Zoom is designed to facilitate meetings and two-way communication between individuals and groups, but some situations may require sharing a meeting with a large number of participants. You may also want to broadcast a meeting for viewers without interruption. There are several options for these situations.

Zoom Pro account licenses

Whether you’re Beloit College faculty, staff, or student, you can sign in to Zoom with a free account by visiting zoom.us or by downloading the Zoom app, then click the Sign in with Google button, and sign in with your Beloit account. By default, with a free Zoom account, you can host a meeting with the following limitations:

• Meetings can last up to 40 minutes

• Up to 100 participants can join the meeting

LITS can also upgrade your account to a “Licensed” or “Pro” account (email support@beloit.edu to request a Pro account) which upgrades meeting limitations to the following:

• Meeting length is unlimited (Zoom’s technical limit is 24 hours for one meeting)

• Up to 300 participants can join the meeting

Large meetings

If you have a need to host larger Zoom meetings, you can purchase a Large Meeting account upgrade which increases the number of participants to the following:

• Up to 500 participants

• Up to 1,000 participants

These meetings are the same as a normal Zoom meeting, but allow a larger number of participants to join. To purchase a “Large meeting” license, email support@beloit.edu for pricing and more information.

Zoom webinars

A Zoom Webinar is a special meeting that grants you additional control over participation of a meeting, allows for interaction with panelists, can require registration, and can allow you to invite attendees who participate in a view-only mode. Webinar licenses are purchased at a yearly rate related to the number of participants that can join. Webinar licenses support the following tiers:

• Up to 100 participants

• Up to 500 participants

• Up to 1,000 participants

• Up to 3,000 participants

• Up to 5,000 participants

• Up to 10,000 participants

To purchase a Webinar license, email support@beloit.edu for pricing and more information.