Add an Official UTHSC Zoom Background

Summary

The article explains how UTHSC faculty, staff, and students can download and use official UTHSC‑branded virtual backgrounds in Zoom (and Teams), provided by Communications and Marketing.

Prerequisites

  1. Active Zoom account created through tennessee.zoom.us and ability to sign in using SSO with your NetID.

Instructions

  1. Visit Zoom and Teams Backgrounds to download an image.
    Windows Users: You will need to open your Downloads folder and double-click the .zip file you just downloaded. Drag the .png file in that folder to the Downloads folder.
  2. Open Zoom app from your desktop (not the Zoom website).
  3. Click on your Profile (top right), then select Settings.
  4. Click Backgrounds and effects.
  5. Select the + button at the end of Virtual backgrounds and select Add Image.
  6. Double-click the UTHSC Zoom background image located in your Downloads folder.
  7. Click the X (Mac: top left corner; Windows: top right corner) to close.

To delete a background, click to select it, then click the X. A dialog box will ask if you are sure you want to delete. Click the Delete button.

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Zoom Licensed (Pro) Account
This is not something that any UTHSC faculty, staff or student needs to request. You already should have one. By logging in with your SSO into tennessee.zoom.us, you are accessing your UT Zoom Licensed (Pro) account. However, if you are not using Single Sign On or SSO to login, you will not see it.