Hello—and welcome! In this video, we would like to introduce
the Zoom video conferencing platform.
Teaching staff at Universität Hamburg use Zoom
to host live presentations and seminars online.
You will need to install the Zoom software
to participate in meetings.
Use either the invitation link
or code with password you receive from your lecturer
or tutor to join a meeting.
Be sure to mute your microphone
and deactivate your camera before you join.
Tip: If possible, access the link a few minutes before the meeting
is due to start to ensure everything works.
If you are using Zoom at Universität Hamburg,
be sure to only open Zoom invitations sent from
email addresses ending with
“uni” hyphen “hamburg” dot “zoom” dot “US.”
This will help protect your personal data and ensure data security.
Be aware that teaching staff cannot require you to
participate in a Zoom meeting
via microphone and camera.
But of course they do want you to participate if you can.
You can use the integrated chat function instead
to communicate with the entire group
or individual participants.
If you work in small groups, the lecturer or tutor can
create breakout rooms and allocate participants to these virtual workspaces.
to these virtual workspaces.
In Zoom besteht außerdem die Möglichkeit eine
Zoom also offers the option of sharing a presentation from your computer
or even your entire screen.
You also have the right to conceal your name
and only use a pseudonym.
However, teaching staff must be able to identify
you in some other way. You could use your student ID number
instead of your name, for example.
If this is important to you,
you should discuss it before the Zoom meeting.