Overview

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Zoom settings provide you with the ability to customize your meeting participation preferences. 

How to Access Your Setting from Client

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1. From the Zoom Client Application, select the Settings button to customize your preferences.
   
   
   
   
2. The Zoom Settings screen will open:           
   
   
   
   Note: Click "View More Settings" to navigate to more advanced settings in the browser. 

How to Access Settings from the Browser

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Accessing your settings from the browser can allow you to edit a few more advanced settings than from the client. You can access the browser setting by clicking "View More Settings" from your client (see above) or through logging in directly from your browser (see below)

1. Log into ucsd.zoom.us 
2. Click on "Settings" to your left. 

Settings

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General Settings

The General Settings provide you with the ability to indicate your Application, Content Sharing, and Instant Message preferences.

Audio Settings

The Audio Settings provide you the ability to determine the source of your audio, either computer or phone, for meeting participation. You can also test your computer’s audio capabilities.

1. Select the speakers you want to test from the list of your computer’s audio playback devices listed in the drop-down next to the Test Speaker button.
2. Click the Test Speaker button.
3. Adjust the volume of the selected playback device until you’re satisfied.
4. Select the microphone you want to test from the list of your computer’s audio recording devices listed in the drop-down next to the Test Mic button.
5. Click the Test Mic button.
6. Adjust the volume of the selected recording device until you’re satisfied.
7. Choose your audio preferences for meetings.

Video Settings

The Video Settings provide you the ability to determine your preferences during meeting participation.

1. Choose the camera you want to use from the “Camera” dropdown list.
2. Choose between widescreen and original aspect ratios. Note: The widescreen aspect ratio presents black bars on both sides of the video playback.
3. Choose your video preferences for meetings.

Recording Location

The Recording Location settings provide you the ability to specify a folder for your recordings to be stored.

• Zoom Cloud Recordings: saving your recording to the cloud
• Zoom Local Recordings: saving your recording on your computer (local)

Set Personal Meeting ID (Pro/Licensed Accounts Only)

Your meeting ID is the unique number that connects to your personal virtual conference room. When you create a Zoom invite, your meeting link will end in an arbitrary number like this: https://ucsd.zoom.us/1234567890.

We recommend that you change your personal meeting ID to your office phone number instead of the random number string assigned automatically by Zoom.

Instructions on how to set a personalized meeting ID can be found on Zoom's Personal meeting ID (PMI) and personal link

Note: You can only change your personal meeting ID if you have the Pro version of Zoom. 

Personal Vanity URL (Pro/licensed only)

You can set your Personal Meeting ID to be associated with your phone number. However, you can customize this option as well, the only requirement is that your Vanity URL must be at least 5 characters.

To learn how to create a personal URL for Zoom, review Zoom's Personal meeting ID (PMI) and personal link page.