When your status as a student, employment or affiliation ends with Northwestern University, your NetID remains active according to the time line published on NETID Expiration. As long as your NetID is active, you can log in and use Northwestern's Zoom service. However, if you have not logged into Zoom for over 60 days, your account will be changed to Basic. This allows Northwestern to maintain an available number of Licensed accounts for new students, faculty, and staff.
Zoom Account Types
There are 3 levels of Zoom accounts. If you are not designated as faculty or staff at Northwestern, then you will receive the Zoom Standard account. This accounts for all students, temp, affiliates and other non-faculty or staff positions.
Zoom Pro
- Can host meetings with up to 500 participants
- Access to a customized Personal Meeting ID and Personal Link
- Can make cloud recordings
- Can serve as an alternative host
- Can assign others to schedule meetings for you
- Can schedule on behalf of others
- Can host webinars when a license is requested and applied
- Captioning services
- Translation services
Zoom Standard*
- Meeting size limited to 300 participants
- Some limitations to future Zoom services and apps that may be enabled
Zoom Basic - accounts no longer active at Northwestern are changed to Basic
- Can host meetings with up to 100 participants
- Meetings with three or more participants time out after 40 minutes
- Cannot make cloud recordings
- Cannot host webinars
* Translation services are not available on the Zoom Standard account.
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