Zoom Changes
Zoom regularly provides new versions of Zoom that offer new features and bug fixes. Follow their Release Notes to stay up-to-date, and make sure to use the latest version of Zoom to take advantage of all available features. Contact tech support if you need help with updating.
Recent Resolved Issues
Available November 22, 2020
- Fixed an issue to prevent users from dialing into meetings using unpublished/hidden phone numbers
- Fixed an issue where user activation emails would be in a different language than the language set in the web porta
- Fixed an issue where Facebook live streams would prompt the user to visit zoom.us to watch the live stream
- Fixed an issue where the webinar survey link would not display in the attendee follow-up email
- Fixed an issue where users could not use anonymous polling in meeting templates
- Fixed an issue where webinar registrants could not submit the registration form containing Japanese or Chinese characters because of character limits
Recent Notable Changes
Available November 16, 2020
- Suspend participant activity: a new option in the Security panel to immediately suspend all participant activities, which will mute all video and audio, stop screen sharing, end all breakout rooms, and pause recording.
- Pin chat messages: Users can pin a message in a channel, which is displayed at the top of the channel. Pins can be removed, replaced, or hidden. A log of pinned messages is accessible in the channel options panel.
- Share multiple programs at once: Users can select multiple desktop programs at once for sharing, instead of sharing their entire desktop. Other programs and unoccupied areas in the desktop will not be visible to the viewer. The sharer will always know which applications they are sharing by an extensible green border. Only the user employing this feature will need to be on version 5.4.3, viewers can be connected with older versions.
Berkeley-specific Changes
Live Transcription feature launching
Effective December 2, 2020
Zoom Live Transcription will be made available to UC Berkeley Zoom accounts starting December 2, 2020. This will allow meeting hosts to enable live automatic speech recognition (ASR) transcripts in real time for meetings and webinars. For step-by-step instructions, please see How to use Zoom Live Transcription.
Update: Zoom cloud recording retention period will be reset to 30 days at the conclusion of the Fall semester
Effective October 13, 2020 - Change temporarily on hold through conclusion of Fall Semester
In September, we publicized that the 30 day retention period for Zoom Cloud recordings would resume on October 20th; however, to ensure that students and instructors relying on Zoom Cloud recordings for fall semester are not adversely impacted, we will temporarily extend the retention period (to 120 days) so that recordings are not automatically deleted until after fall semester. Zoom Cloud recording is intended only for temporary use due to the extremely high costs of this storage.
Please help us conserve by avoiding the use of Zoom Cloud recordings whenever possible. See: IT - What are my recording and storage options for Zoom meetings and webinars? The retention period will be returned to 30 days at the conclusion of the Fall semester.
New: A Zoom to Kaltura integration will be in place for spring semester. For more details, see: https://dls.berkeley.edu/frequently-asked-questions-about-zoom-kaltura-integration