Dear Biola students,
As you learned recently, Biola intends to resume in-person classes in the spring and will adopt a hyflex instructional model, which means some of your courses may still be delivered virtually. In order to attend remote courses offered during the spring semester, students will need to use a Biola Zoom account.
Currently, your personal Zoom account is associated with your Biola email address but is not associated with Biola’s Zoom account. In order to effectively participate in remote courses offered this spring, you will need to join your personal Zoom account to Biola’s Zoom account. On November 9, you will receive an email invitation from Zoom asking you to join the Biola Zoom account. You will need to complete this process by December 14, 2020.
If you wish to take action now, please see our guide on how to join Biola’s Zoom account. If you do not wish to switch your personal account to Biola Zoom, you can change the Biola email address associated with your account to a different email address, such as Gmail or Yahoo.
Advantages of using a Biola-managed Zoom account include:
- Your professors can more easily pre-assign and manage breakout rooms.
- You will be able to easily view class recordings on Canvas.
- Biola IT will be able to turn on additional security features to prevent Zoombombings.
If you have any questions, please email it.helpdesk@biola.edu or call us at 562-903-4740.
Sincerely,
Information Technology