Zoom Changes
See Release Notes – Zoom Help Center for the latest information from Zoom about the changes to the Zoom service and software.
Berkeley-specific Changes
Summer 2020 Security improvements
The Zoom video conferencing platform is being used widely by faculty, students, and staff for a variety of purposes as we continue to do our work remotely. In an effort to ensure all members of our campus community have safe spaces to meet virtually, we are making enhancements to UC Berkeley Zoom accounts to safeguard against further acts of Zoom bombing and other misuse.
These changes are being implemented over the next few weeks in order to minimize disruptions to instruction once fall classes begin. Default meeting settings will be changed to provide more secure and welcoming online environments.
We are changing the default settings in Zoom to:
- Require passcodes for new meetings.
- Require sign in before joining a meeting.
- Participants muted upon entry.
Specifically, the following changes are being made:
| SETTING | RELATED SETTINGS | PREVIOUS STATE | NEW STATE | PLANNED IMPLEMENTATION DATE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Require a password when scheduling new meetings | Default disable | Default enable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Require a password for instant meetings | Default disable | Default enable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Require password for participants joining by phone | Default disable | Default enable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Meeting password requirements | Default disable | Default enable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Only authenticated users can join meetings | Default disable | Default enable | 8/15/2020 | |
| Sign in to Zoom | Selected | 8/15/2020 | ||
| Only authenticated users can join meetings from Web client | Default disable | Default enable | 8/15/2020 | |
| Personal Meeting IDs | ||||
| Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when scheduling a meeting | Default enable | Default disable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Use Personal Meeting ID (PMI) when starting an instant meeting | Default enable | Default disable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Require a password for Personal Meeting ID (PMI) | Default disable | Default enable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Join Before Host | Default enable | Default disable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Mute participants upon entry | Default disable | Default enable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Always show meeting control toolbar | Default disable | Default enable | 8/3/2020 | |
| Allow users to sign in with work email | Selected | Not selected | September/ October 2020 |
Older changes
| Date | Description | Additional Reference |
| 07/15/2020 | Disabled users’ ability to change their own email address in Zoom, for better SSO compatibility. | |
| 05/06/2020 | Configuration change: Cloud recordings will auto-delete after 210 days (was 120 days). | KB Article |
| 04/29/2020 | Report participants to Zoom
Hosts can report meeting participants for inappropriate behavior to Zoom's Trust and Safety team for review.
This feature has been disabled. Misuse reports should be sent to zoom-misuse@berkeley.edu | |
| 04/15/2020 | Cloud Recording auto-delete after 120 days (was 90 days) | KB article |
| 04/10/20 | We activated the Language Interpretation feature | Language Interpretation |
| 04/06/2020 | Only authenticated users can view cloud recordings
We set up a new authentication profile for the berkeley.edu domain. Those who wish to secure their Cloud Recordings can now restrict it to only those who can log in with a CalNet ID. | KB article |
| 04/06/2020 | Disturbances to the virtual classroom and seminar environments
Report incidents to zoom-misuse@berkeley.edu. These reports will also be forwarded to appropriate campus offices for handling. The University is attentive to reports of Zoom bombing and will take appropriate disciplinary action against registered students or employees who engage in practices which violate the Student Code of Conduct and other campus policies. | Secure your Zoom |
| 04/02/2020 | Only authenticated users can join meetings
We set up a new authentication profile for the berkeley.edu domain. Per Zoom's security recommendation we removed the 'all zoom users' authentication profile. We still have 'Only authenticated users can join meetings' turned off by default for the Zoom users, but if Zoom users want to enable it for their account, they can now restrict the attendees to only those in the berkeley.edu domain. | KB article |
| 04/01/2020 | We disabled the Google and Facebook login access and now require everyone to log in with their CalNet IDs at berkeley.zoom.us or through the Zoom client app. If you receive any incidents from customers with the message 'You cannot log into your Zoom account using this method', please direct them to berkeley.zoom.us to log in. | KB article |
| 03/18/2019 | Cloud Recording auto-delete after 90 days | KB article |