{"id":42951,"date":"2022-01-05T10:25:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?p=42951"},"modified":"2026-05-06T13:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T17:27:36","slug":"zoom-update-required-by-jan-6-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/2022\/zoom-update-required-by-jan-6-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Update Required By Jan. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Zoom Update Required By Jan. 6\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As of&nbsp;Jan. 6, all Carleton University Zoom users will be required to&nbsp;use version&nbsp;5.8<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">6<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">(released&nbsp;Nov. 28, 2021<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">)&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">or&nbsp;newer&nbsp;on the Zoom&nbsp;desktop client&nbsp;and mobile app<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Instructors, staff and students&nbsp;who are using an older version&nbsp;should&nbsp;update their&nbsp;apps&nbsp;<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">by<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Jan. 6<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;to ensure&nbsp;uninterrupted&nbsp;access to all Zoom meetings,&nbsp;including those within Brightspace<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">.&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/zoom.us\/download\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Download the latest version of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zoom<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">here<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.&nbsp;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zoom&nbsp;regularly&nbsp;provides&nbsp;new versions of the desktop client and mobile app to release new features and fix bugs.&nbsp;Moving forward, Carleton will periodically prompt&nbsp;Zoom&nbsp;users to&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/support.zoom.us\/hc\/en-us\/articles\/201362233-Upgrading-Zoom-to-the-latest-version\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">update their software<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;to receive the newest features&nbsp;and any&nbsp;privacy and security enhancements, as well as&nbsp;to&nbsp;ensure<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">a consistent and reliable experience&nbsp;across the university.&nbsp;Zoom users<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">who have already updated to version 5.8.6&nbsp;can&nbsp;also choose to<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.zoom.us\/get-automatic-updates-in-the-zoom-client\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">set automatic updates for their desktop client<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">If you have any questions or need support, please submit your request to the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itsjira.carleton.ca\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/15\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">TLS Support Portal<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">. You can also visit the&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/zoom\/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">Zoom at Carleton support site<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">&nbsp;for information and instructions on many Zoom activities.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of&nbsp;Jan. 6, all Carleton University Zoom users will be required to&nbsp;use version&nbsp;5.8.6&nbsp;(released&nbsp;Nov. 28, 2021)&nbsp;or&nbsp;newer&nbsp;on the Zoom&nbsp;desktop client&nbsp;and mobile app.&nbsp;Instructors, staff and students&nbsp;who are using an older version&nbsp;should&nbsp;update their&nbsp;apps&nbsp;by&nbsp;Jan. 6&nbsp;to ensure&nbsp;uninterrupted&nbsp;access to all Zoom meetings,&nbsp;including those within Brightspace.&nbsp;Download the latest version of&nbsp;Zoom&nbsp;here.&nbsp;&nbsp; Zoom&nbsp;regularly&nbsp;provides&nbsp;new versions of the desktop client and mobile app to release new features [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,760,677],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-ta-news","category-edc-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42951"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42952,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42951\/revisions\/42952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}