About Zoom
Zoom offers the best in class video, audio, and screen-sharing experience across Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
Only the host of a Zoom call needs to have a Zoom account. Use it anytime for any meeting, conference, or person-to-person video calls. There is no cost to your department.
Getting Started
Acquiring a Zoom Pro account is a 2 step process. Pro accounts have no time limits on meetings.
- Sign up for a Zoom Basic account using your SSO account.
- Request an upgrade to a Pro account.
- All faculty and staff are eligible for a Pro account. Students are only eligible for a Basic account.
- Once your request is approved, you will receive an email notifying you your account has been upgraded to a Pro account (1-2 business days).
Note: UC San Diego Health has a separate instance of Zoom for Health Sciences. UC San Diego Health faculty and staff can create Zoom accounts at http://zoom.uchealth.edu.
Basic Zoom account - 40 minute meeting limit
Key Features
- Host group meetings
- Up to 100 people
- Up to 40 minutes
- One-to-one video calls are unlimited
- Available for All UC San Diego faculty, staff, and students with an @ucsd.edu email address
Zoom Pro account - no limit meetings
Key Features
- Must be upgraded by IT Services
- Host group meetings
- Up to 100 people
- Unlimited time
- One-to-one video calls are unlimited
- Customize your Personal Meeting ID
- Can be expanded with add-ons licenses for an additional cost
- Pro accounts are limited to faculty and staff.
Zoom is the recommended replacement for ReadyTalk
Zoom is now available to UC San Diego as part of a UC system-wide contract. We recommend Zoom as a replacement for ReadyTalk. The contract with ReadyTalk has expired and we are no longer operating under a pricing agreement with accepted terms and conditions. With Zoom, we have an opportunity to upgrade our campus to a better product for videoconferences, video calls, webconferences, webinars and meetings with telecommuters. Zoom has the best video and audio quality with screen-sharing, annotation, chat, local recording, and file sharing built-in.
Existing UC San Diego ReadyTalk users are encouraged to claim a Zoom Basic account and to request an upgrade to a Zoom Pro account. Pro accounts allow for unlimited meeting length and can host up to 100 people per meeting.