In particular, since at DU we use the recording feature a lot, I like to check that to ensure the default settings are as I need. Some may seem redundant with what you have in the Zoom app itself, but these are your institutional account settings and are worth a quick review to ensure everything is set up as desired. Click and you’ll have the Web browser open and probably need to log in again, using the same credentials you use for the Zoom program itself…

The easiest way to get to the right place on the Web is to click on “ Edit My Profile” from this window. As I said earlier, organizations and institutions can have this, but individuals with free accounts do not have this feature enabled. Note: I’m using my DU.edu account for this demo as my personal Zoom account doesn’t offer “personal link” as an option.

Let’s have a look… ZOOM ADVANCED ACCOUNT SETTINGSįire up Zoom on your computer, click on “Settings” and you’ll end up with a window like this: The trick to setting this up is that it’s not a preference or setting in the Zoom app on your computer, it’s a setting on the central online Zoom Web server, so you have to log in to access it. Probably don’t want to be using “ceo” or similar if you’re not at the top of the org chart (undoubtedly someone in HR will tell you it violates some policy or other) but otherwise it seems pretty wide open!

While free public Zoom accounts don’t offer this feature, members of institutions that pay for an organizational license do get what Zoom calls a “ personal link“, which can indeed be customized as long as no-one else is already using the word or phrase.

Still, I completely understand the appeal of having a short and memorable URL link to share with colleagues so you can meet them in Zoom for a quick meeting, Q&A, training session, or similar. From calendar reminders to email invitations to links sent via text message or FB Messenger, if it’s a URL, it’s a clickable URL. Zoom meeting links are not something you want to type in, but nowadays most everything is going to include a clickable link.

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