Zoom settings that can be changed
- Waiting rooms are enabled.
- Join before host is disabled.
- Only authenticated users can join meetings for the Zoom application and Web client is enabled.
- Require a password for every meeting and webinar is enabled.