Important: If you have someone outside of OU who needs to join your meeting, they will need to create a Zoom account first using the following instructions. If you are a student, staff, or faculty member at OU, you do not need to create an account and can log in to Zoom directly through a browser or the Zoom client. Please visit this article for more information.
Creating a Free Zoom Account
Navigate to https://zoom.us/signup
Alternatively, launch the Zoom application and click “Sign Up Free” or navigate to zoom.us and click “SIGN UP, IT’S FREE” in the top right corner.
![](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=b4b35cff-5370-4dbc-94fd-fb2d6248508e.png)
![Image of sign up button](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=f1715808-71b4-4067-af7c-eabdb31e6d10.png)
Once you get to https://zoom.us/signup, enter your date of birth to verify and email address and click “Sign Up”.
![](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=29c294eb-f5d9-46da-960c-a7d501208fec.png)
An email with a confirmation link will be sent to you. If you do not receive, check your spam/junk folder and click “Resend another email” if needed. It may take 5 – 10 minutes to receive the email.
Click “Join the Account” in the email, once you receive it.
![Email has been sent to you message](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=5a944e58-e763-4cdf-90cb-f1df9d0b648d.png)
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Enter your First Name, Last Name, and Password.
Ensure that you are following the password requirements.
Then, click “Continue”.
![Welcome to Zoom message](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=3cbaeda3-7573-4269-a7ba-857d14012df9.png)
![Enter password field prompt](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=546b7892-5aca-4e69-9f72-83404e53abd6.png)
When asked to invite your colleagues, you may click “Skip this step”.
![Invite your colleagues message](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=733323c2-e214-44d4-a9e0-80cbca1859d7.png)
Once created, you will be given the option to start a meeting or go to your account page.
![Image of Star meeting button](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=bf5df864-c3ad-437d-baec-b5c0e016e5e6.png)
Your account page will look like this:
![Image of account profile](https://itsupport.ou.edu/TDPortal/Images/Viewer?fileName=3ac0eae7-1361-4da3-a693-44480d8cb666.png)
For information about logging into Zoom, please visit this article.