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The following instructions apply to members of UZH. If you want to integrate Zoom into OLAT courses for other educational institutions, please contact the IT support of your institution.

For more information on how to use and benefit from ZOOM at UZH, please visit the support page of the UZH's central IT department.

Register for Zoom, install and use the app

Please follow the instructions as described in the UZH central IT manual.

  1. Register for Zoom: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/audio-video/zoom/registerinstall.html
  2. Install die Zoom app: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/audio-video/zoom/registerinstall.html
  3. Use the Zoom app: https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/audio-video/zoom/use.html

Integration of Zoom in OLAT

There are 4 ways to publish a Zoom meeting or webinar in an OLAT course:

  1. Publishing of the zoom link in a course element of the type "external site"
  2. Publishing of the zoom link in a course element of the type "HTML Page"
  3. Sending the zoom link by e-mail (via course element of the type "e-mail")
  4. Integration with the course element "Zoom"

The integration of Zoom via the course element "LTI page" is no longer supported. Use the course element "Zoom" instead.

Limited availability of Zoom Cloud Recordings

Meeting recordings are only stored in the Zoom course module for a limited duration. For guidance on how to make meeting recordings available in the long term, see https://www.zi.uzh.ch/en/support/audio-video/zoom/recording_deletion_process.html.


Help with setting up your UZH-Zoom account

If you are facing problems during the setup of the Zoom account with the login as member of the UZH, please contact the IT Servicedesk of UZH.


More information on using Zoom in teaching is available at: