Zoom, Meetings, Sign Language Interpretation

The Sign Language Interpretation feature is available for all Illinois Zoom meeting hosts. Please review the information below to enable the feature, and use it during Zoom meetings and webinars.

Client Requirements

Zoom Desktop Client

• Windows: 5.11.3
• macOS: 5.11.3

Zoom Mobile App

• Android: 5.12.0
• iOS: 5.12.0

Zoom Web Client

• Sign in at https://illinois.zoom.us/

Notes:

• The minimum version applies to all users in the meeting or webinar, including the host, participants, and sign language interpreters.
• Hosts must join the meeting or webinar through the Zoom desktop client to manage and initiate interpretation. They cannot join with any other clients, such as the Zoom mobile app or web client.

Limitations

• Hosts can assign up to 20 users as sign language interpreters
• Sign language interpreters’ videos are not included in recordings.
• Sign Language interpretation cannot be used with Personal Meeting IDs (PMI). To include sign language interpretation when scheduling, choose the option Generate Automatically for the Meeting or Webinar ID.
• Hosts must join the meeting or webinar through the Zoom desktop client to manage and initiate interpretation. They cannot join with any other clients, such as the Zoom mobile app or web client.
• This feature must be enabled when scheduling a meeting or webinar, and thus cannot be used for an instant meeting.

Enable the Sign Language Interpretation setting

Meeting hosts that wish to use Sign Language Interpretation in their meetings need to navigate to illinois.zoom.us/profile/setting to enable the feature.

To enable or disable Sign Language interpretation view for your own use:

1. Sign in to the Zoom web portal.
2. In the navigation menu, click Settings.
3. Click the Meeting tab.
4. Under In Meeting (Advanced), click the Sign Language interpretation View toggle to enable or disable it. When enabled, 10 default languages will appear below the setting. This is the list that will be available when scheduling.
5. (Optional) Select the Enable sign language interpretation by default in scheduler check box to enable it as a default setting when scheduling meetings or webinars, then click Save.
6. (Optional) To add another language to the list of available languages when scheduling, click the plus icon next to where it says 10 languages, enter the name of the language, then click Add.

Zoom Support Articles

Please navigate to the following Zoom Support articles for more information on how to use Sign Language Interpretation in your Zoom meetings and webinars.

• Enabling Sign Language Interpretation View
• Scheduling a Meeting or Webinar with Sign Language Interpretation
• Using Sign Language Interpretation in a Meeting or Webinar
  • Add or Remove Someone from an Interpreter Role
  • Start or End the Interpretation Feature for Everyone
  • Allow a Sign Language Interpreter to Talk in the Main Session of the Meeting or Webinar
• How to Manage Your Sign Language Interpreter Role
• How to View a Sign Language Interpretation Video Channel as a Participant